Umnumzana Richard Branson, uMseki weVirgin Galactic, ubeka iifoto ngaphambi kokukhala kwentsimbi kumgangatho weNew York Stock Exchange (NYSE) ukukhuthaza usuku lokuqala lokuthengisa izabelo zeVirgin Galactic Holdings ngo-Okthobha 28, 2019 kwisiXeko saseNew York .Ifoto nguDrew Angerer / Getty Izithombe Njengokuba ubhubhane we-coronavirus uqhubeka ukonakalisa ishishini lokuhamba lehlabathi, umgadli waseBritane uRichard Branson 'iQela leVirgin, elishishini lakhe linqumla iinqanawa, iihotele, iinqwelomoya kunye noololiwe, liyachithwa kuzo zonke ii-angles. Ngokwandayo, indawo yayo yokufota eyokhenketho kunye namashishini e-hyperloop amele amathemba okugqibela ethemba.
Kwiveki ephelileyo, inqwelomoya yenqwelomoya yeVirgin, iVirantic Atlantic, yafaka isicelo sokhuselo lokungabinamali eU.S. njengenkampani ukubalekela ukukhusela isicwangciso sokuhlengahlengisa se- $ 1.5 yezigidigidi ukugcina isolvency. I-airline iphinde yaqala ukukhwela abakhweli emva kweenyanga zokumiswa kwenkonzo ngenxa ye-COVID-19, kodwa ayilindelanga ukuphinda ibuyise inzuzo kude kube yi-2022.
Kwiinyanga ezintathu ngaphambili, inkampani yodade waseVirantic Atlantic, iVirgin Australia, yabhengeza ukungabinamali e-Australia. I-airline okwangoku ihlengahlengiswa phantsi komnini wayo omtsha wabucala, iBain Capital.
Bebonke, ezi nqwelo-moya zimbini zibeke abasebenzi abangaphezulu kwama-6 500 ukusukela oko impembelelo ye-coronavirus yezezimali i-Virgin Atlantic ivale isiseko sayo kwisikhululo senqwelomoya saseLatwick. Kwaye i-Virgin Australia ivale umphathi wayo wexabiso eliphantsi, iTigerair Australia.
Bona kwakho: Eyona nto iphambili kuVirgin Galactic kukubhabha uRichard Branson esiKhaleni kulo nyaka
Kule mpelaveki iphelileyo, isivumelwano se-Virgin Group sase-US, esifuna ukuhambisa uphawu lweVirgin ku-Brightline Trains waseFlorida, siwe emva kokuba uBrightline ebhengeze ukuba oololiwe baseCalifornia naseFlorida abayi kuphinda babizwe ngoololiwe baseVirginia, ngaphandle kokuchaza izizathu. . IBrightline isebenza kaloliwe oziikhilomitha ezingama-70 phakathi kweMiami neWest Palm Beach. Inkampani inezandiso ezininzi kunye neeprojekthi zokwaphula umhlaba eziqhubeka eFlorida, California naseNevada, kodwa inkonzo yabakhweli esele ikho imisiwe ukusukela ngoMatshi ngenxa ye-COVID-19.
Ukuma kokugqibela kweshishini leVirgin? Iziqalo zayo ezibini zokuqala: inkampani yokhenketho lwendawo iVirgin Galactic kunye nenkampani ye-Tunnel eyiVir Hyperloop One.
IVirgin Galactic, ithengiswa esidlangalaleni phantsi kwegama layo, ikwibala lokugqibela ukubhabha umthengi wokuqala kwisithuba se-suborbital. Isitokhwe sayo, ubukhulu becala, sibe yimpumelelo ukusukela nge-IPO yayo ngo-Okthobha ophelileyo. Inkampani ikhusele ukubekelwa indawo kwama-600 eedola zayo ezingama-250,000 kwindawo nganye yokuhlala, emele ngaphezulu kwe- $ 150 yezigidi kwingeniso enokubakho. Ibona ukwanda kwebango, inkampani iceba ukunyusa ixabiso leetikiti ezizayo.
Imeko yezezimali yeVirgin Hyperloop ayicacanga ncam ngenxa yobume bayo babucala. Kule minyaka mithathu idlulileyo, inkampani ivavanya inkqubo yayo yokuhambisa isantya esiphezulu entlango e-Nevada. Kwinyanga ephelileyo, iSebe lezoThutho laseMelika lakhupha uxwebhu lwesikhokelo lokumisela imigaqo yehyperloop, eyenza ukuba ibe yiarhente yokuqala kurhulumente emhlabeni ukwenza imigaqo yezi nkqubo.
