VIENNA (eTN) - Kudzingwa kweAustrian Airlines (AUA) CEO Alfred Ötsch kunoratidza kukomba kwemamiriro ezvinhu mutakuri wenyika yeAustria, mushure mekutora kwayo mari nemutakuri weGerman Lufthansa muna Zvita wapfuura.
Ötsch anosiya kambani yendege sezvo achinyanya kubatwa nemhosva yekuipa kwemamiriro emari eAUA. Muna March, Ötsch akanga atozivisa kuti migumisiro yeAustria yakanga yabatanidzwa sezvo yakazivisa purofiti ye3.3 mamiriyoni emamiriyoni muna 2007. Kubva ipapo, Mutungamiriri Mukuru akamanikidzwa kuongorora pasi nekudzika kufungidzira kwa2008.
Muna Chikunguru, Austrian yakafanotaura nekurasikirwa kwe70 kusvika 90 miriyoni, zvino muna Gumiguru ye100 kusvika 125 miriyoni. Zvino munaNovember, zvakanzi kurasikirwa kusvika ku400 miriyoni emadhora nekuda kwekupihwa kwepamusoro.
Zvichitevera kubva kwaÖtsch, maneja wenguva pfupi weAustria akapa mufananidzo unoshamisa wekambani yendege zuva rakatevera. Austrian inoda kuchengetedza imwe € 225 miriyoni mumitengo kunyangwe ichangoburwa jekiseni remari re200 miriyoni yakabvumidzwa neEuropean Union kuchengetedza ndege.
Kucheka mari nekukasira kuchashandura mukuderedzwa kwemuhoro kune manejimendi pakati pe5 muzana uye 10 muzana pamwe nevashandi, kuiswa kwechikamu-basa nguva uye kumwe kudzikiswa muAustria network. Ndege yakasimbisa kuvhara ndege kuenda kuBaia Mare kuRomania, Burgas muBulgaria uye kuvhurwa kweAlep muJorodhani kwakasiiwa.
Nguva pfupi yadarika, AUA yakanga yatomisa ndege dzayo kuMumbai. Vashandi vari kutyira kuti vangangodzingwa basa, izvo zvinogona kukwira kusvika chiuru, Lufthansa isati yatora manejimendi muchirimo chinotevera.
Mutakuri weGerman akatotanga kuita "Partners Project" yekuongorora kuwirirana pakati peAustrian Airlines neLufthansa.
"Zvese zvichaongororwa asi isu takavimbiswa kuti Austrian Airlines ichachengetedza zvizere kuzivikanwa kwayo uye kusununguka kwekutengesa kwesarudzo, sezvazvaive zvatove kuSwitzerland. Uku ndiko kukurudzira kukuru kwatiri,” anodaro Gayle Berry Zoechbauer, maneja Incoming Tourism Management weAustrian Airlines aivepo kuAustria's Travel Show ACTB.
Pakati pezvinobvira mune ramangwana AUA CEO, Lufthansa yakatofunga kugadza Swiss International Air Lines Chief Network and Distribution officer Harry Hohmeister.
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ZVOKUBVA MUNYAYA INO:
- Cutting costs immediately will translate into reduction in wages for the management between 5 percent and 10 percent as well as for employees, the introduction of part-work time and a further reduction in Austrian network.
- The airline has confirmed to close down flights to Baia Mare in Romania, Burgas in Bulgaria and the opening of Alep in Jordan is definitely abandoned.
- Austrian needs to save another €225 million in costs despite a recent financial injection of €200 million authorized by the European Union to save the airline.
