Virgin Atlantic ya fara zuwa kasuwar cikin gida ta Burtaniya

Virgin Atlantic ya gabatar da shirye-shiryensa na fara shigowa cikin kasuwannin cikin gida na gajeren zango, kuma za ta fafata da abokiyar hamayyar ta British Airways kan hanyar da ta samu riba daga London zuwa Manchester.

Kamfanin dillancin labarai na Reuters ya ba da rahoton cewa kamfanin jirgin, wanda wani dan kasuwa mai suna Richard Branson ya kafa a shekarar 1984, ya sanar da shirinsa na yin zirga-zirgar dawowa uku daga Heathrow na London zuwa filin jirgin sama na Manchester da ke arewa maso yammacin Ingila daga watan Maris na shekarar 2013, wanda ke ba da gasa ga gajeren aikin BA.

Virgin Atlantic yayi ikirarin cewa BA, wani ɓangare na IAG, yana aiki ne kawai akan hanyar Heathrow zuwa Manchester bayan karɓar kamfanin Bmi na Burtaniya a wannan shekara.

"Kamfanin jirgin sama ya yi imanin cewa an yi watsi da gasar akan wannan hanyar a cikin hanyar magance matsalar kuma tana da nufin samar da zabi ga fasinjoji 650,000 da ke tafiya tsakanin biranen biyu," in ji Babban Jami'in Virgin Atlantic Steve Ridgway.

A cewar kamfanin dillancin labarai na Reuters, sabuwar hanyar za ta kasance ta farko da Virgin za ta fara zirga-zirga zuwa cikin gida kuma za ta ciyar da ayyukanta na tsawon lokaci daga Heathrow. Tana kuma shirin fara zirga-zirgar jiragen sama tsakanin London da Scotland a nan gaba.

Ridgway ya kara da cewa kimanin kashi biyu cikin uku na mutanen da suke tashi daga Manchester zuwa Landan sai su hadu da wani dogon jirgi; kasuwa Virgin Atlantic yana son rabo daga.

BA yana zirga-zirgar dawowa 17 tsakanin London da Manchester, 13 daga cikinsu daga Heathrow.

"Muna farin cikin ganin Virgin Atlantic ya kara yawansu a Manchester kuma ya ga gasa ta dawo kan hanyar Landan," in ji Ken O'Toole, babban jami'in kasuwanci na Filin Jirgin Sama na Manchester.

Kishiya tsakanin Virgin Atlantic, wanda mallakar kamfanin jirgin saman Singapore ne, kuma BA ya faro ne sama da shekaru 20 ga abin da ake kira "dabarun datti", lokacin da Virgin ta zargi BA da gudanar da kamfen ɓoye.

Hakan ya ƙare da tilasta wa BA yin afuwa ga jama'a da biyan diyya ga Branson da Virgin. Tun daga wannan lokacin ake yaƙe-yaƙe na farashi, zargin ragin farashin da layin jama'a akan girman gadajen fasinjoji.

Virgin ya musanta cewa sabon sabis ɗin martani ne ga Virgin Rail da aka cire daga West Coast Mainline ikon amfani da sunan kamfani wanda ke rufe London zuwa Manchester.

Ma'aikatar Sufuri ta Burtaniya a makon da ya gabata ta ba kamfanin FirstGroup kyautar shekaru 13 na layin West Coast, shawarar da Branson ya kai harin a matsayin "hauka".

Virgin, wacce ke neman filin tashi da saukar jiragen sama na 12 da aka tilasta wa BA ya bari a matsayin wani bangare na yarjejeniyar bmi, ta ce za ta yi amfani da wasu wuraren da take da su don yi wa titin Manchester zuwa Landan hidima.

Ana kuma sa ran kamfanin jigilar jiragen sama na Aer Lingus zai nemi tikitin wasu wurare don ba shi damar bayar da ayyuka tsakanin Edinburgh babban birnin Scotland da Heathrow. Aikace-aikacen neman kujerun ana biyan su ne a ƙarshen wannan makon.

Virgin na shirin amfani da jirgin hayar Airbus A319 akan hanyar London zuwa Manchester.