Etihad Airways: Kufunika kotsika komanso kuchuluka kwa ndege, okwera 76% ochepa mu 2020

• Etihad Airways idanyamula okwera 4.2 miliyoni mu 2020 okhala ndi mpando wokwanira 52.9%
• Etihad Airways inali ndege yoyamba padziko lonse lapansi ndi 100% ya ogwira ndege omwe adalandira katemera
• Mliriwu usanachitike, Etihad anali patsogolo pa zolinga zosintha zomwe zidakhazikitsidwa mu 2017, atalemba 55% yowonjezera pazotsatira zazikulu kumapeto kwa chaka cha 2019

Etihad Airways has announced its financial and operating results for 2020, recording a 76% fall in passengers carried throughout the year (4.2 million, compared to 17.5 million in 2019) as a result of lower demand and reduced flight capacity caused by the unparalleled global downturn in commercial aviation.

Zotsatira za mliri wa COVID-19 komanso zoletsa zoyendetsa ndege ndi mayendedwe, okwera okwera onse adachepetsedwa ndi 64% mu 2020 mpaka 37.5 biliyoni Yopezeka Ma Seat Kilometres (ASKs), kutsika kuchokera ku 104 biliyoni ku 2019, pomwe katundu wanyumba watsika mpaka 52.9%, 25.8% imatsika poyerekeza ndi 2019 (2019: 78.7%). 

 Ndegeyo idalemba US $ 1.2 biliyoni yonyamula anthu mu 2020, kutsika ndi 74% kuchokera ku US $ 4.8 biliyoni mu 2019, chifukwa cha ntchito zochepa zomwe zimachitika komanso anthu ochepa omwe akuyenda. Chomwe chinapangitsa kuti izi zitheke ndikuti kuyimitsidwa kwathunthu kwa anthu ogwira ntchito kulowa ndi kutuluka mu UAE kuyambira kumapeto kwa Marichi mpaka koyambirira kwa Juni 2020 kuletsa kufalikira kwa COVID-19, mogwirizana ndi lamulo la boma la UAE. Opitilira 80% okwera mu 2020 adayendetsedwa m'miyezi itatu yoyambirira ya chaka, zomwe zikuwonetsa kutsika kwakukulu pakufunika kwadzidzidzi pomwe mavuto padziko lonse lapansi adakulirakulira chaka chonse.

Ntchito yonyamula ndege, m'malo mwake, idalemba ntchito yayikulu kwambiri, ndikuwonjezeka kwa 66% ya ndalama kuchokera ku US $ 0.7 biliyoni mu 2019 mpaka US $ 1.2 biliyoni mu 2020, yoyendetsedwa ndi kufunikira kwakukulu kwa mankhwala monga Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) ndi mankhwala, ophatikizidwa ndi mphamvu zochepa zapaulendo padziko lonse lapansi. Katundu wonyamula katundu adawona kusintha kwa 77%.

Ndalama zoyendetsera ntchito zidatsika ndi 39% pachaka, kuchokera ku US $ 5.4 biliyoni ku 2019 mpaka US $ 3.3 biliyoni mu 2020, chifukwa chophatikiza kuchepa kwa ndalama ndi zolipirira ndalama, komanso kuyang'ana pazoyeserera za mtengo. Zowonjezera zidachepetsedwa ndi 25% mpaka US $ 0.8 biliyoni (2019: US $ 1.0 biliyoni) munthawi imeneyi, ngakhale anali okhazikika, chifukwa cha ndalama ndi kayendetsedwe kazinthu zachuma panthawi yamavuto, pomwe ndalama zandalama zidachepetsedwa ndi 23% kudzera pakupitilira kwa malire kukonzanso pepala.

Ponseponse, izi zidapangitsa kuti US $ 1.70 biliyoni (2019: US $ 0.80 biliyoni) mu 2020, EBITDA itembenukire ku US $ 0.65 biliyoni (2019: US $ 0.45 biliyoni).

Mliriwu usanachitike, Etihad inali patsogolo pa zolinga zosintha zomwe zidakhazikitsidwa mu 2017, polembetsa 55% yowonjezera pazotsatira zazikulu pofika kumapeto kwa chaka cha 2019. Kukula uku kudapitilira koyambirira kwa 2020, ndi kotala yoyamba (Q1) zomwe zinawonetsa kusintha kwa chaka ndi chaka kwa 34%. Ndege ikupitilizabe kusinthiratu pofika chaka cha 2023, ikufulumizitsa mapulani ake osintha ndikukonzanso bungweli munthawi ya mliriwu kukhala bizinesi yopanda mavuto.

Tony Douglas, Gulu Loyang'anira Gulu, adati: "Covid adagwedeza maziko enieni amakampani oyendetsa ndege, koma chifukwa cha anthu athu odzipereka komanso kuthandizidwa ndi omwe timagwira nawo ntchito, Etihad adayimilira ndipo ndiwokonzeka kuchita mbali yayikulu pomwe dziko libwerera ku ndege. Ngakhale palibe amene akananeneratu momwe 2020 idzakhalire, cholinga chathu pakukwaniritsa maziko azamalonda pazaka zitatu zapitazi chidayika Etihad m'malo moyankha molimba mtima pamavuto apadziko lonse lapansi. Tachitapo kanthu molimba mtima kuti titeteze anthu athu komanso alendo athu, kukhazikitsa pulogalamu yotsogoza zaumoyo ndi ukhondo, ndikukonzanso bizinesi yathu kuti itithandizenso kuti tikhale bwino. Monga ndege yoyamba padziko lonse lapansi yopatsira katemera oyendetsa ndege athu onse ndi a COVID, ndife okonzeka kulandira omwe akubwerera kuti adzayende bwino ndi Etihad Airways. ”

A Adam Boukadida, Chief Financial Officer, adati: "Tidayamba chaka motsimikiza kupitilira zomwe tidasinthira Q1 ndipo timayembekezera kuchita bwino chaka chamawa - kenako mliriwo udayamba. Pomwe ndalama zonyamula anthu sizinatchulidwepo, tinachitapo kanthu mwachangu kuti titeteze ndalama za Etihad za nthawi yayitali, ndi njira zingapo zochepetsera kukhudzidwa kwa Covid pabizinesi yathu. Ngakhale panali zovuta zakutuluka kwa ndalama, tidasungabe ndalama poyang'ana kuwongolera mtengo, kukulitsa ndalama zonyamula, kukulitsa kuthekera kwathu ndikukhazikitsa ngongole zatsopano monga sukuk yoyamba yolumikizana ndi kukhazikika padziko lonse lapansi. Izi zidathandizidwa ndi Etihad kusungabe A yokhala ndi malingaliro 'okhazikika' ndi Fitch, ndikupangitsa kuti ikhale imodzi mwa ndege zochepa kuti zisawonongeke ku COVID. ”

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