ATLANTA - Isikhulu esiphezulu seSouthwest Airlines Co. sithe ngoLwesine inkampani ethwala izaphulelo ayisoze yawuchitha umqondo wokuthola enye inkampani ukuze ikhule.
Kodwa uGary Kelly utshele umbuthano we-Wings Club eNew York ukuthi kubalulekile ukuthi iNingizimu-ntshonalanga igcine imodeli yebhizinisi le-point-to-point kanye nekhono layo lokuphatha izimoto zayo, okusiza ukugcina izindleko ziphansi.
“Angisoze ngasho ukuthi angisoze, futhi uyazi ukuthi ngeke ngikunikeze impendulo eqondile kulokho,” esho ngesikhathi semibuzo nezimpendulo ngemuva kwenkulumo yakhe eyasakazwa ku-Internet.
UKelly uthe iSouthwest, ezinze eDallas, izobe ibheke ngabomvu ukuthola noma yimaphi amathuba ayisiza ukuthi ikhule.
Ngasekuqaleni konyaka, iNingizimu-ntshonalanga yenza isicelo sokuthenga iFrontier Airlines ngaphandle kokuqothuka kodwa yahoxa lapho ingakwazi ukuthola isivumelwano nabashayeli bezindiza bezinyunyana mayelana nokuhlanganisa izisebenzi zaseSouthwest kanye neFrontier.
I-Frontier yathengwa esikhundleni yi-Republic Airways Holdings Inc.
NgoLwesibili, isikhulu seDelta Air Lines Inc., uRichard Anderson, sitshele abatshalizimali engqungqutheleni ukuthi kungase kuvulwe icala lokuqhubeka nokuqiniswa kwemboni yezindiza yaseMelika, kodwa akucaci noma abaphathi baka-Obama bazokuvumela yini lokho.
U-Anderson akashongo ukuthi inkampani yezindiza enkulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni, eyathenga iNorthwest Airlines ngonyaka odlule, inakho yini isifiso sokunye ukuthengwa. Kodwa uphakamise ukuthi sikhona isikhala sokuhlangana okwengeziwe embonini.
Abanye abahlaziyi baye baqagela esikhathini esidlule ukuthi i-Alaska Air Group Inc. noma i-JetBlue Airways Corp. ingaba izinjongo ezikhangayo ze-Delta. Kuphinde kwaba nenkulumo eminyakeni yakamuva mayelana nezinhlanganisela ezingaba khona phakathi kwe-Continental Airlines Inc. ne-United Airlines naphakathi kwe-American Airlines ne-US Airways Group Inc.
Kepha azikho izivumelwano zokuhlanganisa ezibandakanya abathwali abakhulu eziye zenzeka kusukela iDelta yathenga iNorthwest.
U-Kelly uthe izinhlelo zamanje zaseNingizimu-ntshonalanga zingezamandla ayo, njengoba kukalwa ngezihlalo ezitholakalayo izikhathi ezindisiwe ngamamayela, ukuthi zibe yisicaba ngo-2010 uma kuqhathaniswa nalo nyaka.
Uthe ukholelwa ukuthi umnotho uzoqhubeka nokukhula ngesizotha ngo-2010, kodwa iSouthwest ihlela ukubambelela.
