MELBOURNE - Wonyamulira mbendera waku Australia Qantas Lamlungu adadzudzula kufunikira kwa njira zake zazikulu zaku London ndi Los Angeles pakutsika ndi 88% pa phindu lapachaka.
Mkulu wa bungwe la Alan Joyce adati misewu iwiriyi, yomwe inali yopangira phindu lalikulu la ndege, ikugwira ntchito motayika chifukwa cha kuchuluka kwa mpikisano komanso zotsatira za mavuto azachuma padziko lonse.
Joyce adati ngakhale ntchito zapanyumba za ndegeyi zikadali zopindulitsa, njira za LA ndi London zidakokera bizinesi yake yapadziko lonse lapansi.
"Kwenikweni, njirazi ndiye vuto lalikulu," adauza mtolankhani wa ABC.
"Njira zazikulu ziwirizi zimadalira kwambiri kuchuluka kwa magalimoto. Kuchuluka kwa magalimoto kwatsika pakati pa 20 ndi 30 peresenti kwa ife. "
Qantas sabata yatha adalengeza kuti phindu lidatsika mpaka $ 117 miliyoni (96.6 miliyoni US) m'miyezi 12 mpaka Juni, kutsika kuchokera pa 969 miliyoni.
Mpikisano munjira ya Australia-Los Angeles wakula chaka chino pomwe chimphona cha US Delta ndi Virgin's V-Australia akutenga osewera omwe adalipo Qantas ndi United Airlines.
Kutsika mtengo kwambiri komwe kwachititsa kumatanthauza kuti mitengo yotsika kwambiri panjirayi ndi yotsika kwambiri, kuchepera theka la mtengo wazaka zapitazo.
Joyce adaneneratu za njira yodutsa nyanja ya Pacific ndipo njira yomwe amatchedwa "njira ya kangaroo" yochokera ku Australia kupita ku London ibwerera kukapeza phindu pomwe vuto lazachuma litachepa komanso kuchuluka kwa magalimoto obwera chifukwa cha mabizinesi kubwereranso.
"Pamene chuma chikusintha, msika wamalonda ukabwerera, njirazo zikuyenda bwino," adatero.
Joyce sanapereke mayendedwe otsika mtengo ku kampani ya Jetstar ndicholinga choti apindule, ponena kuti iwo ndi zinthu zazikuluzikulu za mtundu wa Qantas.
