Ukuqothuka kweMesa Air Group kuzonyusa ingcindezi kubathwali baseziqhingini zaseHawaii ukuthi banyuse imali yokugibela, kusho ochwepheshe bezindiza.
I-Mesa ese-Phoenix, abanikazi abaningi be-go! Izinkampani zezindiza iMokulele, zifake isicelo sokuthi kuhlelwe kabusha iSahluko 11 eNew York izolo emzamweni wokwehlisa izindiza zayo zaseMainland.
UMesa uthe inqubo yokuqothuka ayifaki hamba! I-Mokulele, ezoqhubeka nokundizisa uhlelo lwayo oluphelele lwendiza.
Kodwa isazi-mlando semboni yezokundiza uPeter Forman uthe le nkampani ethwala iziqhingi ibilokhu ilahlekelwe yimali kusukela yethulwa ngo-2006.
I-Mesa ingase ikuthole kunzima ukuxhasa ukulahlekelwa okuzayo ngenkathi ingaphansi kokuvikelwa kokuqothuka, ukuphoqa ukuhamba! Moku-lele ukunyusa amanani amathikithi, kusho uForman.
“Kungase kube nesikhuthazo esengeziwe sokuhamba! Mokulele ukuthola inzuzo ngokushesha ngamanani aphezulu,” kusho uForman, umbhali wencwadi yango-2005 ethi “Wings of Paradise: Izindiza Ezingenakuqhathaniswa ZaseHawaii.”
Ezinyangeni ezedlule, amanani okugibela eziqhingini abelokhu ekhuphuka ngenxa yokukhuphuka kwamanani kaphethiloli, ukwehla kwamandla omthamo kanye nokuhlanganiswa kuka-Okthoba phakathi kwe-Mesa's go! izindiza kanye neMokulele Airlines.
Selokhu ukuhlanganiswa, okunike iMesa ingxenye engama-75% kanye ne-Indianapolis-based Republic Airways isabelo esingamaphesenti angama-25 enkampanini yezindiza yasendaweni, imali yokugibela yendlela eyodwa eshicilelwe yendlela eyodwa ikhuphuke ngo-$9 yaya kuma-$58.
Izintengo zamanje zicishe ziphindwe kabili izintengo zesethulo ezingu-$29 zeminyaka emithathu edlule lapho i-Mesa yethula i-go!
U-Bob McAdoo, umhlaziyi wezindiza e-Nashville, e-Tenn.-based Avondale Partners LLC, uthe ngeke amangale uma imali yokugibela phakathi kweziqhingi ikhuphuka enye i-$5 esikhathini esiseduze.
Kodwa uMcAdoo uthe akaboni imali yokugibela ikhuphuka kakhulu ngenxa yokuncintisana kwezinkampani ezihamba phambili zeHawaiian Airlines.
Waphawula ukuthi ukuhlangana phakathi go! futhi uMokulele waletha ubuhlakani obuthile emakethe yeziqhingi.
“Abathengi bangathanda ukukhokha imali yokugibela engu-$39 kanye no-$29 kodwa imali yokugibela engu-$39 ayinangqondo,” kusho uMcAdoo.
"Uma unemali yokugibela engu-$39 othile uzophuma ebhizinisini."
IMesa ithe ukufaka isicelo sokuqolwa kwayo kugqugquzelwa wukugcwala kwezindiza emkhunjini wayo we-Mainland.
IMesa - ebhale izimpahla zamaRandi ayizigidi ezingama-975 kanye nezikweletu zamaRandi ayizigidi ezingama-869 ekufakweni kwayo kokuqothuka - ithe ingumnikazi noma iqashisa ngezindiza eziyi-178, ezisetshenziselwa ukuhlinzeka ngezinsizakalo zezindiza zesifunda kozakwethu abanjengo-United Airlines, Delta Air Lines Inc. kanye ne-US Airways Group. Inc.
Phakathi kwabakweletwayo kukhona iBank of Hawaii, ekweletwa u-$11 million ngokuqashisa ngendiza.
I-Mesa ithe isikhiphe izindiza zayo ezingama-52 eminyakeni yamuva nje njengoba abathwali befa abakhulu benciphise umsebenzi wabo wezindiza wesifunda.
UMesa uthe uhlela ukupaka amanye amajethi angama-25 ngoMeyi.
"Le nqubo izosivumela ukuthi sisuse izindiza ezeqile ukuze zifane kangcono nezidingo zethu futhi isinike amandla okuvumelanisa ibhizinisi lethu nendawo yemakethe yezindiza yesifunda eshintshayo," kusho isikhulu seMesa uJonathan Ornstein esitatimendeni sezindaba.
"Ngemuva kokucutshungulwa kahle, inkampani inqume ukuthi ukufakwa kweSahluko 11 kunikeza izindlela ezisebenza kahle nezisebenza kahle zokuhlela kabusha okunomthelela omncane ebhizinisini nakumakhasimende ethu."
UScott Hamilton, umeluleki wemboni yezindiza ezinze kuhulumeni waseWashington, ukholelwa ukuthi ukuqothuka kweMesa kudala izinselele okufanele zihambe! Ukulele.
Nakuba hamba! I-Mokulele ihlukene ngokusemthethweni ne-Mesa, u-Hamilton waphawula ukuthi i-Mesa isaxhasa ngezimali ukusebenza kwenkampani yenethiwekhi uma kubhekwa lokho! I-Mokulele ayinanzuzo.
Ekuthuleni kwayo, iMesa ithe ilindele ukugqashuka engxenyeni yokuqala yalo nyaka.
U-Hamilton wengeze ngokuthi iMesa inemali elinganiselwe yenkampani eyenza imali elinganiselwa ku-$1 billion ngonyaka.
Amaphepha eNkantolo Yokuqothuka abonisa ukuthi iMesa inemali engu-$31.3 million kanye nemali elingana nokheshi kusukela ngoSepthemba 30, okuyinani eliphansi kuno-$50.8 wezigidi zanyakenye.
“Angiboni ukuthi (hamba! Mokulele) angakugwema kanjani ukuthintwa ukuqothuka komzali ngendlela ethile,” kusho uHamilton.
