Nok Air ikuwoneka kuti yapeza malo ake ndipo ili wokonzeka kugwirizana ndi omwe akugawana nawo, Thai Airways, Mtsogoleri wamkulu wa Nok Air, Patee Sarasin, adauza eTN muzoyankhulana zapadera.
Tangoganizani kuti kampani ya ndege ikupangidwa ndi cholinga chothana ndi kukwera kwa mpikisano wa ndege zotsika mtengo. Ichi chinali cholinga cha Thai Airways pamene inakhazikitsa kampani yake yotsika mtengo, Nok Air, mu 2005. Komabe, Nok Air sinagwirepo cholinga ichi, pokhala zaka zitatu zapitazi kutsutsana ndi mwini wake wamkulu. Mpaka chilimwechi, pomwe mgwirizano watsopano womwe udasainidwa pakati pa Nok Air ndi Thai Airways unatsegula njira yopititsira patsogolo mgwirizano komanso zolinga zofananira zamalonda.
eTN: Mukufotokoza bwanji kuti zinali zovuta kuti Nok Air igwire ntchito ndi Thai Airways yomwe ili ndi masheya?
Patee Sarasin: Takwilira chipewacho ndi Thai Airways popeza sitingathe kumenya nkhondo m'malo omwe alipo. N’zoona kuti m’mbuyomu tinali ndi vuto logwirizana chifukwa tinalibe masomphenya ofanana. Thai Airways ndi ndege yomwe ndi kampani ya Boma komwe ndale zimagwira ntchito yofunikira. Vuto ndiloti tinkakambirana nthawi zonse ndi abwenzi atsopano ndipo zimakhala zovuta kusunga ndondomeko yomweyo. Koma pakubwera kwa Wallop Bhukkanasut, tcheyamani wa komiti ya akuluakulu, tsopano tili ndi mnzako wolimba wokhazikika kuti tikambirane ndipo tinagwirizana pazinthu zambiri.
eTN: Kodi zikutanthauza kuti Thai Airways ndi Nok Air agwirizana ndikukhala ndi njira imodzi?
Sarasin: Tidzagwira ntchito limodzi ndikuyika gulu lomwe likuyang'ana njira zotsatsira wamba. Sitipikisana koma timathandizana bwino, makamaka tikamauluka kuchokera ku eyapoti ya Bangkok Don Muang, pomwe Thai Airways [TG] imawulukira njira zake zonse zapakhomo kuchokera ku eyapoti ya Suvarnabhumi. Mwachitsanzo, ndife olimba kwambiri m'misika monga Nakhon Si Tammarat kapena Trang yomwe simatumizidwa ndi Thai Airways. Tikukhulupirira ndiye kuti TG imatithandiza kugulitsa ndege za Nok Air bwino kunja. Tikuganiza kuti tidzalowa nawo pulogalamu ya TG ya Royal Orchid Plus -mwinamwake pofika Okutobala komanso Royal Orchid Holidays. Timayang'anadi kuwongolera ubale wathu mofanana ndi Jetstar ndi Qantas Airways.
eTN: Kodi mungafotokoze bwanji mwachidule zomwe mukufuna kuti mugwirizane bwino ndi Thai Airways?
Sarasin: Ndinangoyambiranso, ndikugogomezera mgwirizano wathu ndi ntchito zotsatirazi: kugwirizanitsa ndondomeko; kuchepetsa kugawa; kukhulupirika pulogalamu synergies; maholide wamba phukusi; malonda wamba. Ndikukhulupirira kuti titha kukwaniritsa zambiri kudzera muzolinga zing'onozing'ono zomwe magulu onsewa atha kuzikwaniritsa mosavuta.
eTN: Munkapita kumayiko ena. Kodi zili mu dongosolo lanu ndipo mudzalumikizana bwanji ndi Thai Airways?
Sarasin: Tisanakonzenso, tinatsegula ndege zopita ku Bangalore ndi Hanoi. Ngakhale kuti zinthu zinali zochulukirachulukira, tinataya ndalama zambiri chifukwa sitinkayembekezera kuti mitengo yamafuta ikwera panthawiyo. Kenako tidanyamula anthu omwe amalipira ndalama zotsika mtengo zomwe sizimayenderana ndi mtengo pampando uliwonse. Komabe, ndikuganiza kuti titha kuwulukanso padziko lonse lapansi pofika chaka cha 2011. Tikambirana ndi Thai Airways ndikuwona komwe titha kukatumikira. Titha kuwulukanso mayiko ena kuchokera ku Phuket kapena Chiang Mai. Ndi mwayi wambiri ku Asia popeza mizinda yambiri ikusowabe kulumikizana kwapadziko lonse lapansi…
eTN: Munakonzanso Nok Air mu 2008, kodi ndegeyo ikuwoneka bwanji lero?
Sarasin: Kukwera kwa mtengo wamafuta kunatikakamiza kuti tichepetse kwambiri ntchito yathu kumayambiriro kwa chaka cha 2008 koma ndiyenera kuvomereza kuti tinaphunzira zambiri kudzera mukukonzanso uku. Ndife osamala kwambiri masiku ano mumsika wathu. Tinachotsa antchito 1,000, kuchepetsa zombo zathu kuchokera pa 6 mpaka 3 Boeing 737-400 ndikuchepetsa kuchuluka kwa maulendo apandege. Takhala opindulitsa kwambiri pamene tikuwonjezera kugwiritsa ntchito ndege kuchokera ku 9 mpaka maola 12.7. Timakwaniritsa zinthu zambiri zolemetsa ngakhale sitikupereka mitengo yotsika mtengo pamsika. Tachitanso phindu ndipo takwanitsa kupanga phindu la Baht 160 miliyoni [US$ 4.7 miliyoni] m'miyezi isanu ndi umodzi yoyambirira. Tiyenera kunyamula anthu opitilira mamiliyoni awiri chaka chino.
eTN: Mukufuna kuwonjezeranso?
Sarasin: Tikuwonjezera ndege zitatu zatsopano ndikuyang'ana bwino gulu la 10 Boeing 737-400 mtsogolo. Pankhani yakukulitsa maukonde, tiwonjezera ma frequency ku Chiang Mai komanso tikukonzekera kutsegula njira zopita ku Chiang Rai ndi Surat Thani. Pakadali pano tikhala tikuyang'ana kwambiri ntchito zapakhomo popeza Thailand ili ndi msika weniweni wapanyumba.
