Izindiza zase-US zibambezela ukulethwa kwezindiza ezingama-54 ze-Airbus

I-US Airways izobambezela ukulethwa kwamajethi e-Airbus amasha angama-54 kuze kube okungenani u-2013 futhi ithathe ezinye izinyathelo zokuthuthukisa imali egciniwe kuze kube yilapho isidingo sohambo sikhuphuka.

Inkampani yezindiza ithe ngoLwesibili ukuthi ukumisa ukulethwa kuzonciphisa izindleko zezindiza ngama- $ 2.5 billion eminyakeni emithathu ezayo.

Le nkampani ithe imali ebolekiwe entsha engu-$95 million kanye nezinye izinyathelo zezimali izokhuphula imali etholakalayo cishe ngezigidi eziyi-150 zamaRandi kulo nyaka kanye namaRandi ayizigidi ezingama-450 ngasekupheleni kuka-2010, kusho isikhulu esiphezulu uDoug Parker emyalezweni oya kubasebenzi. Ezinyangeni ezisanda kwedlula, abanye abahlaziyi bebeqagula ukuthi i-US Airways ingase ibhekane nenkinga yezezimali njengoba ishisa imali kulobu busika, isikhathi esihamba kancane sokuhamba. Ngenyanga edlule, inkampani imemezele ukuthi izonqamula imisebenzi eyinkulungwane, ilahle imizila embalwa yamazwe omhlaba, futhi igxile cishe kuzo zonke izindiza zase-US ezikhumulweni zezindiza ezintathu naseWashington.

Isahlela ukwengeza izindiza ezintsha ezingama-28 eminyakeni emithathu ezayo, elibize ijubane elilawulekayo ngesikhathi sokwehla kwemboni yezindiza. Inezimali ezikhona zalezo zindiza ezingama-28, okuhlanganisa nezigidi ezingama- $ 180 emalimboleko yezindiza ezine ezizayo ngonyaka ozayo. Inkampani yezindiza iphinde yathi izohlehlisa ukwethulwa kwenkonzo yayo ye-Airbus 350 XWB kusukela ngo-2015 kuya ku-2017.

"Kalula nje, abantu abazimisele ukukhokha imali eningi ukuze bandize njengoba bebenjalo ngezikhathi zezomnotho eziqinile," inkampani yabhalela abasebenzi. Iphinde yathi ukubolekwa kwezindiza ezintsha kuyabiza futhi kunzima ukuyithola.

I-US Airways, ezinze eTempe, e-Ariz., yayihlelelwe ukuthi yengeze amajethi ochungechunge lwe-Airbus A72 kanye nezindiza eziyi-320 ze-A10 eminyakeni emithathu ezayo ukuze ithathe indawo yamajethi amadala. Manje ihlela ukuthatha ezine ngonyaka ozayo nezingu-330 eminyakeni emibili elandelayo.

Amajethi ochungechunge lwe-A320 angamahhashi okusebenzela asekhaya anezihlalo eziyi-124 kuya kweziyi-183. Imodeli ye-A330 ezayo ngonyaka ozayo inezihlalo ezingu-258, kanti i-US Airways iyisebenzisela imizila yamazwe ngamazwe.

Amanye ama-A22 nama-A330 ahlelelwe ukulethwa kusukela ngo-350 nawo abambezeleka kwaze kwaba u-2015 kuya ku-2017.

Okhulumela i-Airbus uMary Anne Greczyn uthe ukuhlehliswa kwe-US Airways kwasekwakhelwe ohlelweni lwenkampani lokukhiqiza nokudiliva lwango-2010.

Umkhulumeli we-US Airways uMorgan Durrant wenqabile ukusho ukuthi inkampani izoshaywa yini ngezijeziso ngokubambezela ukudiliva.

I-US Airways izogcina izinga layo lokundiza licishe lifane, njengoba iqhubeka nokusebenzisa izindiza zayo zamanje unyaka owodwa noma emibili isikhathi eside kunalokho ebesihlelile kunokuba ifake ezintsha esikhundleni sazo.

Ukuhamba kwezindiza kube buthaka kulo nyaka, futhi izinkampani zenethiwekhi ezimbalwa ezinkulu zase-US ziqoqe imali ukuze zidlule ekwindla epholile nezikhathi zasebusika. Isimo semali sibe sibi kakhulu e-US Airways.

Ngekota yesithathu imali yayo yehle ngaphansi kwezigidigidi ezingu-1.5 zamaRandi, okuyizinga eliphansi esivumelwaneni sayo ne-Barclays, ekhipha ikhadi lesikweletu elinophawu lwe-US Airways. I-Barclays yehlise umkhawulo wafinyelela ku-$1.35 billion ngo-Okthoba. Futhi ngoLwesibili, i-US Airways ithe iBarclays yehlise umkhawulo unomphela, yize ingashongo ukuthi yimalini.

Le nkampani iphinde yathi iBarclays izobambezela ukukhokha imali engu-$200 million ngaphambi kwezinyanga eziyi-14. I-Barclays iqhubekisele phambili imali ngesikhathi ithenga amamayela ahamba njalo enkampanini yenethiwekhi.

I-US Airways ilahlekelwe amaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-125 ezinyangeni eziyisishiyagalolunye zokuqala zalo nyaka ngemali engenayo ephansi, ngemva kokulahlekelwa amaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-2.1 ngonyaka odlule.

"Iminyaka emibili edlule ibe nzima kakhulu embonini yethu nase-US Airways," kusho uParker etshela abasebenzi. Uthe inkampani ibe nenhlanhla yokuba nozakwethu abazimisele ukusiza, kodwa "ngeke siqhubeke nokulahlekelwa yimali unomphela futhi sixhase ukulahlekelwa kwethu ngezimali nokusekelwa kozakwethu."

Umhlaziyi weCreditSights uRoger King wamangala ngekhono labaphathi be-US Airways lokukhulisa imali.

“Konke kuphambene nabo,” esho, “futhi basandiza.”