Umnumzana Richard Branson uphumle kwisiqithi sakhe sabucala.Imifanekiso kaGetty Njengoko ubhubhane we-COVID-19 uthatha inani elibulalayo kushishino lokuhamba kwihlabathi liphela, ishishini lenqwelomoya phantsi kweQela leVirgin lisemngciphekweni wokuwa. Kwaye umniniyo, u-billionaire wase-Bhritane u-Richard Branson, ufuna urhulumente ahlangule ngazo zonke iindleko-kubandakanya ukubeka isiqithi sakhe sangasese kwiCaribbean njengesibambiso.
Kwileta evulekileyo eya kubasebenzi beQela leVirgin kunye nabathengi, u-Branson ucebise ukuba iVirgin Atlantic (enye yeenqwelomoya ezimbini eziphantsi kweQela leVirgin) inokusebenzisa imali mboleko kuluhlu lwamakhulu ezigidi zeepawundi kurhulumente wase-UK.
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Oku kuyakuba ngohlobo lwemali mboleko yorhwebo-ngekhe ibe yimali yasimahla kwaye inqwelo moya iyakuyibuyisa, Branson wathembisa.
Ubunyani bale ntlekele ingenakuthelekiswa nanto kukuba iinqwelomoya ezininzi kwihlabathi liphela zifuna inkxaso kurhulumente kwaye uninzi sele luyifumene, uqhubeke wachaza, ecaphula umzekelo weshishini ukuba i-EasyJet eseSwitzerland kutsha nje ifumene imali mboleko engange- $ 600 yezigidi ($ 746 yezigidi) urhulumente waseSwitzerland. Ngaphandle kwayo akusayi kubakho khuphiswano luseleyo kwaye amakhulu amawaka emisebenzi izakulahleka, kunye nonxibelelwano olubalulekileyo kunye nexabiso elikhulu lezoqoqosho.
Uncedo kurhulumente wase-UK lungxamisekileyo ngakumbi xa kuthathelwa ingqalelo ukuba enye inqwelo moya yeQela leVirgin, iVirgin Australia, ijongene nokungabinamali kwaye urhulumente wase-Australia wasala isicelo sakhe semali mboleko eyi- $ 1.4 yezigidigidi ($ 890 yezigidi). Ukusukela oko kwaqhambuka i-coronavirus, umntu ophetheyo urhoxisile phantse kuzo zonke iinqwelomoya kwaye akaphumelelanga ekuhlengahlengiseni amatyala akhe.
Ukubuza okukhulu kukaBranson kwahlangatyezwa nokugxekwa eBritane. URichard Fuller, iLungu lePalamente eliLondolozayo lase-North East Bedfordshire, umzekelo, wasigxeka isigqibo sikaBranson kwasekuqaleni kobhubhane wokuba abasebenzi baseVirgin Atlantic bathathe iiveki ezisibhozo zekhefu elingahlawulelwayo, besithi uBranson makasebenzise ubutyebi bakhe obuninzi, obuqikelelwa kumantla e-4 yezigidigidi zeerandi, ukugubungela ikhefu labasebenzi.
Abanye abagxeki baphinde baphikisana nothintelo lwerhafu lukaBranson ngokuhambisa ikhaya lakhe kunye nesiseko senkampani kwiiBritish Virgin Islands kwiminyaka eyadlulayo.
Ephendula kokubini ukugxekwa, u-Branson wathi yena kunye nenkosikazi yakhe, u-Joan Templeman, khange bafudukele kude nonxweme ngezizathu zerhafu kwaye uninzi lobutyebi bakhe alunampazamo.
Mna noJoan asiyishiyanga iBritane ngenxa yezizathu zerhafu, wabhala uBranson, kodwa sithanda iBritish Virgin Islands entle (BVI) kwaye ngakumbi iNecker Island, endayithenga xa ndandineminyaka engama-29 ubudala… Njengakwezinye iimpahla zeVirgin, Iqela liza kuqokelela imali eninzi ngokuchasene nesiqithi kangangoko ukugcina imisebenzi emininzi kangangoko kunokwenzeka kwiQela.
Isiqithi saseNecker, umhlaba weehektare ezingama-30, sathengwa nguBranson nge-180,000 yeedola ngo-1978. Kuqikelelwa ukuba ingabiza i-60 yezigidi zeedola, ngokwe Ushishino ngaphakathi.
Kwimpikiswano malunga nexabiso lakhe, u-Branson wagxininisa ukuba kubalwa kwixabiso lamashishini e-Virgin kwihlabathi liphela ngaphambi kwale ngxaki, engahlali njengemali kwi-akhawunti yebhanki ekulungeleyo ukurhoxisa.
Ukutyhubela iminyaka inzuzo enkulu ayikaze ikhutshwe kwiQela leNtombi, wacacisa. Endaweni yoko baphinde batyalelwa kwakhona ekwakheni amashishini enza ixabiso kunye namathuba. Umceli mngeni ngoku kukuba akukho mali ingena kwaye kuphuma amaqashiso.
IVirgin Group ineepesenti ezingama-51 zeVirgin Atlantic (inqwelo moya enkulu eMelika, iDelta, inezinye iipesenti ezingama-49) neepesenti ezisibhozo zeVirgin Australia.
