Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd., mokhanni oa nako e telele ea laoloang ke billionaire Richard Branson, o na le "selemo se thata haholo" joalo ka tlhoko ea maeto a sefofane, ho latela molaoli ea ka sehlohong.
"Ha se ho etsa phaello selemong sena, ke ho netefatsa hore re sireletsa chelete ea rona," ho boletse CEO Steve Ridgway kajeno puisanong. "Litefiso le kuno li maemong a tlase haholo 'me' maraka oa boleng bo tlase o theohile haholo."
Virgin Atlantic e fokolitse boholo ba eona ka liperesente tse 7 ka ho tlosa lifofane tse ling tse eang libakeng tse kenyeletsang New York, mme mohlomong e tla fokotsa litulo selemong sena, ho boletse Ridgway. Motho ea tsamaisang ke karolo ea 49 lekholong ea Singapore Airlines Ltd.
Crawley, Engelane e tsamaisang thepa e imenne phaello ea pretax selemong se fetileng kaha e ne e nkile bapalami ba bangata ba pele, e thibela mokhoa oa ho lahleheloa ke letlooa ho bahlolisani ho kenyeletsoa British Airways Plc le Air France-KLM Group. Moroetsana ha a na monyetla oa ho pheta feat.
Ridgway o kopile European Union ho holisa ho emisoa ha molao o hlokang hore lifofane li sebelise ho tloha le ho emisa bonyane liperesente tsa 80 tsa nako, kapa li tobane le ho li lahleheloa selemong se tlang. Paramente ea Europe e emisitse ka molao ho fihlela ka la 24 Mphalane.
"Ntho ea bohlokoa ke hore sena se etsahala nakong ea mariha," ho boletse Ridgway. Indasteri e hloka ho leka-lekanya bokhoni le tlhoko e teng moo. ”
Tšebelisano-'moho ea Lifofane
Mofumahali o boetse o batla hore US e hanele tšireletso ea likokoana-hloko ea British Airways bakeng sa tumellano e reriloeng le American Airlines ea AMR Corp. Branson o phehile khang ka lilemo hore maqhama a eketsehang lipakeng tsa bajari ba babeli a ka emisa tlholisano, haholo litseleng tsa Trans-Atlantic.
Phaello ea Virgin ea pretax e nyolohetse ho liponto tse limilione tse 68.4 ($ 108 milione) selemong se felileng ka Hlakola 28 ho tloha liponto tse limilione tse 34.8 selemong se fetileng, Virgin o boletse kajeno polelong. Linomoro tsa bapalami li eketsehile ka liperesente tsa 1.2 ho isa ho limilione tse 5.77 selemong sa khalendara.
Meputso ea motho ea tsamaisang e kanna ea se e ntse e lieha. Motsamaisi e Moholo oa Tsamaiso ea Lifofane oa Singapore Chew Choon Seng o boletse ka la 14 Mots'eanong hore Virgin "ha e sebetse hantle." Motlatsi oa mopresidente ea phahameng oa lichelete oa Singapore, Chan Hon Chew, o boletse letsatsing le hlahlamang hore $ 106 milione ea "tahlehelo e amanang" le sefofane se tlalehiloeng bakeng sa kotara e felileng ka la 31 Hlakubele "li tsoa haholo" ho tsoa ho tsetelo ea eona ho mofani oa UK. Moroetsana ha a tlalehe palo ea chelete e kenang.
British Airways e tlalehile tahlehelo ea eona ea selemo se felletseng ho tloha ka 2002 ka la 22 Mots'eanong, ha tlhokeho e theoha le litheko tsa peterole li nyoloha. Khaello ea pretax nakong e felileng ka la 31 Hlakubele e ne e le liponto tse limilione tse 401. Air France e boletse ka la 19 Mots'eanong hore e tla tebisa ho fokotsa mesebetsi kamora ho rema tahlehelo ea eona ea pele ho tloha ka 1996.
Lifofane lefatšeng ka bophara li kanna tsa lahleheloa ke $ 4.7 billion e kopaneng selemong sena, ho boletse Mokhatlo oa Machaba oa Lipalangoang tsa Lifofane.
