I-Thai Airways International esanda kuqokwa njengePhini Likamongameli Omkhulu we-Commercial Pruet Boobphakam ibonakale okokuqala kwabezindaba ngoLwesihlanu olwedlule. Ngesimemezelo esibalulekile: I-Thai Airways ekugcineni izosebenzisa i-inthanethi ukuze idayise imali yokugibela, isinqumo esithathwe njengengxenye yesu elisha lokuqoqa imali eyizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-2.96 kulo nyaka ngesenzo sokumaketha esilula kodwa esisebenzayo.
Masingenzeleli: I-Thai Airways (TG) isineminyaka eminingi inewebhusayithi. Futhi abantu babengabhukha imali yokugibela ku-inthanethi. Nokho kwakudla isikhathi esiningi namandla. “Isiza siphazamisa kakhulu ngokuchofoza kane kuya kahlanu ngaphambi kokufinyelela imali yokugibela. Ibanga lemali yokugibela belilinganiselwe kakhulu ngaphandle kokuguquguquka ngokuya ngezinsuku zokuhamba. Amakhasimende ethu ngokuvamile angathola imali yokugibela eshibhile kuma-ejensi awo wezokuvakasha noma ngisho nasezikhawulweni zethu zokuthengisa. Ngifuna amakhasimende akwazi ukuthola ngokushesha imali yokugibela ayifunayo. Empeleni sizothatha i-AirAsia njengemodeli yokwenza lula kwenjini yabo yokubhuka” kuchaza uBoobphakam.
Ebuzwa ukuthi kungani i-Thai Airways igcina ingena e-e-fares ngo-2009 kuyilapho iningi labancintisana nayo lakwenza eminyakeni emihlanu edlule, u-Boobphakam uthi kuphela manje sekuwumlando. I-EVP Commercial entsha iqinisekise ukuthi iyalele amaqembu okukhangisa emhlabeni wonke ukuthi azilungiselele ukuguquguquka okuphelele ekulungiseni imali yokugibela emoyeni. “Kuqale kwasungulwa ithimba elisebenzayo ekuqaleni kukaSepthemba elizoqapha imali yokugibela kuzo zonke izimakethe esizihlinzekayo. Ngilindele ukuthi iwebhusayithi enesakhiwo sethu esisha semali yokugibela izobe isisebenza ngokugcwele enkathini yasebusika, ekupheleni kuka-Okthoba. Sengiyalele futhi abaphathi bamazwe ethu ukuthi bazibophezele ezinqumweni ezisheshayo zezohwebo. Noma nini bangacela ithimba lethu elisha labaphathi bemali yokugibela emoyeni ukuthi lisabele ngokushesha ngamanani ancintisanayo,” usho kanje. I-Boobphakam ihlose ukubhukha nge-inthanethi ukuletha u-20% wayo yonke imali engenayo esikhundleni sika-3% kuya ku-4% okwamanje.
I-M. Boobphakam izophinde ibheke ekuqedeni izinga eliphindwe kabili lemali yokukhangisa emizileni yasekhaya. Amaphosta avamile ngezilimi zesi-Thai akhangisa ezibalini ze-TG ezikhumulweni zezindiza mayelana nemali yokugibela etholakalayo ekhethekile… kodwa eqondiswe kubantu bendawo kuphela. “Kimina bonke abagibeli bayalingana futhi bafanelwe ukuphathwa ngendlela efanayo,” kuthembisa uBoobphakam.
Ngaleso sikhathi, i-TG ifuna ukuqinisa ukumaketha kwayo futhi ibe inketho yokuqala kumakhasimende andizela eNingizimu-mpumalanga ye-Asia nangale kwayo. I-Bangkok hub izoqiniswa kulobu busika ngezindiza zase-Oslo nase-Los Angeles ziba nsuku zonke. I-Bangkok-Johannesburg izovulelwa kabusha isizini yasehlobo ngo-March 2010 ngekhodi share ezofundelwa izindiza eziya e-Brazil zisuka eGoli.
