Ehlukunyezwa yisinqumo esingokomthetho esingamaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-80, umzali wenkampani ethwala iziqhingi hamba! ibike ukulahlekelwa okukhulu kwekota emlandweni wayo.
I-Mesa Air Group, eyaqala impi yemali yokugibela eziqhingini lapho yethula i-Go! ngoJuni 2006, izolo ithe ilahlekelwe isamba esingu-$68.2 million, noma u-$2.37 isabelo ngasinye, phakathi nezinyanga ezintathu eziphele ngoSepthemba 30, 2007.
Ukulahlekelwa kuqhathaniswa nenzuzo yonke yezigidi ezingu-4.8 zamaRandi, noma amasenti angu-12 ngesheya ngayinye engxenyeni yangaphambili yonyaka.
Ngonyaka wezimali ogcwele, i-Mesa ilahlekelwe amaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-81.6, noma amasenti angu-$2.63 ngesheya, okuqhathaniswa nensalela yenzuzo engu-$33.9 wezigidi, noma amasenti angu-84 isheya, ngonyaka wezimali ka-2006.
"Sidumele impela ngemiphumela yethu yeholo yango-2007, ethinteke kabi ngenxa yesinqumo esikhishwe ecaleni le-Hawaiian Airlines," kusho u-Jonathan Ornstein, isikhulu esiphezulu se-Mesa.
"Sikholelwa ukuthi isinqumo besingalungile futhi sikholelwa ukuthi inkantolo yokudlulisa amacala ekugcineni izoyithola unswinyo futhi isinqumo kufanele sihoxiswe."
Izabelo zeMesa zikhuphuke ngamasenti ayi-14 ukuvala ngo-$2.88 emakethe yaseNasdaq. Phakathi nezinyanga eziyi-12 ezedlule, isitokwe sikaMesa sehle ngaphezu kwamaphesenti angama-64.
Ngo-Okthoba, iJaji elishodayo likahulumeni u-Robert Faris layala i-Mesa ukuthi ikhokhele Izindiza zaseHawaiian amaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-80 ngokusebenzisa kabi ulwazi lwebhizinisi oluyimfihlo ukuze iqalise! izindiza.
U-Hawaiian wayemangalele u-Mesa ethi i-Mesa yathola amakhulukhulu wamakhasi olwazi lwezezimali oluyimfihlo mayelana nemizila yase-Hawaiian, uhlelo lokumaketha kanye nokuqagela kwezimali ngenkathi i-Hawaiian icwile futhi yasebenzisa ngokungafanele okokusebenza ukuze iqalise inkampani yayo yenethiwekhi ephakathi kweziqhingi.
Ukulahlekelwa kwekota kukhulu kakhulu okubikwe yi-Mesa. Irekhodi langaphambilini lale nkampani lifike engxenyeni yesine ka-1997 lapho ilahlekelwa amaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-44.2, ngokwezibalo ezihlanganiswe yi-Bloomberg LLC.
UMesa uthe kuthathe inkokhelo yentela eyizigidi ezingama- $86.9 ngekota yayo yakamuva ukukhombisa ukwahlulela kukaFaris. Le nkampani, ekhangayo, ithe imali yayo esele yehle ngezigidi ezingu-90 zamaRandi isuka ku-$208.6 million ngoSepthemba 30 yaya cishe ku-$118.6 million ngoNovemba ngenxa yesinqumo sikaFaris.
Ukulahlekelwa nakho kuza njengoba kuhamba! inyuse amanani alo ajwayelekile amathikithi e-interisland ngo-$10 kuya ku-$49 ngenxa yokukhuphuka kwentengo kaphethiloli, okudale ukuthi abaseHawaii kanye Aloha ukulandela isibonelo.
Ngesikhathi ekhuluma nabatshalizimali nabahlaziyi, u-Ornstein uthe ukholelwa ukuthi iMesa izohlangabezana nazo zonke izidingo zayo zezimali.
Inkampani iphawule ukuthi izindiza ze-go! bezigcwele ngamaphesenti angama-74 ngekota yesine, nokunyuke ngamaphesenti ayisi-6 kukota yesine edlule. UMesa uphinde wathi ubulungu be-go! bukhuphuke ngamaphesenti angama-20 uma buqhathaniswa nonyaka odlule.
“Lena kube yikota enzima kithina,” kusho u-Ornstein.
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