I-Air India ihlela ukwengeza izindiza ezintsha ezingu-35 kulo nyaka njengoba inkampani yezindiza ilungiselela "ukuhlanganiswa nokwanda" ngokundizela emizileni eminingi yamazwe ngamazwe kanye neyasekhaya, kusho inhloko yenkampani yezindiza u-Ashwani Lohani.
Egcizelela ukuthi "impi isanda kuqala" mayelana nemvuselelo, u-Lohani uthe i-Air India idinga ukuncintisana ngemali yokugibela enezinhlelo ezikhangayo.
"Ngilindele cishe izindiza ezintsha ezingama-35 ukujoyina umndeni wakwa-Air India ngo-2017 futhi sonke kudingeka sikulungele ngokugcwele ukuzithola, sizigcwalise futhi sizindize," kusho i-Air India CMD emlayezo woNyaka Omusha kubasebenzi.
Ngokungezwa kwendiza entsha, leli qembu lalizoba noxhaxha lwezindiza ezingaphezu kuka-170.
Njengamanje, iqembu linezindiza ezingaba ngu-140.
Nakuba i-Air India inezindiza ezingu-106, ingalo yayo yamazwe ngamazwe ebiza kancane i-Air India Express inezindiza ezingu-23. Ngaphandle kwalokho, kukhona cishe eziyi-10 ezihlelwe nge-Alliance Air, inkampani ephethwe ngokuphelele yenkampani yenethiwekhi kazwelonke esebenza emizileni yesifunda.
“U-2017 kuzoba unyaka wokuhlanganisa nokwandisa.
"Sizondizela ezindaweni eziningi ezintsha zamazwe ngamazwe futhi sixhumane nezindawo ezintsha zasekhaya njengengxenye yomgomo kahulumeni wokuxhumana kwesifunda," kusho u-Lohani, wengeza ngokuthi ukugcwalisa okuningi nokundiza okuningi kuyisiqubulo.
Ngokokuqala ngqa cishe eminyakeni eyishumi, i-Air India yathola inzuzo yokusebenza, ikakhulukazi esizwa izindleko eziphansi zikaphethiloli kanye nokwenyuka kwezinombolo zabagibeli.
Ngokuka-Lohani, umbono womphakathi mayelana nenkampani yezindiza ukhombisa inkambiso ethuthukayo, ebonakala ibonakala, "ngisho noma incane kuzo zonke izinkomba zethu ezihlobene nokusebenza".