I-Continental Airlines Inc. kanye nomzali we-American Airlines i-AMR Corp. ziholele ekuncipheni phakathi kwezinkampani zenethiwekhi zase-US ngemva kokuthi idatha kaFebruwari ibonise izinkokhelo nokwehla kohambo.
Izwekazi lehle ngamaphesenti angu-17, iningi kakhulu kusukela ngo-Okthoba, kanti i-AMR yehle kakhulu kusukela ngo-Ephreli 2003 njengoba abahlaziyi bethi imboni ingase iphoqeleke ukuthi yehlise inani lezihlalo ngoba ukwehla kwesidingo kungase kwesule izinzuzo ezitholakala emananini aphansi kaphethiloli.
"Ukuqina kokuwohloka komnotho kunomthelela kuzo zonke izingxenye zokuhamba," kusho uJim Corridore, umhlaziyi weStandard & Poor eNew York, ebhalela abatshalizimali namuhla. Ulinganise isilinganiso sakhe ku-Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines Inc., inkampani yenethiwekhi enkulu emhlabeni, ukuze "athenge" kokuthi "ukuthenga okuqinile."
I-Continental, inkampani yezindiza yesine ngobukhulu e-US, ilahlekelwe ngu-$1.60 kuya ku-$8 ngo-4:01 ntambama ekuhwebeni okuyinhlanganisela ye-New York Stock Exchange, kuyilapho i-No. ku-$2.
I-UAL Corp., umzali weNo. 3 United Airlines, yehle ngamasenti angu-32, noma amaphesenti angu-7.5, yaya ku-$3.94 ekuhwebeni kweNasdaq Stock Market. Isilayidi esingamaphesenti angu-8.1 se-Bloomberg US Airlines Index sidlule ukwehla okungaphansi kwephesenti elingu-1 ku-Dow Jones Industrial Average kanye ne-Standard & Poor's 500 Index.
"Imakethe ibonakala ithatha umbono wokuthi yonke imboni isondela ekulahlekelweni yizikweletu," kusho uJamie Baker, umhlaziyi weJPMorgan Chase & Co. "Asivumelani ngokuqinile."
Amanani Ahehayo
Amasheya ezindiza asezintengo ezikhangayo ngemva kokuwa onyakeni odlule, futhi azikho izimpawu zokukhuphuka kwamanani entengo kaphethiloli we-jet-fuel, u-Baker waseNew York wabhala encwadini. Uphethiloli weJet wehle ngamaphesenti angama-72 kusukela irekhodi likaJulayi.
I-Continental kanye ne-Southwest Airlines Co., okuyinkampani ethwala imali eshibhile enkulu kunazo zonke, zombili zithe izolo ebusuku izimoto zehla ngoFebhuwari.
E-Continental ezinze e-Houston, imali engenayo yesihlalo ngasinye yehle ikhilomitha elilodwa ekusebenzeni kwejethi yayo enkulu yafinyelela kumaphesenti angu-10.5, yeqa izilinganiso zokwehla ngamaphesenti angu-8 ku-Hunter Keay, umhlaziyi we-Stifel Nicolaus & Co., kanye namaphesenti angu-7 ngu-Helane Becker. Ukulinganisa kwenkampani Jesup & Lamont Securities Corp.
Ukuthamba kwesidingo, ikakhulukazi phakathi kwabahambi bebhizinisi, kuholele ekubukeni "okuqaphe kakhulu" ngemali engenayo kulo nyaka, kusho i-Dallas-based Southwest. U-Baker uthe imali engenayo yonyaka kuze kube manje ye-Southwest yesihlalo ngasinye ikhombisa ukwehla ngamaphesenti ama-3 ngoFebhuwari.
INingizimu-ntshonalanga, enciphisa umthamo wezihlalo kulo nyaka okokuqala kusukela ngo-1988, yehle ngamasenti angu-29, noma amaphesenti angu-5.3, yaya ku-$5.23, inani layo eliphansi kusukela ngoJulayi 1997.
