I-Virgin America, inkampani yezindiza ebiza kancane ezinze eCalifornia ngokwengxenye yesikhulu samabhizinisi saseBrithani u-Richard Branson, izocela i-Federation Aviation Administration ngoLwesine ngamasango amabili kanye nezikhala eziyisishiyagalombili zokufika esikhumulweni sezindiza i-O'Hare International.
Ukwengezwa kwe-Virgin ku-O'Hare kuzokhulisa ukuncintisana kumakhasimende ebhizinisi esikhumulweni sezindiza esiphethwe yi-United Airlines ne-American Airlines, ngokusho kukaMongameli kanye ne-CEO uDavid Cush. I-Virgin ifuna ukuthatha uhambo olune ngosuku ukuya e-San Francisco namane ukuya e-Los Angeles.
“Inkolelo yethu ingenxa yalokho kuntuleka kokuncintisana, unemali yokugibela ephakeme e-O'Hare kunalokho obungaba nayo, futhi mhlawumbe namazinga aphansi esevisi kunalokho obungaba nawo,” kusho uCush emhlanganweni nomhleli weChicago Sun-Times. ibhodi. Uphawule ukuthi yizinkampani ezintathu kuphela ezithwala izindleko eziphansi manje ezisebenzela i-O'Hare, nenani eliphelele lokusuka kwezinsuku eziyi-12.
UCush ubesedolobheni ngeledlule ukuyohlangana nabaholi bomphakathi namabhodi okuhlela ukuze adayise uhlelo lukaVirgin's Chicago.
Isebenza ezikhumulweni zezindiza eziyinhloko
I-Virgin inethemba lempendulo evela ku-FAA maphakathi no-Juni, ngakho-ke ingaqala ukundiza iphume eChicago ngoNovemba. Inkampani yezindiza izongeza imisebenzi yasendaweni engama-60.
Eyasungulwa ngo-Agasti odlule, izikweletu ze-Virgin ngokwayo "njengohlobo oluhlukile lwezinkampani ezithwala imali ephansi," ezinomkhumbi omncane wezindiza ze-Airbus kanye nezinsiza eziphezulu ezifana nenkonzo yokudla neziphuzo ezifunwa kakhulu, ikhono lokuthumela imiyalezo phakathi kwezihlalo, "isimo sengqondo." -lighting” kanye nezindawo zamandla zamapulaki ajwayelekile esihlalweni ngasinye.
I-Virgin isebenzela izikhumulo zezindiza eziyinhloko njenge-Los Angeles, esikhundleni sezindiza zesibili ezifana ne-Long Beach, Calif., ne-San Francisco kune-Oakland. U-Cush uthe i-Virgin iqondise i-O'Hare, hhayi iMidway, njengoba igxile kumakhasimende ebhizinisi futhi ingathola imali yokugibela ephakeme e-O'Hare. Imali yokugibela e-O'Hare iphakeme ngamaphesenti angama-33 kunemali yokugibela yaseMidway eya endaweni efanayo, kusho uVirgin.
UCush uthe imali yokugibela ye-Virgin iphezulu kuneyaseNingizimu-ntshonalanga kodwa iphansi kunohambo olufanayo lwase-United nase-America.
Umkhulumeli we-United uRobin Urbanski uthe imali yokugibela ye-United “ihlala iqhudelana” futhi i-United inikeza umzila obanzi, izinhlelo zokuhlala ezinethezekile ze-Economy Plus kanye nezinhlelo zokwethembeka, zonke ezikhanga abahambi bebhizinisi.
"Siyawamukela lo mqhudelwano," kusho umkhulumeli waseMelika uMary Frances Fagan.
Okunge-US, kuyasetshenziswa
I-Virgin America ihlukile kune-Virgin Atlantic, ebindiza isuka e-Chicago iya e-London iphuma e-O'Hare kusukela ngonyaka odlule.
I-Branson's Virgin Group ingumtshali-zimali omncane e-Virgin America, ephethwe yi-US futhi isetshenziswa. Abatshalizimali bayo abahamba phambili yi-LA-based Black Canyon Capital kanye ne-Cyrus Capital Partners ezinze eNew York. Indodana yomshicileli we-Chicago Sun-Times uCyrus Freidheim, uStephen Freidheim, unguzakwethu ophethe weCyrus Capital.
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LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- The addition of Virgin to O’Hare would increase competition for business customers at an airport dominated by United Airlines and American Airlines, according to President and CEO David Cush.
- Cush said Virgin is targeting O’Hare, and not Midway, since it is focused on business customers and can get higher fares at O’Hare.
- Virgin hopes for an answer from the FAA by mid- to late-June, so it can start flying out of Chicago in November.
