I-Frontier to Spiritholders: Ungakhohliswa yi-JetBlue

I-Frontier to Spiritholders: Ungakhohliswa yi-JetBlue
I-Frontier to Spiritholders: Ungakhohliswa yi-JetBlue
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I-Frontier Group Holdings, Inc., inkampani engumzali ye-Frontier Airlines, Inc., namuhla ikhiphe incwadi elandelayo kubanikazi bamasheya be-Spirit Airlines mayelana nokuhlanganiswa okuhlongozwayo kwe-Frontier ne-Spirit.

Incwadi ephelele iyalandela:

June 27, 2022

Abanikazi Bamasheya Abathandekayo,

Siyaqhubeka nokujabula ngenhlanganisela ye-Spirit-Frontier, ezodala inkampani yezindiza ebiza amanani aphansi ezweni lonke. Umqondo wamasu we-Spirit neFrontier ehlanganisiwe usalokhu uzwakala, futhi izinguquko esizenzile esivumelwaneni sethu sokuhlanganisa zinikeza inani elikhulu kubo bonke abanikazi bamasheya be-Spirit - inani elingaphezu kwesiphakamiso esingamanga se-JetBlue., engenawo noma yimaphi amathuba angokoqobo okuthola imvume yokulawula.

Unesinqumo esibalulekile okufanele usenze mayelana nekusasa lokutshalwa kwakho kwezimali ku-Spirit Airlines eMhlanganweni Okhethekile ozayo ngoJuni 30, 2022. Ngaphambi kokuthi uvote, sifuna ukuthi uzwe ngokuqondile ku-Frontier ukuthi kungani inhlanganisela yethu idinga ukwesekwa nguwe:

  • Inhlanganisela yethu inikeza abanikazi bamasheya be-Spirit ithuba lokuthola inzuzo enkulu engaphezu kuka-$50 ngesheya ngalinye, iletha inani eliphakeme kakhulu uma liqhathaniswa nesiphakamiso se-JetBlue. I-Frontier-Spirit transaction iletha inani elikhulu kakhulu kubanikazi bamasheya be-Spirit uma kuqhathaniswa nomnikelo wemali ongosomathuba ovela kwa-JetBlue, okwenza inani eliqinile libe ngu-$33.50 ngesheya ngalinye. Ngesivumelwano sethu esibuyekeziwe, sinyusa ukucatshangelwa kwemali kubanikazi bamasheya be-Spirit, okwenza isamba sokucatshangelwa kwemali sifinyelele cishe ku-$450 million. Ngaphezu kokucatshangelwa kwemali eyengeziwe, abanikazi bamasheya be-Spirit bazohlomula ekubuyiseleni ubhubhane futhi babelane cishe ngezigidi ezingama- $ 500 ekuhlanganisweni okulinganiselwe konyaka okuhlanganisiwe. Izibalo zicacile - ngisho nokucabangela ukukhula okunesizotha okusekelwe ezinkambisweni zamanje zokululama - umsebenzi we-Frontier-Spirit unganikeza kalula inani le-proforma elingaphezu kuka-$50 ngesabelo soMoya ngasinye, inani eliphakeme kakhulu kunalokho okunikezwa yi-JetBlue.
  • Amafemu aholayo aluleka abameleli asekela ukuthengiswa kweFrontier kanye neSpirit. I-ISS kanye no-Glass Lewis bayalibona inani lenhlanganisela ye-Frontier-Spirit futhi bancome ukuthi abanikazi bamasheya be-Spirit bavote ukuze bagunyaze umsebenzi ku-Spirit Special Meeting of Stockholders ozayo ngoJuni 30, 2022. Zombili izincomo ze-ISS kanye ne-Glass Lewis ziqinisekisa inkolelo yethu ku-Stockholders. izinzuzo ezitholakala ekwenziweni kwethu nokuthi umsebenzi we-Frontier-Spirit uwukuphela komnikelo ophoqelelayo nosebenzayo etafuleni we-Spirit kanye nabanikazi bamasheya.
  • Sikhuphule imali ehlehlisiwe yokunqanyulwa yaba izigidi ezingu-$350, ehambisana nesiphakamiso se-JetBlue futhi sinikeza ingxenye yokukhokha kusengaphambili okusheshisiwe. Ngeke nje kuphela abanikazi bamasheya be-Spirit babe nethuba lokubamba iqhaza emandleni enhlanganisela ye-Spirit-Frontier, kodwa isivumelwano sokuhlanganisa esichitshiyelwe sizohlinzeka ngokukhokha kusengaphambili okusheshisiwe okungu-$2.22 ngesabelo soMoya ngasinye esiyimali (cishe amaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-241.1) wemali ehlehlisiwe yokunqanyulwa, ihlelwe njengesabelo semali kubaninimasheya be-Spirit kulandela ivoti eligunyaza inhlanganisela. Inhlanganisela ye-Frontier-Spirit iyancintisana, futhi imali ekhuphukayo yokuyeka ukuhlehla, ehambisana namathuba amakhulu okuvalwa, ihlinzeka ngokuvikeleka okukhulu kokulawula kubanikazi bamasheya be-Spirit kunokunikezwa kwe-JetBlue. Ngalokhu kukhanya, abanikazi bamasheya be-Spirit balinganisa ngempela inani eliphelele lenhlanganisela ye-Frontier ngokumelene nenani lemali ehlongozwayo yokuqeda i-JetBlue engu-$350 wezigidi, noma u-$3.20 ngesabelo ngasinye sikaMoya, okuwumphumela okungenzeka kakhulu kubanikazi bamasheya bomoya uma uMoya ubengaqhubekela phambili nawo. ukuthengwa kweJetBlue.
  • Ukutholwa koMoya yi-JetBlue kuzoholela ekuphelelweni kwethemba—iqiniso lokuthi akukho mali ye-JetBlue, i-bluster noma ukudukisa okuzoshintsha. I-JetBlue ikhiphe intuthu eningi ukuze ukholwe ukuthi ingozi yokulawula yesiphakamiso sayo ifana nenhlanganisela ye-Frontier-Spirit. Lokho akulona iqiniso futhi kudinga ukuthi ungawunaki umqondo ojwayelekile kanye nokuvuma kweJetBlue mayelana nalokho ehlose ukukwenza ngokushesha lapho ithola futhi iqeda uMoya: susa izihlalo futhi ukhuphule amanani, kokubili okungezona i-antitrust. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, ukuhlanganiswa kwe-Spirit-Frontier kuyindlela ebonakala isekela abathengi, njengoba abahlaziyi abaningi kanye nezinkampani zangaphandle sebekuvumile, njengoba kuzonweba insiza yokugibela ephansi kakhulu iye ezindaweni eziningi futhi kunikeze ezinye izindlela zokwenza imali ephansi kakhulu kune-Big Four kanye ne-JetBlue. . 
  • Abasebenzi basekela inhlanganisela yeFrontier-Spirit. I-Association of Flight Attendants (“AFA”), emele izisebenzi zendiza ezingaphezu kuka-4,600 kwa-Spirit kanye nabasendizeni abangu-2,900 eFrontier, iveze esidlangalaleni ukuthi ikholelwa ukuthi inhlanganisela ye-Spirit-Frontier izozuzisa kakhulu abasebenzi bazo zombili izindiza. Lokho kukude necala laseJetBlue. I-Transport Workers Union (“TWU”) iveze obala ukuthi iphikisana nesiphakamiso se-JetBlue sokuthatha i-Spirit, iphawula inhloso ye-JetBlue yokuqeda izinkulungwane zemisebenzi kanye nezinketho zendiza ezingabizi kakhulu zamakhasimende njengengxenye yesiphakamiso sayo. Ngaphezu kwalokho, i-TWU iye yayala esidlangalaleni i-JetBlue ngokuba umqashi ohlukumezayo onganaki inhlalakahle yabasebenzi bayo ngokwenqaba ukuthobela izinkontileka zayo ezikhona zezinyunyana. Amalungu eqembu lenkampani yezindiza abaluleke kakhulu empumelelweni yayo njengenkampani. Kunomehluko omkhulu endleleni abasebenzi abangasabela ngayo kunhlanganisela ye-Frontier-Spirit uma kuqhathaniswa nokutholwa okungenzeka kwe-JetBlue.
  • Ndawonye, ​​i-Frontier ne-Spirit izokhokhisa kakhulu imodeli yenkampani yenethiwekhi ebiza kakhulu ukuze kwandiswe ukuncintisana komkhakha. Umqondo wamacebo wenhlanganisela ye-Spirit-Frontier ilula—sakha inkampani yezindiza ekwazi ukubona amandla okuncintisana emodeli ye-ULCC. Umsebenzi wethu uzoletha isikali, amandla, nokuqina, okuzokwenza kube nokwenzeka ukuletha imali yokugibela ephansi kakhulu emizileni eyengeziwe ngokuncintisana nezindiza ezinkulu, ezibiza kakhulu, ezikhokha kakhulu. I-Frontier ne-Spirit ehlanganisiwe izogqugquzela isidingo ngokunxenxa abantu ukuthi bandize lapho amanani okugibela aphezulu ahlinzekwa yi-JetBlue kanye ne-Big Four izobakhipha emakethe, kuhlanganisa nemiphakathi enganakiwe. Lezi yimiphumela emikhulu, eshanelayo yokuncintisana. Ngokukhuphuka kwamandla emali kanye nezindleko zezindiza zikhuphuka, kubaluleke kakhulu kunangaphambili ukuba nenye indlela ebiza kancane ngesilinganiso sezwe lonke. Ngokuphambene kakhulu, ukunikezwa kwe-JetBlue kumayelana nenkampani yezindiza ebiza kakhulu ethatha isimbangi esikhulu esinezindleko eziphansi, okuholela ekutheni i-JetBlue ivumile ukuthi kuzoba nemiphumela eqinile yokulwa nokuncintisana: izihlalo ezimbalwa kakhulu nezindleko zokugibela eziphakeme.  

Ungakhohliswa umzamo we-JetBlue wokuphazamisa inhlanganisela ephoqelelayo ezonikeza inani langempela nelihlala njalo kubanikazi bamasheya boMoya kanye nabathengi. Sikunxusa kakhulu ukuthi ucabangele inani eliphakeme lenhlanganisela ye-Spirit-Frontier, indlela yethu ephoqelelayo eya ekuqedeni kanye nezinzuzo ezingenakuqhathaniswa ezihlinzekwa yinhlanganisela yethu kubo bonke ababambiqhaza kanye nemakethe ebanzi.

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