Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd., wonyamula maulendo ataliatali omwe amawongoleredwa ndi bilionea Richard Branson, ali ndi "chaka chovuta kwambiri" chifukwa chofuna kuyenda kwa ndege, malinga ndi mkulu wake wamkulu.
"Sikuti tipeze phindu chaka chino, ndikuwonetsetsa kuti timateteza ndalama zathu," adatero CEO Steve Ridgway lero poyankhulana. "Ndalama ndi zokolola zimakhala zotsika kwambiri ndipo msika wamtengo wapatali watsika kwambiri."
Virgin Atlantic yachepetsa mphamvu ndi pafupifupi 7 peresenti pochotsa maulendo ena opita ku New York, ndipo mwina achepetsanso mipando chaka chino, a Ridgway adatero. Chonyamuliracho ndi 49 peresenti ya Singapore Airlines Ltd.
Kampani yonyamula katundu ku Crawley, ku England idachulukitsa phindu la msonkho chaka chatha chifukwa idanyamula anthu okwera mtengo kwambiri, zomwe zidawonongeka kwambiri kwa omwe akupikisana nawo kuphatikiza British Airways Plc ndi Air France-KLM Gulu. Namwali sangabwereze zomwezo.
Ridgway adapempha bungwe la European Union kuti liwonjezere kuyimitsidwa kwa lamulo lomwe likufuna kuti ndege zigwiritse ntchito ponyamuka ndi kutera osachepera 80 peresenti ya nthawiyo, kapena adzawataya chaka chamawa. Nyumba yamalamulo ku Europe yayimitsa lamuloli mpaka pa Oct. 24.
"Chofunika ndichakuti izi zimachitika m'nyengo yozizira," adatero Ridgway. "Bizinesi iyenera kulinganiza kuchuluka kwa zomwe zikufunika."
Airline Cooperation
Virgin akufunanso US kuti ikane chitetezo cha British Airways antitrust pa mgwirizano womwe akufuna ndi AMR Corp.'s American Airlines. Branson wakhala akutsutsa kwa zaka zambiri kuti kuwonjezeka kwa maubwenzi pakati pa onyamula awiriwa kungalepheretse mpikisano, makamaka panjira zodutsa pa Atlantic.
Phindu la pretax la Virgin linakwera kufika pa mapaundi 68.4 miliyoni ($ 108 miliyoni) m'chaka chomwe chinatha Feb. 28 kuchokera pa mapaundi 34.8 miliyoni chaka chapitacho, Virgin adanena lero m'mawu ake. Chiwerengero cha okwera chinakwera 1.2 peresenti kufika pa 5.77 miliyoni m'chaka cha kalendala.
Zopeza za wothandizirayo zitha kale kuchepa. Chief Executive Officer waku Singapore Airlines Chew Choon Seng adati Meyi 14 kuti Virgin "sachita bwino." Wachiwiri kwa purezidenti wamkulu wazachuma ku Singapore, Chan Hon Chew, adati tsiku lotsatira kuti $ 106 miliyoni ya "kutayika kwa anzawo" ndege yomwe idanenedwa kotala yomwe idatha pa Marichi 31 "zabwera kwambiri" kuchokera pakugulitsa kwawo ku UK. Namwali samanena za ndalama zomwe amapeza.
British Airways idanenanso kuti idatayika kwa chaka chathunthu kuyambira 2002 pa Meyi 22, pomwe kufunikira kwachulukira komanso mtengo wamafuta kukwera. Kuperewera kwa msonkho pa nthawi yomwe inatha pa Marichi 31 kunali mapaundi 401 miliyoni. Air France idati pa Meyi 19 kuti ikulitsa kuchepa kwa ntchito itatha kutaya koyamba kuyambira 1996.
Ndege padziko lonse lapansi zitha kutaya $ 4.7 biliyoni chaka chino, International Air Transport Association idatero Marichi 24.
