Impi yendali yendiza ye-Frontier Airlines ephelelwe imali ibe nesivunguvungu namuhla njengoba iNingizimu-ntshonalanga ibiza u-$170 wezigidi zenkampani yezindiza.
Ibhidi yaseNingizimu-ntshonalanga ingaphezulu kakhulu kwebhidi yangaphambilini elinganiselwa ku-$109 wezigidi zeRepublic Airways Holdings Inc., esanda kuthola iMidwest Airlines.
Uma sicabanga ukuthi iRiphabhulikhi isaqhubeka, lokhu kubeka inkundla yendali yenkantolo yokuqothuka ngoLwesine, kusho iSouthwest.
Isiphakamiso semali singamaphesenti angama-50 ngaphezu kwesiphakamiso sokuqala esingu-$113.6 million esenziwe ngoJulayi 30, kusho inkampani yezindiza.
Ukuthola iFrontier esekwe e-Denver kuzonweba indawo eseningizimu-ntshonalanga esifundeni i-Rocky Mountain, kuyenze ikwazi ukusebenzisa izindiza ngaphandle kwase-US okokuqala ngqa futhi ikwazi ukufinyelela e-Atlanta, isikhumulo sezindiza esimatasa kakhulu emhlabeni.
