E-MANILA, Philippines (eTN) – I-Philippine Airlines isanda kubika ukulahlekelwa kwezigidi ezingu-10.6 zamaRandi ekota yokuqala yonyaka wayo wezimali, kodwa akulivimbi ithemba likaMongameli we-PAL u-Jaime Bautista mayelana nemibono yesikhathi eside yenkampani yezindiza endala yaseNingizimu-mpumalanga ye-Asia. “Lona ngunyaka onezinselelo ezinkulu ikakhulukazi njengoba amanani kaphethiloli enyuka kakhulu. Kodwa nginesiqiniseko sokuthi sisazoqhubeka nokwenza inzuzo kulo nyaka,” kusho uMengameli we-PAL engxoxweni ekhethekile ne-eTN.
Inkampani yezindiza ngonyaka odlule yathwala abagibeli ababalelwa ezigidini ezingu-9, yehle kancane kubagibeli abayizigidi ezingu-9.3 ngonyaka odlule. Lo mphumela ungachazwa ukuthi abanye abagibeli basekhaya bashintshele enkampanini engaphansi ye-PAL ebiza kancane, i-Air Phil Express. Ngo-FY 2010-11, i-PAL yazuza inzuzo yezigidi ezingu-US$72.5 phezu kwesamba semali engenayo engu-US$1.6 webhiliyoni, ngemva kokulahlekelwa u-US$14.5 wezigidi ngonyaka odlule.
Okusele kunenzuzo kulo nyaka wezimali wamanje kungase kuqhamuke, eqinisweni, emzuliswaneni wakamuva we-PAL wokuhlelwa kabusha, obone ukukhishwa kwemisebenzi okungeyona eyomgogodla. Izinyathelo zokwengeza imisebenzi ehambisana nenkontileka engaphansi efana nokubamba phansi, ukuphekela, noma isikhungo sokushayelwa ucingo kungasiza ekunciphiseni abasebenzi be-PAL baye kubasebenzi abangu-4,400, uma kuqhathaniswa nabasebenzi bamanje abayizi-7,000.
“Kumele sinciphe futhi sisebenze kahle uma sifuna ukuheha abatshalizimali bakwamanye amazwe futhi siqhudelane kahle nezinye izinkampani zezindiza, okuhlanganisa nezinkampani ezithwala izindleko eziphansi. Lona umbuzo wokusinda,” kwengeza uJaime Bautista. Ukukhishwa kwemisebenzi kulindeleke ukuthi kwehlise izindleko zokusebenza zenkampani yenethiwekhi kuze kufike ku-$15 million ngonyaka.
Indawo yokusebenza ibe yinselelo enkulu kuwo womabili lamazwe ngamazwe kanye nasekhaya. “Sabhekana nemiphumela yezinxushunxushu zezombangazwe eMpumalanga Ephakathi, kanye nokuzamazama komhlaba netsunami eJapane, okwacindezela isidingo sokuhamba kuzo zombili izimakethe,” kuchaza uMnu Bautista. E-Japan, uMongameli we-PAL ulinganisela ukwehla kwabagibeli ngama-20%. “Kodwa-ke, sisigcinile isivuno sethu futhi saze sakhuphula kancane imali yokugibela ngokulungisa umthamo wethu. Sawaqala kanjani kabusha wonke amaza ethu eTokyo Narita, Fukuoka, Nagoya, Okinawa, nase-Osaka, ”kusho yena. Ngemva kokuqalisa kabusha izindiza eziya e-Saudi Arabia ngo-March 2010, i-PAL yagcina imise futhi indlela eya e-Riyadh ngo-April odlule.
“Ukuncintisana manje kunzima kakhulu kuyo yonke imizila eya eMpumalanga Ephakathi ngenxa yokwanda okunolaka kwabathwali beGulf emakethe yasePhilippines. Kukhona amafrikhwensi angaphezu kuka-70 ngesonto ukusuka kulezo zinkampani zezindiza ukuya eManila manje,” kugqamisa uJaime Bautista.
I-PAL, empeleni, ayivumelani nendlela isibhakabhaka esivulekile okwamanje esinikezwa uhulumeni ezinkampanini zezindiza zangaphandle. “Asicacele ngakho. Asimelene nenqubomgomo yesibhakabhaka esivulekile inqobo nje uma isamile. Asikwazi ukunikeza amalungelo kunoma ubani ngaphandle kokuba sivunyelwe thina ukuba sihlomule emalungelweni afanayo. Lokhu kwenzeka ngokwesibonelo eCanada lapho singakwazi ukundiza lapho sithanda khona,” kugcizelela uMnu Bautista.
I-PAL ayizange isize iziphathimandla zePhilippine Civil Aviation. Ukudebeselela ukuthuthukiswa kokuphepha esikhumulweni sezindiza samazwe ngamazwe sase-Manila kuqhube kokubili i-US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) kanye neziphathimandla ze-EU Aviation ukuthi zithathe isinqumo ngokumelene nezinkampani zezindiza zase-Filipino. I-FAA yehlise isikhumulo sezindiza sase-Manila kusukela kuSigaba I kuya ku-II, yasika i-PAL - ngenxa yalokho amaphiko e-PAL - ngokuqanda noma yikuphi ukunwetshwa okuya e-USA.
“Sinesivumelwano sesibhakabhaka esivulekile ne-US futhi singathanda ukundizela eNew York, Chicago, noma ngisho e-Houston futhi sisebenzise i-Boeing B777 yethu entsha. Kodwa asikwazi, ngenxa yokwehliswa kwezinga. E-Europe, bonke abathwali basePhilippines manje sebefakwe ohlwini [lwe-EU] olumnyama naphezu kweqiniso lokuthi siphumelele zonke izilawuli zokuphepha ezibekwe izikhungo zamazwe ngamazwe njenge-IATA,” kwengeza uMnu. Bautista.
Njengoba uhulumeni manje ebeka eqhulwini ukuthuthukiswa kokuphepha kwesikhumulo sezindiza saseManila, uMongameli we-PAL unethemba lokubona ukuvinjelwa kususwa ngoNdasa wonyaka ozayo. Okuningi kokuvela kwe-PAL kwesikhathi esizayo kusalokhu kuncike ekhonweni likahulumeni lokulungisa izinkinga kwingqalasizinda yezokuthutha umphakathi. “Sicabanga futhi ngokundiza futhi siye e-Europe njengoba sivuma ukuthi awenele amakhono. Singase sinikeze iFrankfurt noma iMunich, njengoba singazuza ezinsizeni ezinhle zokuphakela i-Europe yonke,” kulinganisela uMongameli we-PAL.
Inkampani yezindiza kulindeleke ukuthi ithumele i-Boeing 4 entsha engu-777, ezolethwa kusukela ngonyaka ozayo, kanye ne-Airbus A320 entsha yenethiwekhi yayo yesifunda. “Manje sesibheke indiza ezothatha indawo ye-Airbus A330 yethu eminyakeni emihlanu ezayo. [Sibheke] eduze i-Airbus A5 ne-Boeing B350,” kuchaza uMnu. Bautista. Okwamanje, i-PAL ibheke ukuqhubeka nokunwebeka e-Asia. Le nkampani yenethiwekhi isanda kuvula imvamisa yansuku zonke eya e-Delhi idlula e-Bangkok futhi ibheka izindawo eziningi e-China. “I-Guangzhou inketho. [Sibheke] futhi manje ekukhonzeni iCambodia,” kusho uMnu. Bautista.
I-PAL ayikushiyi ngaphandle nokujoyina umfelandawonye, cishe esikhathini esiyiminyaka emi-2 kuya kwemi-3. I-Oneworld ingaba enye yezinketho ezinhle kakhulu, njengoba i-PAL ijabulela ubuhlobo obuqinile ne-Cathay Pacific, kanye ne-Malaysia Airlines. Inethiwekhi yenkampani yenethiwekhi, nezindiza zayo ezibanzi eziya eNyakatho Melika naseNyakatho ye-Asia (ikakhulukazi eziya e-Japan), kanye nase-Australia, empeleni, zingangena kahle kunethiwekhi yomhlaba wonke ye-Oneworld. Ukundizela eMunich nakho kungadala ukusebenzisana ne-Air Berlin.
U-Jaime Bautista omomothekayo uchaze ukuthi isifiso sakhe esikhulu ukwenza i-PAL inkampani yezindiza enezinkanyezi ezi-4. “Sizoqala ukwenza i-PAL enye yezinkampani ezihamba phambili ezithwala impahla eNingizimu-mpumalanga ye-Asia. Ekugcineni siyinkampani yenethiwekhi endala kunazo zonke esineminyaka engama-70. Futhi sisabheke ukuba khona isikhathi eside,” usho kanje.
