IVirgin Atlantic yenza ukungena kwayo okokuqala emakethe yasekhaya yase-UK

IVirgin Atlantic yethule izinhlelo zokuthi ingene okokuqala ngqa emakethe yasekhaya emincane, futhi izoncintisana nembangi yeBritish Izindiza emzileni oholela kahle waseLondon-Manchester.

Abezindaba zeReuters babika ukuthi le nkampani yezindiza, eyasungulwa ngusomabhizinisi omkhulu uRichard Branson ngo-1984, yamemezela izinhlelo zokusebenzisa izindiza ezintathu ezibuyela emuva zisuka esikhumulweni sezindiza iLondon eHeathrow ziye esikhumulweni sezindiza saseManchester enyakatho-ntshonalanga yeNgilandi kusukela ngoMashi 2013, ukuhlinzekela ukuncintisana nensizakalo ye-BA yokuthatha isikhashana.

IVirgin Atlantic ithi iBA, eyingxenye ye-IAG, isebenza yedwa emzileni weHeathrow oya eManchester ngemuva kokuthatha kwayo i-UK carrier bmi kulo nyaka.

"Inkampani yezindiza ikholelwa ukuthi ukuncintisana kulo mzila kushaywe indiva ohlelweni lokulungisa amakhanda futhi kuhloswe ngawo ukukhetha abagibeli abangu-650,000 abahamba phakathi kwala madolobha womabili," kusho iSikhulu Esiphezulu seVirgin Atlantic uSteve Ridgway.

Ngokusho kwabakwaReuters, lo mzila omusha kuzoba owokuqala weVirgin ongena ezindizeni zasekhaya futhi uzophakela izinsiza zawo ezithatha isikhathi eside ukusuka eHeathrow. Iphinde ihlela ukwethula izindiza phakathi kweLondon neScotland ngokuzayo.

URidgway wengeze ngokuthi cishe abantu ababili kwabathathu abasuka eManchester baye eLondon bese bexhuma kwenye indiza emide; imakethe i-Virgin Atlantic ifuna isabelo se.

IBA isebenza ngezindiza eziyi-17 ezibuyayo phakathi kweLondon neManchester, eziyi-13 zazo zisuka eHeathrow.

"Siyajabula ukubona iVirgin Atlantic yandisa ukubakhona kwabo eManchester nokubona ukuncintisana kubuya emzileni waseLondon," kusho uKen O'Toole, isikhulu sezokuhweba eManchester Airports Group.

Umbango phakathi kweVirgin Atlantic, oyingxenye yeSingapore Airlines, kanye neBA ihlehlela emuva eminyakeni engaphezu kwengama-20 kulokho okubizwa ngokuthi "amaqhinga angcolile", lapho iVirgin isola i-BA ngokwenza umkhankaso wokugcoba.

Lokho kugcine ngokuthi iBA iphoqeleke ukuthi ixolise emphakathini futhi ikhokhe nomonakalo kuBranson naseVirgin. Sekube nezimpi zamanani, izinsolo zokumiswa kwamanani entambo kanye nolayini bomphakathi ngobukhulu bemibhede yabagibeli.

UVirgin ukuphikile ukuthi le nkonzo entsha ibiyimpendulo yeVirgin Rail ephucwa ifranchise yaseWest Coast Mainline ehlanganisa iLondon neManchester.

UMnyango wezokuThutha eBrithani ngesonto eledlule unikeze iFirstGroup ilungelo lokuthenga iminyaka engu-13 kulayini waseWest Coast, okuyisinqumo uBranson ahlasela ngaso “njengokusangana”.

IVirgin, efaka isicelo sokusuka e-Heathrow nezindawo zokuhlala phansi i-BA aphoqeleke ukuthi izishiye njengengxenye yesivumelwano se-bmi, ithe izosebenzisa ezinye zezindawo zayo ezikhona ukusebenzela umzila weManchester oya eLondon.

Inkampani yenethiwekhi yase-Ireland u-Aer Lingus kulindeleke nokuthi ifune izikhala ezithile ukuze ikwazi ukuhlinzeka ngezinsizakalo phakathi kwenhlokodolobha yaseScotland i-Edinburgh neHeathrow. Izicelo zezikhala kufanele zilandelwe ekupheleni kwaleli sonto.

IVirgin ihlela ukusebenzisa izindiza ze-Airbus A319 eziqashiwe emzileni waseLondon oya eManchester.