I-American Airlines, i-US Airways Group Inc. kanye nabathwali base-US ababoleka ukuze bakhokhe kabusha izikweletu futhi bathenge amajethi kungase kube nzima ukuthola ababolekisi futhi kudingeke bakhokhe amanani okungenani aphindwe kabili nawawaseminyakeni emibili edlule.
I-AMR Corp.'s American, okuyinkampani yezindiza yesibili ngobukhulu emhlabeni, inesikweletu esingu-$1.1 billion esasidingeka ngo-2009, kuyilapho i-US Airways ifuna uxhaso lwezindiza ezinhlanu kanti i-Continental Airlines Inc. ihlela isikweletu sokuxhasa ukulethwa kwendiza eyodwa noma ezimbili ngesikhathi. esikhundleni samaqoqo amakhulu.
Ukuhlangana kwezidingo zemali ephuthumayo kanye nokuwohloka kwesidingo sohambo kukhulisa ingcindezi kubathwali asebevele bancishwe ukushoda kwezikweletu emhlabeni jikelele. Ngaphandle kwezimali mboleko ezintsha zokuxhasa kabusha isikweletu noma ukuthola amajethi, izindiza zizophoqeleka ukuthi zisebenzise imali ezithembele kuyo ukusiza ukubhekana nokuwohloka komnotho.
"Ubheke ukuthi kungenzeka ukuthi ushise ifenisha ukuze ushise kuze kube yilapho izimakethe zezikweletu ziyaxega," kusho u-Hunter Keay, umhlaziyi we-Stifel Nicolaus & Co. e-Baltimore, izolo. "Asikabi lapho, kodwa kungase kube nzima lokho."
I-AMR isezingxoxweni zangaphambi kwesikhathi zokuthola imali kubalingani bamakhadi esikweletu i-Citigroup Inc. ngokuthengisa amamayela ahamba njalo, kubika i-Financial Times izolo, icaphuna imithombo engaziwa. I-AMR izolandela okungenani ezinye izindiza ezine ezinkulu zase-US ekusebenziseni isivumelwano esinjalo.
U-Andy Backover, okhulumela iFort Worth, eMelika ezinze eTexas, kanye noSam Wong weCitigroup eNew York banqabile ukuphawula ngalo mbiko. I-American's AAdvantage iwuhlelo olukhulu kakhulu lokundiza njalo emhlabeni, olunamalungu angaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-60.
'Awukaze ube Umbuzo'
"Akuzange kube umbuzo wokuthi ngabe i-American yayikwazi yini ukuthola imali ngohlelo lwayo lwamamayela, kodwa yayizokhetha nini ukuyidweba," kusho uDouglas Runte, umqondisi ophethe kwaPiper Jaffray & Co. eNew York.
Izimakethe zezikweletu zezindiza manje seziqinile kangangokuthi izitifiketi ezibizwa ngokuthi izitifiketi zokwethenjwa kwemishini ethuthukisiwe ezithengiswa yi-Continental ngokulingana nekhuphoni lamaphesenti angu-5.983 ngo-2007 zihweba ngesaphulelo ukuze zithole u-10.5 wamaphesenti, kusho u-Runte izolo. Ama-EETC asekelwa yizindiza futhi ayindlela evamile yokuxhasa ngezimali abathwali base-US.
"Inkinga entsha izoba ngalelo zinga noma ngaphezulu," kusho uRunte. "Lokho kuwushintsho olukhulu kwezezimali."
I-AMR ithe ngoMashi 18 ilindele ukuqeda ikota yokuqala ngemali kanye nokutshalwa kwezimali kwesikhathi esifushane kwama-dollar ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-3.1, okuhlanganisa nezigidi ezingama- $ 460 ezinikezelwe ekusebenziseni okuthile. Isikweletu obekumele sikhokhelwe ngo-2009 sesivele sehle ngezigidi ezingama-700 zamaRandi, kusho uBackover.
'Ukukhathazeka Ngokushesha'
“Into esingeke sikwazi ukumelana nayo wukuvalwa kwezimakethe ezinkulu,” kusho iSikhulu Esiphezulu Sezezimali u-Tom Horton engqungqutheleni yangoMashi 10 eyayihlelwe yi-JPMorgan Chase & Co. Nakuba i-AMR ilindele ukuthi izimakethe zezikweletu zincibilike kulo nyaka, “uma zingancibiliki. , ngicabanga ukuthi kuzoba inselele enkulu kithina nakuwo wonke umkhakha.”
I-Delta Air Lines Inc., okuyinkampani ethwala impahla enkulu emhlabeni, inezikweletu ezilinganiselwa ku-$3 billion ngonyaka ozayo, kanti uMengameli u-Ed Bastian uthe ulindele ukuxhasa ngezimali okungenani ingxenye yaso.
I-US Airways isebenzisana ne-Airbus SAS ukuxhasa ngezimali izindiza ze-A330 ezinhlanu kulo nyaka, eyokuqala izolethwa ngo-April 15. Ngonyaka odlule, inkampani yezindiza yaxhasa ngezimali izindiza ezingu-15 emsebenzini owodwa.
"Kunzima kakhulu ukuthola isikweletu futhi kunzima kakhulu ukuthola uxhaso," kusho isikhulu sezezimali uDerek Kerr engxoxweni yangesonto eledlule ekomkhulu le-US Airways eTempe, e-Arizona.
Amanani aphezulu
Izinkampani zenethiwekhi ezihlanganisa i-Continental ne-American zihlele lokho okubizwa ngokuthi yi-backstop financing yokulethwa kwejethi ka-2009. Lezo zimali mboleko, ezitholakala emithonjeni efana ne-GE Capital Corp. nabakhi bamabhanoyi i-Boeing Co. ne-Airbus, azikona ukuboleka kwesikhathi eside futhi zinezilinganiso zenzalo eziphezulu.
"Ayikho inkampani yezindiza yaseMelika ezothatha indiza ngaphandle kokuthola imali kuqala, ngakho-ke i-Airbus idinga ukukhuphuka futhi isize i-US Airways ixhase lawo ma-A330 noma, uma kungekho omunye umuntu owenzayo, azohlehliswa," kusho uMark Streeter, weJPMorgan Chase & Co. umhlaziyi eNew York. Kuyafana nangengalo yezikweletu ye-Boeing kanye ne-American's 737-800s, esho.
I-Delta ikhuphuke ngo-19 cents, noma amaphesenti angu-2.9, yaya ku-$6.64 izolo e-New York Stock Exchange yokuhweba eyinhlanganisela, kuyilapho i-AMR ikhuphuke ngo-24 cents, noma amaphesenti angu-6.8, yaya ku-$3.75. I-Continental yehle ngamasenti angu-13 yaya ku-$10.27 kwathi i-US Airways yenyuka ngo-14 cents, noma amaphesenti angu-5, yaya ku-$3.02.
I-United Airlines umzali i-UAL Corp. izuze isenti eli-1 kuya ku-$5.29 ekuhwebeni okuyinhlanganisela ye-Nasdaq Stock Market.
E-US Airways, imali etholwa ngoMashi evela esihlalweni ngasinye yehle ngemayela lafinyelela kumaphesenti ayi-19, okuhambisana nokwehla ngesisekelo esifanayo samaphesenti angama-20.5 e-Continental. Ukuhamba kwabagibeli kuzo zombili izindiza zehlile kusukela ngonyaka owedlule, ngokwengxenye ngoba iholidi lePhasika lingo-Ephreli kulo nyaka.
