UThomas Cook, iBritish Izindiza iwa ngemuva kokubikezela ukwehla kweminyaka emibili

UThomas Cook Group Plc kanye neBritish Airways Plc bangene eLondon behweba ngemuva kokuthi abaphathi bazo zombili izinkampani bethi ukwehla kwamandla omnotho emhlabeni kungakhubaza isidingo sezokuvakasha iminyaka emibili.

UThomas Cook, oneminyaka engu-168, ohambisa izivakashi, wehlisa umthamo njengoba u-2010 ezoba “nzima kakhulu kunalonyaka,” kusho uPeter Fankhauser, oyinhloko yebhizinisi lenkampani yaseJalimane, enkulumweni abe nayo izolo eBerlin International Tourism Fair.

UGavin Halliday, umphathi jikelele we-BA eYurophu, uthe kule ngqungquthela namuhla ukuthi ukubhuka kwakamuva “kwehle kakhulu” futhi kubikezela “ukuthambekela okubuthaka kakhulu” ezinyangeni ezingama-24 ezizayo. Umgqugquzeli wale ngqungquthela wabikezela ukuthi imboni yezokuvakasha emhlabeni kungenzeka ichithe imisebenzi eyizigidi eziyi-10 ngonyaka ka-2010 njengoba ukwehla komnotho kuya ngokuya kuba kubi.

"Kuyanda ukwesaba ukuthi imboni yezokuvakasha izolimala kakhulu kunalokho obekulindelwe yinkinga," kusho uThorsten Pfeiffer, umhwebi eLang & Schwarz Wertpapierhandelsbank AG eDusseldorf.

Izabelo zikaPeterborough, ezinze eNgilandi uThomas Cook wehla cishe ngamaphesenti ayi-14, kakhulu kusukela ngo-Okthoba, kanti amasheya e-BA alahlekelwe ngamaphesenti ayi-8. Ngaphambi kwanamuhla, uThomas Cook ubekhuphuke ngamaphesenti angama-30 kulo nyaka, emelana nemakethe yamabhere ethembeni lokuthi intengo nenzuzo izobamba ngemuva kokuthi ezinye izimbangi zenkampani ziwile ngonyaka odlule.

UThomas Cook esitatimendeni namhlanje ntambama uthe ukusebenza kwawo “jikelele” kuhambisana nezibikezelo zabaphathi ezikhishwe ngenyanga edlule, futhi unethemba lokufeza okulindelwe kulo nyaka phakathi kwemakethe “eyinselele”.

Isibikezelo Sokulahlekelwa NguJobe

Imakethe yamasheya yayisivele yehlisile imizabalazo eBritish Izindiza, eyayinciphise isilinganiso sayo sezikweletu ngesonto eledlule futhi ilahlekelwe yingxenye yesine yenani lemakethe yayo ngo-2009. IBritish Izindiza inciphisa umthamo ngamaphesenti amabili esikhathini esizayo sasehlobo, kusho uHalliday. "Ukwenza into engeyona inketho."

Umkhandlu weWorld Travel & Tourism, ophethe umbukiso waseBerlin, namuhla ubikezela ukuthi “iGDP yezomnotho wezokuvakasha kanye nezokuvakasha” izongena enkontilekeni ngamaphesenti angu-3.9 ngo-2009 futhi ikhule ngaphansi kwamaphesenti angu-0.3 ngo-2010, njengoba ukuqashwa kwabantu kwehla ngezigidi eziyishumi kuya kweziyizigidi ezingama-10. Ibize ukuwohloka komnotho okukhona njengamanje “kusabalele futhi kujulile.” Kulindeleke ukuthi ukuqashwa kubuyele emisebenzini eyizigidi ezingama-215 ngonyaka we-275.

"Le mboni ayilindele ukutakulwa," kusho uJean-Claude Baumgarten, ophethe i-World Travel & Tourism Council, esitatimendeni seqembu. "Udinga uhlaka olusizayo oluvela kuhulumeni oluzosiza ekubhekaneni nalesi siphepho esikhona njengamanje."

UThomas Cook uyinkampani yezokuvakasha yesibili ngobukhulu eYurophu, kanti iBritish Izindiza iyisithuthi sesithathu ngobukhulu eYurophu. Ukubuka kwabo kudonsele phansi amasheya ezinkampani ezihlobene nohambo ezibandakanya iKuoni Reisen Holding AG yaseSwitzerland, iTUI Travel Plc yaseBrithani kanye nabaphethe iDeutsche Lufthansa AG kanye ne-EasyJet Plc.

Ukubhuka 'Okubi Kakhulu'

UFankhauser kaThomas Cook izolo uthe ukubhuka ehlobo “kubi kakhulu” ngoJanuwari, okuyinyanga ebaluleke kakhulu yokubhuka ehlobo. Uthe umphathi wezokuvakasha ufuna ukunciphisa izindleko njengoba ukubhuka kwehla, yize kusenokuhlangabezana nezinjongo azithengisile kuleli hlobo uma ukubhuka kwemizuzu yokugcina kwenzeka.

"Umbono wabatshalizimali bekungukuthi uThomas Cook ubedayisa ngokuqinile ngesikhathi somnotho," kusho uJoseph Thomas, ongumhlaziyi we-Investec Plc eLondon, kwinhlolokhono. “Sengiqala ukuba novalo. Lesi sitoko besilokhu sidelela amandla adonsela phansi. ” UTomas unesincomo "sokubamba" kumasheya.

Ukwehla kwamandla omnotho okwedlulele emhlabeni wonke kusukela ngeMpi Yezwe II kunciphisa ukufunwa kwezinto ezithunyelwa ngaphandle yiJalimane futhi kwenza abathengi bezwe bakhuphule imali abayisebenzisile.

Ukuwa kwezimbangi kufaka phakathi iXL Leisure Group Plc ngonyaka owedlule kwehlise amandla embonini futhi kwavumela uThomas Cook ukuthi anyuse amanani. UFankhauser uthe umphathi wezokuvakasha akanazo izinhlelo zokuphungula abasebenzi noma ukwethula amahora ancishisiwe abasebenzi bakhe baseGerman abangama-2,600 XNUMX.

UThomas Cook wayehlise odenariyu abangu-25.25, noma amaphesenti ayi-11, abe ngu-204.5 wamapeni ngo-1 ntambama eLondon. Le nkampani ikhiqiza ngaphezu kwamaphesenti angama-40 okuthengisa kwayo kusuka esigabeni sayo sezwekazi laseYurophu.

IBritish Izindiza yehle ngo-5.3 pence, noma amaphesenti angu-3.8, yafika kumapeni ayi-134.7. ILufthansa, inkampani yezindiza enkulu kunazo zonke eJalimane, ibiphansi ngamasenti ayi-16, noma amaphesenti angu-1.9, yaya kuma-euro ayizigidi eziyi-8.10 eFrankfurt. I-EasyJet yehlele odenariyu abangu-11.5, noma amaphesenti angu-3.9, yaya kumapeni angama-284.25 eLondon.

Amasheya aseKuoni awele ama-franc angama-22.75, noma amaphesenti angu-7.6, kuya kuma-franc angama-277 ngo-1: 15 ntambama eZurich, okuyisona esiningi kakhulu kusukela ngo-Okthoba 27. I-TUI Travel Plc, imbangi enkulu kakhulu yaseYurophu kaThomas Cook, yehle ngo-pence abayi-11, noma u-4.6 wamaphesenti, yaya kumapeni angama-229.25. .