DUBLIN – Abasebenzi bakwa-Aer Lingus bayayeseka inkampani yezindiza ukuthi ihlale izimele naphezu kwesicelo sokuthatha ama-euro ayizigidi ezingu-750 ($995 million) yimbangi yakhe iRyanair, kusho iChief Executive uDermot Mannion ngeSonto.
Ibhodi lika-Aer Lingus linqabile ibhidi ye-Ryanair's (RYA.L: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) yonke imali engama-euro angu-1.40 isheya, lathi ibukela phansi inkampani yezindiza.
Isabelomali esikhulukazi saseYurophu, esivele sinamasheya acishe abe ngamaphesenti angama-30 e-Aer Lingus, sizamile ukunxusa uhulumeni kanye nabasebenzi, abanamaphesenti angaphezu kwama-25 kanye namaphesenti ayi-14 enkampani yangaphambili.
"Ngibe nemiyalezo yokwesekwa emangalisayo evela kubasebenzi kuyo yonke inhlangano - bonke abanethemba elikhulu ngalo mbono wokuqhubeka nendlela ye-Aer Lingus njengenhlangano ezimele ukuya phambili," kusho uMannion etshela umsakazeli womphakathi i-RTE ngeSonto.
Iphephandaba iSunday Independent licaphune usozigidi wase-Ireland uDenis O'Brien, onamasheya angaphezu kwamaphesenti angu-2 ku-Aer Lingus, etshela isithangami sokutshala izimali ngesonto eledlule ukuthi uphikisana nanoma yimiphi imizamo yeRyanair yokuthatha imbangi yayo.
U-O'Brien akatholakalanga ukuthi aphawule.
Uhulumeni uthe ulinde idokhumenti ye-Ryanair.
UMannion uthe ukhuluma nabo bonke abanikazi bamasheya futhi wahlangana nohulumeni ngesonto eledlule, wengeza ngokuthi umbuso uzothatha isinqumo "ngesikhathi sawo esihle".
“Uma sesitholile isicelo esisemthethweni esivela kuRyanair, kungase kufike isikhathi esithile kuleli sonto, sizobe sesiphendula ngombhalo. Kubizwa ngencwadi yokuzivikela,” kusho uMannieon.
“Kuzoba wumbhalo omuhle kakhulu, oqinisekisayo ozobeka isu elizimele lokukhula kwesikhathi eside mayelana ne-shorthaul kanye ne-longhaul ebhizinisini. Lokho engikholelwa ukuthi yilokho bonke abathintekayo abafuna ukukubona nabafuna ukukuzwa.”
I-Aer Lingus (AERL.L: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) USihlalo u-Colm Barrington ucashunwe engxoxweni nephephandaba ngoLwesihlanu ethi uzofuna umtshali-zimali onobungane ozothatha ingxenye enkulu enkampanini yezindiza.
UMannison uthe ephendula ngeSonto: “Ibhizinisi le-Aer Lingus alidayiswa. Sesibeke isu elizimele ukuya phambili futhi sisazobambelela kulokho.”
I-Ireland Takeover Panel ngoLwesihlanu ikhiphe isinqumo mayelana nesiphakamiso seRyanair, yathi izithembiso zokunikeza umbuso ukulawula izindawo ezibalulekile zokufika kwe-Aer Lingus eLondon Heathrow, kanye nokuhlinzeka ngeziqinisekiso zasebhange zokunciphisa imali yokugibela kanye nokuqeda ukukhokhiswa kukaphethiloli, kuzovuna uhulumeni.
Iphaneli liphinde lathi iRyanair kufanele ilahle izithembiso zokuqaphela izinyunyana zabasebenzi e-Aer Lingus futhi ibuyisele izindiza phakathi kweShannon entshonalanga ye-Ireland ne-Heathrow - ngaphandle uma ingacacisa ukuthi izithembiso zenziwe kubani nokuthi zihlangabezana nemithetho yokuthatha.
URyanair uthe lezi zibopho zenzelwe ukuqinisekisa bonke ababambiqhaza okubandakanya abasebenzi, abathengi kanye nohulumeni, wengeza ngokuthi uzoqhubeka nesicelo ngendlela “ehambisana nezingqinamba ezibekwe yi-Irish Takeover Panel”.
Izinyunyana, ezingaziwa eRyanair, zinqabile iziqinisekiso futhi zihlala zikhathazekile ngamathemba emisebenzi.
Isikhulu esiphezulu seRyanair, uMichael O'Leary, kulindeleke ukuthi avele phambi kwekomidi lePhalamende ngoLwesine ukuze aveze iziphakamiso zalo nge-Aer Lingus.
I-Ryanair izamile ukuthenga i-Aer Lingus ngentengo ephindwe kabili yebhidi yayo yamanje ngo-2006, kodwa yaphazanyiswa yisinqumo se-EU esathi izodala ukuzimela eduze kwezindiza zaseYurophu eziphuma eDublin.
Abahlaziyi bathi ezinye izinyathelo ezihlongozwayo zokuhlanganisa imboni zinganikeza iRyanair ithuba elikhulu lokuphumelela kulokhu ekutholeni isipho sayo esidlule iziphathimandla zokuncintisana zase-Europe.
