PHOENIX — I-Mesa Air Group sekuyisikhathi eside iyinkampani yezindiza engaphansi kwe-radar yasePhoenix, indizela ngokuthula ama-hops amafushane e-US Airways nezinye izinkampani ezinkulu ezithwala impahla esendleleni eya ku-$1 billion ekuthengisweni konyaka.
Akukho lutho olungaziwa mayelana nenkampani namuhla.
Uchungechunge lwezinselelo eziphakeme, kusukela ekushodeni komshayeli kuya ekwahluleleni okungamaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-80 mayelana nokusetshenziswa kabi kwezimfihlo zenkampani kanye nokuzama ukufihla, kune-Mesa Air Group ezibonwa yiwo wonke umuntu, kusukela ku-Wall Street kuya e-Honolulu.
Inkampani yezindiza manje izithola ilwela ukuthola imali, ikhokhe izikweletu futhi iqinisekise abatshalizimali asebebone isitoko sayo sehla sisuka kumasenti acishe abe ngu-R8 kuye kwangama-67 ngonyaka odlule.
UJonathan Ornstein, isikhulu esiphezulu seMesa Air osenesikhathi eside, uthi azikho izinselelo ezingaxazululeki.
U-Ornstein ukhomba ezinhlelweni eziningi endizeni yezindiza, kusukela emathubeni amasha e-Hawai'i nase-China kuya ekushintsheni kwayo iye ezindizeni ezinkulu, ezinenzuzo eyengeziwe.
Noma yiziphi izindaba ezinhle zingamukeleka uma kubhekwa izinkinga zenkampani yezindiza onyakeni odlule.
Le nkampani, ethwala izigidi zabagibeli unyaka ngamunye njenge-US Airways Express, United Express kanye neDelta Connection, yathumela ukulahlekelwa kwayo kokuqala eminyakeni emihlanu ngonyaka wezimali odlule. Iqale ukusebenza kwayo kwezimali ngo-2008 ngokunye ukulahlekelwa kwikota ephele ngoDisemba 31.
I-shuttle yayo yaseHawaii, go!, ibilokhu ilahlekelwa izigidi, futhi omunye umsebenzi omncane olahlekelwe yimali wabagibeli uyavalwa kulo nyaka.
NgoJanuwari nangoFebhuwari i-Mesa Air yaba nokukhanselwa kwendiza okuningi kwanoma iyiphi inkampani yezindiza yaseMelika, enkulu noma encane, eqhutshwa ikakhulukazi ukushoda okukhulu komshayeli okushiye ingenabasebenzi ezindizeni eziningi.
Igalelo lakamuva neliyingozi kakhulu lenzeke ngesonto eledlule lapho iDelta ithi ihlela ukukhipha inkontileka yayo neMesa Air, njengoba kuvalwe izindiza eziningi kakhulu eNew York.
Kuwucezu lwebhizinisi oluyizigidi ezingama- $250 oluthinta cishe abasebenzi abangama-800 be-Mesa Air abangu-4,700 kanye nengxenye eyodwa kwesihlanu yezindiza zayo. IMesa Air ithe asikho isizathu futhi yamangalela iDelta kuleli sonto ukuthi imise lesi senzo.
“Kumapeketwane, kuyikho ngempela,” kusho umeluleki wezokundiza uRobert Mann wakwa-RW Mann & Co.
Uveze ukuthi lezi zinkinga zidalwe ukungahambi kahle kweMesa Air kanye nokushintsha komoya womkhakha okulimaza zonke izinkampani zezindiza zesifunda.
U-Ornstein, ubuso benkampani obushaja kanzima, uyasivuma isiphithiphithi kodwa uyawuchitha umbono wokuthi iMesa Air iyinkampani ewayo.
Uchaza isimo “njengesibi kakhulu” lapho efika eMesa Air eminyakeni eyishumi edlule. Yayisanda kulahlekelwa yinkontileka ye-United eyayimelela amaphesenti angu-40 ebhizinisi lale nkampani. Ipake izindiza eziyi-100 futhi yadiliza izisebenzi ezi-2,000 kwezingu-4,800.
“Nakuba kunzima kangakanani, sike sabhekana nalezi zimo phambilini, futhi sizodlula kuzo ngempumelelo,” kusho u-Ornstein engxoxweni ngesonto eledlule, ngosuku okwaphuma ngalo izindaba zeDelta.
U-Ornstein uthe izinto ezimbalwa zimnika ukuzethemba, okungenani okuyindawo eshintshile e-Hawai'i.
Umncintiswano Aloha Izindiza zezindiza zavalwa ngokuzumayo ngesonto eledlule, futhi i-Mesa Air isivele yengeze amajethi amabili esifunda emikhumbi yayo encane yaseHawaii kanye nezindiza zansuku zonke ze-40, ngenani eliphelele lama-94. "Sicabanga ukuthi ukusebenza kuzoba nenzuzo ukuya phambili," kusho u-Ornstein.
Impumelelo e-Hawai'i ngemva kweminyaka emibili enzima ingafakazela inkemba esika nhlangothi zombili. Aloha inesimangalo esisalinde i-Mesa Air ngamanani obugebengu ethi aklanyelwe ukuyiqeda ebhizinisini.
“Into eyabahambela kahle iyodwa into ephinde ibe yiphupho elibi kubona nomphakathi, okuwukuthi Aloha ukuphuma ebhizinisini,” kusho uJim Corridore, umhlaziyi wezindiza kwaStandard & Poor's.
I-Mesa Air isivele ilahlekelwe yimpi enkulu yezomthetho e-Hawaii. Icala lezimfihlo zenkampani lafakwa yiHawaiian Airlines, eyayisola ukuthi iMesa Air yasebenzisa ulwazi oluyimfihlo lwenkampani yezindiza ekunqumeni ukuqala ukuhamba!
IsiHawaii kanye Aloha babephethe isiqhingi lapho kuhamba kancane! kwangena nemali yokugibela ephansi kwanyakazisa izinto.
Ukwambulwa ecaleni, okuhlanganisa ukutholakala kocansi lwe-inthanethi, kwabiza u-Peter Murnane, isikhulu sezezimali se-Mesa Air kanye nomngane omkhulu ka-Ornstein, umsebenzi nesithunzi sakhe.
IMesa Air isidlulise isinqumo seNkantolo Yokuqothuka KwaseMelika kodwa kwadingeka ukuthi ifake ibhondi engu-$90 million ukuze ibhekane nesinqumo nezindleko zomthetho nezinye. Lokho kubophe ingxenye enkulu yemali yayo esikhathini lapho amanani kaphethiloli enyuka, inkampani yezindiza ilahlekelwa yimali kanye nokukhokhwa kwezikweletu kubheda.
Kusukela ekupheleni kukaDisemba, izibalo zakamuva ezikhishwe, i-Mesa Air yayinezigidi ezingu-90 zamaRandi emali engavinjelwe, yehla isuka ku-$ 196 million kwikota edlule.
U-Ornstein usho kaningi engqungqutheleni yekota yenkampani yezindiza ukuthi iMesa Air inezinketho zezimali, okuhlanganisa nokudayiswa kwezingxenye eziyisipele, kodwa akukho okumenyezelwe. Engxoxweni yakhe ngesonto eledlule uthe iMesa Air inethemba lokuqoqa izigidi ezingama-R50. Uthe inkampani yezindiza “ibalulekile” ekungeneni kwemali.
Uphinde waphawula ukuthi i-Mesa Air iyinkampani yezindiza yesifunda esesikhundleni esiphezulu embikweni we-Airline Quality Rating ka-2007 okhishwe ekuqaleni kwaleli sonto.
UCorridore uthe uzoshintsha umbono wakhe ngesitoko seMesa Air uma kwenzeka enye yezinto ezimbili: Iphume eHawaii, noma kube noshintsho lwabaphathi.
“Kodwa angiboni neyodwa yalezo zinto eyenzekayo,” kusho yena.
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