Aloha I-Airgroup, Inc., inkampani yaseHawaii inkampani yayo eyinhloko yokusebenza okuyinkampani Aloha I-Airlines, Inc., imemezele namuhla ukuthi ifake isicelo sokuzithandela sokuvikelwa ngaphansi kweSahluko 11 se-US Bankruptcy Code. Aloha izofuna imvume yeNkantolo ukuze ivumele inkampani ezinze eHawaii ukuthi iqhubeke nokusebenza.
Aloha ifuna futhi imvume yeNkantolo yohlelo lwemali yesibambiso semali nombolekisi wayo oyinhloko wemali esebenzayo, i-General Motors Acceptance Corporation, ukuze ihlinzeke ngezimali zokusebenza okusalindwe ukuqulwa kwecala ngokuhambisana nemithetho yokuqothuka. Ngokwenza kanjalo, Aloha ifuna ukuvikela imisebenzi engu-3,500, ukuhlonipha izinkulungwane zokubhuka kohambo lwabagibeli, ukugcina Imeyili yase-US kanye nempahla yomoya ihamba phakathi kweziqhingi, futhi iqhubeke nokuhlinzeka ngezinsizakalo ezibalulekile zokubamba phansi zezindiza zasekhaya nezamazwe ngamazwe ezikhonza eHawaii.
Ekugcwaliseni kwayo, Aloha ibalule ukungakwazi kwayo ukukhiqiza imali eyanele ebhizinisini layo labagibeli phakathi kweziqhingi ngenxa yamanani okudla enziwa yi-Mesa Air Group's go! inkampani yezindiza. Emakethe yeziqhingi enokuncintisana kakhulu, Aloha waphoqeleka ukuthi afanise amanani okugibela aphansi ngesikhathi imboni yezindiza ibhekene nokukhuphuka okungakaze kubonwe ezindlekweni zikaphethiloli wendiza. Ngasekupheleni kwesonto eledlule, uwoyela ongahluziwe ukhuphuke wafinyelela irekhodi eliphakeme lika-$111 umgqomo. Ngoba Aloha lokho kusho ukunyuka kwaminyaka yonke kwezindleko zikaphethiloli ngezigidi ezingu-71 zamaRandi.
“Kuyinkohlakalo futhi kuyinhlekelele ukuthi izenzo ezingekho emthethweni zesimbangi nezinye izici ezingaphezu kwamandla ethu zisiphoqelele ukuthi sithathe lesi sinyathelo,” kusho uDavid A. Banmiller, Alohaumongameli kanye nesikhulu esiphezulu. “Ngalokhu kufakwa kwesicelo, sithemba ukuthola umphumela oyimpumelelo ozovikela imisebenzi yabasebenzi abangu-3,500 abazinikele abenze ukuzidela okumangalisayo Aloha, nokuqhubeka nokuthola ukusekelwa amakhasimende ethu athembekile, ozakwethu bebhizinisi, abathengisi nabasisekeli bezezimali.
“Sizama ukufinyelela kubo bonke abangani bethu lapha eHawaii nasemhlabeni wonke ukuze siqhubeke nokuseseka Aloha Izinkampani zezindiza njengoba sisebenza ubusuku nemini senza yonke imizamo yokuqhubeka nesiko lethu leminyaka engama-61 lokusebenzela ikhaya lethu eliyisiqhingi ngomoya we Aloha. "
