Ukubheja kuqale ngo-2010, kodwa kuphela ngoMeyi 2013 kuya kuzaliseka.
I-tycoon yaseMelika eyaziwayo uRichard Branson, ngoMeyi wonyaka ozayo, iya kunxiba njengomncedisi wenqwelomoya kwi-airline yexabiso eliphantsi i-Air Asia, ngaloo ndlela izalisekisa ukubheja okulahlekileyo kunye nomnini waloo nkampani.
Ibali libuyela ku-2010, xa uRichard Branson kunye ne-Air Asia CEO uTony Fernandes, bobabini kunye namaqela kwiFomula yeNdebe yeHlabathi yeFomula yoku-1, babheje ukuba nabani na ogqibe ephantsi kubuntshatsheli babakhi uya kusebenza kwinqwelomoya ekhuphisanayo.
UBranson ulahlekile - uLotus wagqiba i-10 kunye ne-Virgin 12th - kodwa uhambo kwafuneka luhlehliswe ekuqaleni kwe-2011 kuba uRichard Branson wayeneengxaki zempilo. Ngoku uTony Fernandes uthe uBranson uqhagamshelane naye ukuhlonipha ukubheja. “Uza kuba ngumlindi wenqwelomoya ngoMeyi eAir Asia. Iminyaka emibini emva kwexesha, kodwa okubalulekileyo kukuba ayilibali”, ubhale watsho uTony Fernandes kwinethiwekhi yoluntu uTwitter.
UFernandes wayesele ebhengeze ixesha elidlulileyo ukuba i-magnate yaseMelika iya kunika ikofu, ukutya nayo yonke into abakhweli abanelungelo layo kwinqwelomoya ekhethekileyo yeeyure ezili-13 ukusuka eKuala Lumpur ukuya eLondon. Amatikiti endiza aya kuthengiswa kwaye ingeniso iya kubuyela kwimibutho yesisa. Njengoko amazwi engoma kaRui Veloso esithi “isithembiso silindelekile”…
Umbhalo: Guilherme Ferreira da Costa