ISouthwest Airlines Co. ithe ngoLwesine ilungiselela ibhidi lika-$113.6 million lokuthenga iFrontier Airlines njengengxenye yeNkantolo Yokuqothuka Kwase-US lapho izinkampani zezindiza zinikezwa ithuba lokuhambisa iziphakamiso zamabhidi ezingabophi ukuze zithole inkampani enezinkinga.
I-Frontier yase-Denver, esebenzela i-General Mitchell International Airport yaseMilwaukee, izothengiswa endalini ngenyanga ezayo. Ezinye izimbangi zezindiza zilwela inkampani yezindiza, kuqinisekiswe iSouthwest esitatimendeni. I-Republic Airways yafaka isicelo seFrontier ngoJuni 22 isamba esingu-$108.8 million, ngokusho kweSouthwest.
Umnqamulajuqu wamabhidi wenkantolo ungo-Agasti 10.
“Sijabule ngethuba lokufaka isicelo,” kusho uGary Kelly, usihlalo webhodi, umongameli kanye ne-CEO yeSouthwest. "Sibona ukuvumelana okuqinile phakathi kwamasiko enkampani yethu, ukuzibophezela ngokubambisana ekunikezeni amakhasimende okusezingeni eliphezulu, kanye nezimpande ezifanayo zezamabhizinisi."
ISouthwest, eqala ukusebenza eMitchell International Nov. 1, ithe ukuthengwa kweFrontier Airlines kuzonweba inethiwekhi yenkampani, ngokunokwenzeka kwengeze imisebenzi futhi kukhuphule nokuncintisana ezindaweni, okuhlanganisa neDenver.
Ukuthengwa kuzonikeza iNingizimu-ntshonalanga ukungena okunamandla nakakhulu emakethe yaseMilwaukee. INingizimu-ntshonalanga isivele ihlele izindiza zansuku zonke ezingami eziyi-12 eziya ezindaweni eziyisithupha lapho iqala isevisi lapha. Lezo zindawo azibandakanyi i-Denver, okuwukuphela kwendawo ye-Frontier engami kusukela e-Milwaukee.
IRiphabhulikhi iphinde yavuma ukuthenga iMidwest Air Group Inc. yase-Oak Creek ngo-$31 million esivumelwaneni okulindeleke ukuthi sivalwe maduzane. IRiphabhulikhi isivele ihlinzeka ngezinsiza eziningi zaseMidwest ngaphansi kwesivumelwano samasevisi endiza phakathi kwezinkampani ezimbili zenethiwekhi.
