Daya daga cikin manyan kamfanonin jiragen sama na Asiya ya ce zai rage zirga-zirgar jiragen sama na kasa da kasa tare da neman ma'aikatan da su dauki hutun da ba a biya su ba.
Kamfanin jirgin saman Cathay Pacific na Hong Kong zai rage karfin aiki, zai jinkirta isar da jirage tare da neman ma'aikatan da su wuce makonni hudu ba tare da biya ba a wannan shekara.
Wannan dai shi ne karo na baya bayan nan, yayin da kamfanonin jiragen sama na duniya ke shirin yin asarar biliyoyin daloli a shekarar 2009.
Babban jami'in zartarwa na Cathay Pacific Tony Tyler ya ce rikicin na yanzu ya fi muni fiye da annobar SARS ta 2003, wanda kuma ya gurgunta zirga-zirgar jiragen sama a Asiya.
"SARS, mun san ba za ta dawwama ba," in ji Tyler. "Ya fi tsauri yayin da yake kunne. Amma mun san ba zai dawwama ba har abada . Ya kasance abin tsoro ne ga lafiya. Kuma, da zarar tsoron lafiyar ya tafi, ƙarfin tattalin arzikin da ke cikin ƙasa ya ga cunkoson ababen hawa sun farfado. ”
Tyler ya shaida wa manema labarai cewa "gani ba shi da kyau" yayin rikicin da ake ciki kuma kamfanin bai da tabbas lokacin da zai murmure.
Cathay Pacific ta yi asarar fiye da dala miliyan takwas da miliyan shida a cikin 2008 - asarar da ta yi a kowace shekara ga kamfanin jirgin. A bana, kudaden shiga na farko-kwata ya ragu da sama da kashi 22 cikin dari, idan aka kwatanta da bara.
Kamfanin dai ya dora alhakin hasarar da aka samu a kan hauhawar farashin man fetur a farkon rabin shekarar da kuma faduwar fasinja da kayan dakon kaya a rabi na biyu.
Cathay Pacific yana shirin rage samun kujerun zama ko jirage zuwa London, Paris, Frankfurt, Sydney, Singapore, Bangkok, Seoul, Taipei, Tokyo, Mumbai da Dubai. Kamfanin jirgin sama na 'yar uwarsa, Dragonair, zai rage zirga-zirga zuwa Shanghai, Bengaluru a Indiya da Busan a Koriya ta Kudu tare da dakatar da zirga-zirgar jiragen sama zuwa wasu biranen China.
Tyler ya ce duka kungiyar matukan jirgi da kungiyar ma'aikatan gida sun amince da shirin hutun da ba a biya ba.
"Sun fahimci matsalar," in ji Tyler. "Sun fahimci halin da kamfanin ke fuskanta kuma suna son taimakawa."
Hukumar kula da zirga-zirgar jiragen sama ta kasa da kasa ta ce kamfanonin jiragen sama na fuskantar daya daga cikin shekaru mafi tsanani da aka taba fuskanta kuma masu jigilar kayayyaki na Asiya da tekun Pasifik na iya fuskantar matsala.
A makon da ya gabata, kamfanin zirga-zirgar jiragen sama na Air China ya ba da rahoton asarar dala biliyan daya da miliyan hudu a shekara ta 2008. China Eastern, kamfani na uku mafi girma a China, ya ce ya yi asarar dala biliyan 2.2 a bara. Qantas na Ostiraliya na shirin rage ƙarin guraben ayyuka 1,750, bayan kawar da 1,500 a watan Yulin da ya gabata.
