Indiza yesithathu yase-Kuwait izosuka ngoJanuwari

I-KUWAIT - I-Kuwait National Airways ithe ngoMsombuluko ihlela ukuqala ukusebenza ngoJanuwari, ibe inethiwekhi yesithathu esifundazweni saseGulf ibheke ukukhula kwezimoto zezindiza eMpumalanga Ephakathi.

Inkampani yenethiwekhi izosebenza ngaphansi kwegama elithi Wataniya Airways - "wataniya" ngesi-Arabhu okusho ukuthi "ezweni" - futhi iqale ngezindiza ezimbili ze-Airbus A320 endizela ezindaweni eziseGulf naseMpumalanga Ephakathi, kusho isikhulu esiphezulu uGeorge Cooper etshela izintatheli.

Amasheya ayo azofakwa ohlwini lwalo nyaka, esho.

"Manje sisezingxoxweni namafemu ukuthi siqashise ezinye izindiza eziyisithupha ezizoqala ngo-2010," kusho uCooper. Uthe ngokuhamba kwesikhathi inkampani ingathenga izindiza ngaphandle kokuchaza kabanzi.

Amalungelo omgwaqo kusaxoxwa ngawo, kusho uCooper eceleni komhlangano wabaninimasheya.

Imboni yezokundiza eGulf iyadlondlobala njengoba umnotho odlondlobalayo ogqugquzelwa amanani entengo kawoyela aqopha umlando uheha izivakashi, osomabhizinisi nabasebenzi endaweni enkulukazi emhlabeni ethumela uwoyela.

I-Emirates ezinze e-Dubai, i-Air Arabia ne-Qatar Airways yase-United Arab Emirates bathenge izigidigidi zamadola ezindiza ku-Airbus ne-Boeing eminyakeni edlule, befuna ukuletha abantu abaningi emazweni abo, kanye nezindawo zabagibeli emhlabeni jikelele.

Ngokombiko webhodi, i-Wataniya ihlela ekuqaleni ukundiza emadolobheni aseSaudi eRiyadh naseJeddah; I-Bahrain, Qatar, Dubai, Cairo, Damascus, Beirut kanye ne-Jordan's Amman.

Inkampani yezindiza yaseJalimane i-Lufthansa isize ukweluleka i-Wataniya ngesu layo.

Esigabeni sesibili, inkampani yenethiwekhi ihlose ukundizela eLondon, eFrankfurt naseParis, kanye nasenhlokodolobha yasePhilippines iManila, kanye neBangkok yaseThailand, ngokusho kombiko otholwe ngabakwaReuters futhi walungiselela umhlangano wabanikazi bamasheya.

Umthuthi ufuna okungenani abe nezindiza eziyi-12, okuhlanganisa nezindiza ezinomzimba obanzi, ngo-2012, ngokusho kombiko. U-Cooper utshele abeReuters ukuthi inkampani izoqasha ama-A320 amathathu kumqashi wase-Kuwait Aviation Lease & Finance Co (Alafco).

I-Kuwait National Airways - lapho i-Kuwait Projects Co kanye nabanye abatshalizimali bezinkampani abangamaphesenti angama-30 - ihlose ukufaka uhlu lwamasheya ayo emakethe yamasheya yaseKuwait ekupheleni konyaka, uSihlalo wenkampani yezindiza u-Abdul Salam al-Bahr etshela abaninimasheya.

Kuzoba okwesithathu e-Kuwait ngemuva kokulahlekelwa inkampani yezindiza ye-Kuwait Airways - uhulumeni afuna ukuyithengisa - kanye ne-Jazeera Airways ebiza kancane.

Izindiza ezintathu kuphela eMiddle East zibaliwe: iJazeera, i-Air Arabia neRoyal Jordanian.

IWataniya ifuna ukugxila kubahambi bebhizinisi ngokunikeza isikhala esiningi endizeni yayo kunezimbangi zayo, enezihlalo ezingu-122 kuma-A320s, kusho uCooper. I-A320 ingathwala abagibeli abangafika ku-164, ngokusho kwewebhusayithi ye-Airbus.

Isungulwe ngo-2006 nge share capital of 50 million dinar ($188.8 million), I-Kuwait National Airways yathengisa amaphesenti angama-70 esitoko sayo emphakathini ngawo lowo nyaka.

Le nkampani, ephethe izinkampani ezimbalwa - phakathi kwazo i-United Projects for Aviation Services Co ithumele imali etholwayo ngesabelo ngasinye sama-fils angu-6.70 emalini engenayo engama-dinar ayizigidi ezingu-3.35 ezinyangeni ezingu-19 kuze kube nguDisemba 31, ngokusho kombiko webhodi. Kukhona ama-fils ayi-1,000 ku-dinar.

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