Inkampani yezindiza ezinze eCalifornia i-Virgin America Inc. ingase ibe nentshisekelo yokuthenga izimoto ze-Airbus ze-Frontier Airlines uma i-Southwest Airlines iphumelela esicelweni sayo sokuthwala inkampani yakwa-Denver, ngokombiko wezindaba ngoLwesibili.

Isikhulu seVirgin America uDavid Cush utshele iBloomberg News engxoxweni ukuthi inkampani yakhe yezindiza, eshayela izindiza ze-Airbus, ingaba nentshisekelo kumajethi e-Airbus angama-40 aphethwe yiFrontier Airlines Holdings Inc.

Izikhulu zaseNingizimu-ntshonalanga zithe uma isicelo sazo sika-$170 million seFrontier siphumelela, zizogcina ziyichithile imikhumbi ye-Airbus yakwaFrontier. Indiza eseningizimu-ntshonalanga indiza indiza ye-Boeing.

I-Bloomberg iphawule ukuthi iningi lamajethi e-Frontier aneminyaka emihlanu noma ngaphansi, nokuthi izinto zikagesi nezinjini zamajethi zizohambisana nemishini ye-Virgin America.

"Lezo yizindiza zakamuva, futhi ngaphansi kwezomnotho ezifanele, singaba nentshisekelo," kusho uCush etshela iBloomberg. “Ekuthatheni izindiza ezike zasetshenziswa, uzobheka ukufana. Anama-avionics nezinjini ezifanayo. Singathanda ukukubheka lokho.”

Umbiko we-Bloomberg uthe iBurlingame, e-Calif.-based Virgin America yethule insizakalo ngoLwesibili isuka e-Fort Lauderdale, eFlorida, futhi ibheke ekungezeni imizila emisha eya e-Atlanta, Dallas nase-Austin, eTexas, phakathi kwamanye amadolobha.

I-Virgin America iyinkampani yezindiza yase-US kuphela, ehlukene ne-Virgin Atlantic Airways ezinze e-United Kingdom, nakuba isebenzisa amalogo omkhiqizo afanayo.

INingizimu-ntshonalanga neFrontier isebenzela amakhasimende maphakathi neNew Mexico asuka e-Albuquerque International Sunport.