PHOENIX - Njengoba izindiza zaseMelika zicindezelana ngemali yokugibela ephansi, abaphathi babheke imizamo yokuhlanganisa njengendlela eyodwa eqinisekile yokukhipha inzuzo embonini ekhungethwe yizindleko zikaphethiloli ezimba eqolo.
Abathwali abaningi bazamile ukukhulisa inzuzo ngokunikeza abahambi izihlalo ezimbalwa. Kodwa uSihlalo we-US Airways Group Inc. kanye no-Chief Executive u-Doug Parker uthe ngoLwesine izindiza zinomthamo ongaka osele ukuthi uzisike ngokwazo, cishe ngaphansi kwamaphesenti amahlanu.
"Ukuhlanganisa kukuvumela ukuthi wenze okungaphezulu kwalokho," kusho uParker. Wengeze ngokuthi ngesikhathi i-America West Airlines ihlangana ne-US Airways yangaphambili, eseVirginia, ikwazile ukunciphisa umthamo ngamaphesenti ayi-15 njengoba ihlanganisa amanethiwekhi.
I-Alaska Air Group Inc. izamile ukunyusa amanani amathikithi, kodwa isikhulu esiphezulu sezezimali uBrad Tilden uthe ngoLwesine inkampani ibe nemiphumela exubile. Inkampani yenethiwekhi ezinze eSeattle inyuse amanani afinyelela ku-$20 ezimakethe ezithile, kodwa ayikwazanga ukudlula kunoma yikuphi ukwenyuka kwezinye.
Ngaleso sikhathi, amanani kawoyela enyuke adlula u-$100 emgqonyeni ngaphambi kokuba ehle afinyelele cishe ku-$88 umphongolo.
"Obekungaba yikota enenzuzo kuphenduke kubi ngenxa yalokhu kukhula okukhulu kwezindleko zikaphethiloli," kusho umhlaziyi weCalyon Securities uRay Neidl.
Phakathi nenkathi yezinyanga ezintathu ephele ngoDisemba 31, i-US Airways yathumela ukulahlekelwa kwayo kokuqala ezingxenyeni ezinhlanu zamakota, futhi inkampani engumzali ye-Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air yathi imali eyitholayo ishintshele ekulahlekelweni lapho ilungiselelwa uphethiloli nezinto ezikhethekile.
Amasheya e-US Airways ehle ngo-48 cents, noma amaphesenti angu-3.7, aya ku-$12.66 ngoLwesine. Amasheya e-Alaska Air Group ehle ngo-$1.98, noma amaphesenti angu-8, aya ku-$22.71.
Lezi zindaba bezifana ekuqaleni kwaleli sonto nabanye abathwali abakhulu baseMelika. I-Delta Air Lines Inc. kanye nezinkampani ezingabazali ze-United Airlines ne-American Airlines nazo zithumele ukulahlekelwa kule kota. I-Southwest Airlines Co., nokho, iphinde yaphinda kabili inzuzo yayo yekota yesine ngenxa yothango oluphakeme ngokumelene nezindleko eziphezulu zikaphethiloli.
"Kuyakhungathekisa ukubika ukulahlekelwa okulungisiwe kwekota yesine ngonyaka oqinile uma kuqhathaniswa nabanye abathwali," kusho isikhulu se-Alaska Air Group uBill Ayer esitatimendeni. “Ukulahlekelwa kubangelwa ukukhuphuka kwezindleko zikaphethiloli kuhlanganiswe nemali yokugibela engahambi ngendlela.”
UParker, osekunesikhathi eside encoma izinzuzo zezezimali zokuhlanganiswa kwezindiza, akazange aphawule ngokuthi i-US Airways ikhuluma nenye inkampani yezindiza mayelana nokuhlanganisa.
U-Ayer uthe i-Alaska Air Group ihlela ukuhlala izimele, kodwa akazange akhiphe ithuba lokuhlanganisa uma kunengqondo enkampanini.
“Akunjengokungathi sinezimpumputhe,” kusho u-Ayer. "Siyaqonda ukuthi siyingxenye yemboni, futhi kufanele sazi ukuthi kwenzekani, futhi uma lokho kusikhiqizela amathuba, sizobe sibheka lokho."
UNeidl uthe ulindele ukuthi imboni iqinise kulo nyaka. Okuwukuphela kwendlela yokwenza inzuzo ngezindleko zikaphethiloli eziphakeme kangaka kungaba ukunyusa amanani, kusho uNeidl.
“Kodwa bonke bayesaba ukwenza lokho emnothweni ontengantengayo,” kusho yena.
Ngekota yesine, i-US Airways ibike ukulahlekelwa kwezigidi ezingu-79 zamaRandi, noma amasenti angu-87 ngesabelo ngasinye, ngokungafani nenzuzo yezigidi ezingu-12 zamaRandi, noma amasenti angu-13, esikhathini esidlule. Imali engenayo yehle yafinyelela ku-$2.78 billion isuka ku-$2.79 billion.
Ngaphandle kwezinto ezikhethekile, i-US Airways ibike ukuthi ilahlekelwe yingqikithi yamaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-42, noma amasenti angu-45 isabelo ngasinye, ngaleso sikhathi.
I-Alaska Air Group ithumele inzuzo yezigidi ezingu-7.4 zamaRandi, noma amasenti angu-19 ngesabelo ngasinye, iqhathanisa nokulahlekelwa kwezigidi ezingu-11.6 zamaRandi, noma amasenti angu-29, ngonyaka odlule. Imali engenayo ikhuphuke ngamaphesenti angu-8 yafinyelela ku-$853.4 wezigidi, ngenxa yokwenyuka kwemali engenayo yabagibeli.
Kodwa-ke, lapho kulungiselwe ukubiyela uphethiloli kanye nezindleko ezikhethekile nezinzuzo, ukulahlekelwa kwe-Alaska Air kunwebeke kwafinyelela ku-$17.9 million, noma amasenti angu-46 ngesheya ngalinye, kusukela ku-$3.4 million, noma amasenti angu-8.
I-Frontier Airlines Holdings Inc. nayo ibike imali engenayo ngekota yayo yesithathu yezimali ngasekupheleni kukaLwesine. Ukulahlekelwa kwayo ngekota kuphindeke ngaphezu kokuphindwe kabili ngemva kokuba izindleko zayo zikaphethiloli zikhuphuke ngamaphesenti angu-16.3 kanye nesitifiketi sombuso sibambezelekile enkampanini engaphansi kwe-turboprop.
Esikhathini esiphele ngoDisemba 31, iFrontier yaseDenver yabika ukulahlekelwa okuphelele kwezigidi ezingu-32.5 zamaRandi, noma amasenti angu-89 isabelo, uma kuqhathaniswa nokulahlekelwa kwezigidi ezingu-14.4 zamaRandi, noma amasenti angu-39 ngesheya, ngonyaka odlule. Imali engenayo inyuke ngamaphesenti angama-23 yafinyelela ku-$333.9 million.
Izindleko zikaphethiloli kanye nezintela ezihlobene ne-US Airways zikhuphuke ngamaphesenti angama-26.9 ngekota yesine zaya ku-$730 wezigidi njengoba amanani kawoyela efinyelele ukuphakama okusha. Khonamanjalo, traffic mainline yenkampani esekwe eTempe, Ariz. yehle ngamaphesenti angu-3.2 njengoba inciphise umthamo ngamaphesenti angu-4.6.
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LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- For the fourth quarter, US Airways reported a loss of $79 million, or 87 cents per share, in contrast to a profit of $12 million, or 13 cents, in the year-ago period.
- 31, US Airways posted its first loss in five quarters, and parent company of Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air said its earnings swung to a loss when adjusted for fuel and special items.
- “It’s frustrating to report a fourth-quarter adjusted loss in what has been a solid year relative to other carriers,”.
