I-DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Inkampani ethwala impahla enkulu yase-Australia, i-Qantas, ikuqinisekisile ngoLwesine ukuthi isezingxoxweni ne-Emirates nezinye izinkampani zezindiza ukuze kube nomfelandawonye ongasiza ukuvuselela ingalo yayo yamazwe ngamazwe edonsa kanzima.
Ngakolunye uhlangothi inkampani yezindiza ezinze eDubai i-Emirates inqabile ukuphawula. "I-Emirates ayiphawuli ngamahemuhemu noma ukuqagela," kusho okhulumela i-Emirates esitatimendeni.
Ngenyanga edlule isikhulu esiphezulu se-Emirates u-Tim Clark utshele i-Dow Jones Newswires ukuthi akanandaba nokutshalwa kwezimali kwe-equity e-Qantas kodwa wayezimisele ngezinye izinhlobo zezinhlelo zezohwebo, njengokwabelana ngekhodi.
“I-Qantas isesimweni esibi futhi ifisa ukuqeda ukulahlekelwa kanye nokulahlekelwa ngabagibeli bezindiza ze-GCC. Akukho okunye engingakwenza ngaphandle kokusebenza nenkampani ethwala ama-Arab njengoba ingekho esimweni sokuncintisana ngqo, "kusho uSaj Ahmad, umhlaziyi omkhulu weStrategicAero Research ezinze eLondon.
I-Australian Financial Review (AFR) ibike ngaphambilini ngalolu suku ukuthi inkampani yezindiza ezinze eSydney ibixoxisana nenkampani yezindiza i-Emirates mayelana nesivumelwano sokusiza uhlaka lwamazwe ngamazwe oluletha ukulahlekelwa ngokunikeza le nkampani ukufinyelela kwinani elikhulu labagibeli abavela esikhungweni sezindiza ezinze e-Dubai. eMpumalanga Ephakathi.
“I-Middle East isiphenduke isizinda sokuvakasha futhi ayikho indlela i-Emirates ezovumela i-Qantas ukuthi ingene ebhizinisini layo eliyinhloko isuka e-Dubai futhi iQantas izokwenyanya ngokufanayo ukuhambisa noma yiziphi izindiza ezibalulekile nge-Dubai uma ingakwazi ukuthola amalungelo enkululeko. ukuze kuqhubeke ukuxhumana ne-Europe,” kwengeza u-Ahmed.
I-AFR ithe izingxoxo ze-codeshare sezisezingeni eliphezulu futhi zizonikeza iQantas ithuba lokuthola inethiwekhi yenkampani ethwala impahla enkulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni, ngokusho kwe-AFP.
Abathwali be-Hub baya ngokuya behlangana nezandla nabathwali ababizwa “nge-end-of-line” njengeQantas futhi abahlaziyi bathi ukubopha kuzonikeza ukucaciseleka okudingeka kakhulu ebhizinisini lamazwe omhlaba, ngokusho kweReuters.
"Ibhizinisi linenselelo enkulu ngokuzimele futhi badinga ukubopha," kusho uDavid Liu, inhloko yocwaningo kwa-ATI Asset Management eyadayisa amasheya e-Qantas ngemuva kwesexwayiso sokulahlekelwa ngoJuni. “Uma sekwenziwe lokho, abantu bayashesha ukuthola isiqiniseko sokuthi bazokwehlisa kanjani ukulahlekelwa esigabeni samazwe ngamazwe,” kusho yena.
Kodwa umhlaziyi uNeil Hansford, weStrategic Aviation Solutions, uthe uyangabaza ukuthi ukuboshelwa kwe-Emirates kungasindisa iQantas. “Yithiyori enhle kodwa ama-code shares ayizixazululo ze-band-aid,” kusho yena. “Ngokunika nje i-Emirates i-Qantas inethiwekhi enkulu ngeke konge ibhizinisi lilahlekelwa u-$500 million,” kwengeza uHansford.
IQantas idonsa kanzima ngezindleko zikaphethiloli ezikhuphukayo kanye nezimo zomhlaba eziya ziba zimbi futhi isanda kuxwayisa inzuzo yayo ngaphambi kokuba intela yehle isuka ku-A$552 million ($574 million) ngonyaka odlule iye ku-A$50-100 million.
I-AFR ithe uma kufinyelelwa esivumelwaneni, i-Qantas izohambisa izindiza zayo eziningi zamazwe ngamazwe zidlule e-Dubai kune-Singapore, futhi izoncika kumlingani wayo omusha ukuthutha amakhasimende ezindaweni ezithile zaseYurophu, kanye naseMpumalanga Ephakathi nezingxenye ze-Afrika. IQantas izophinde iphume esizindeni sayo eFrankfurt, ishiye iLondon njengokuphela kwechweba layo ezwenikazi lase-Europe, kanti isivumelwano esihlongozwayo singase siqede ubudlelwano obukhona beQantas neBritish Airways, kusho yena. Umhlaziyi wezindiza zeMacquarie Equities uRussell Shaw uthe kuyakhula ukuvuma ukuthi abathwali bezindawo bangakwazi ukusiza i-Europe emizileni yase-Australia kangcono, bathathe abagibeli abavela ezindaweni eziningi zokusuka zaseYurophu, e-Asia naseMpumalanga Ephakathi.
"Uma ubheka izinhlelo zokukhula, kunengqondo ukusebenzisana nazo, ikakhulukazi njengoba sibona ukuncintisana okuningi okuvela kubathwali baseChina abangena emakethe," kusho uShaw.
UShaw wengeze ngokuthi iQantas kungenzeka yonge u-A$5-6 wezigidigidi ezindlekweni ngokusebenzisa indiza ye-Emirates ukundiza isuka eMiddle East iye e-Europe.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- The Australian Financial Review (AFR) reported earlier in the day that Sydney-based carrier was in talks with Emirates airline on a deal to help its loss-making international division by giving the airline access to greater number of passengers from Dubai-based airline's hub in the Middle East.
- AFR said if a deal is reached, Qantas will route many of its international flights through Dubai rather than Singapore, and will rely on its new partner to ferry customers to some European destinations, as well as the Middle East and parts of Africa.
- “The Middle East has become the travel nexus of choice and there is no way Emirates will allow Qantas to encroach its core business from its Dubai hub and Qantas will equally be loathed to move any key flights via Dubai if it can't gain freedom rights for onward connections to Europe,” Ahmed added.
