DUBAI - Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Emirates Airline o Dubai i ka Pōʻalima ua hoʻonui ʻo ia i $ 1.13 biliona no ke kālā ʻana i nā mokulele A380 hou e like me ka hakakā ʻana o ka sheikdom e hoʻoponopono hou i kahi ʻāpana o kāna ʻaiʻē hui me nā panakō.
"Ke noho nei ʻo Emirates i kahi kūlana kālā paʻa ʻoiai ʻo ka pilikia kālā o ka honua," wahi a Tim Clark, ka pelekikena o ka mokulele, i loko o kahi leka uila. "ʻAʻole mākou i loaʻa i nā pilikia i ka loaʻa ʻana o ke kālā no kā mākou papahana kūʻai mokulele, me nā panakō honua a me nā ʻāpana ʻāina ʻoluʻolu me kā mākou paʻa kālā."
Ua kōkua ʻo Citigroup Inc. a me Doric Asset Finance i ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i ke kālā no ʻeono mau superjumbo A380 hou, ʻo ia ka ʻāpana o ke kauoha mokulele 53 mai ka European Aeronautic Defense & Space Co.'s Airbus unit.
Ke hoʻomau nei ka mokulele i ka ʻaiʻē ʻoiai ʻo ke aupuni o Dubai, ka mea nona, e hakakā nei e hana me ka ʻoi aku ma mua o $ 80 biliona waiwai o ka lehulehu a me ka hōʻaiʻē ʻoihana. Ua noi ka sheikdom i nā panakō e hoʻokuʻu i $ 26 biliona i ka hōʻaiʻē no kekahi o kāna conglomerates nui loa, ʻo Dubai World.
Ke hoʻohana nei ʻo Emirates i nā ʻauwaʻa o 139 mokulele a kū ka puke kauoha ma 156 mokulele, me ka huina o $50 biliona. ʻO ia ka mea kūʻai nui loa no ka mokulele mokulele Airbus A380 nunui.
Wahi a Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, ua loaʻa i ka hui ma mua o ka hoʻolaha ʻana o ka Pōʻalima he 10 mau hōʻaiʻē a me nā mea paʻa e oʻo ana i ka makahiki 2013 ma kahi o $1.7 biliona.
ʻO ka mokulele kahi ʻāpana o Investment Corporation o Dubai, kahi hui paʻa aupuni nui i hoʻonohonoho ʻia e mālama i nā waiwai maikaʻi loa o ka sheikdom.
ʻAʻole hiki i ka hāʻule ʻana o ka mākaʻikaʻi honua i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka waiwai o ka ʻoihana. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Emirates i ka mahina i hala aku nei ʻo ka hapa mua o ka loaʻa kālā he ʻekolu i ka 752 miliona UAE dirhams ($205 miliona). ʻO ka mokulele ka mea kūʻai nui o Boeing Co. a me Airbus. Loaʻa iā ia nā kauoha ma kahi o $ 34.8 biliona me ka mea hana ʻEulopa.
