I-AMR Corp., i-American Airlines eyinkampani ethwala impahla enkulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni, cishe izothumela ukulahlekelwa kwekota yesibili kusasa, imemezele ukulahlekelwa kwemboni okungafika ku-$910 wezigidi ekukhuphukeni kwezindleko zikaphethiloli wendiza.
"Ikota yesibili izoba yimbi, ibe nenhloko-dolobha `ugh," kusho uHenry Harteveldt, umhlaziyi weForrester Research Inc. eSan Francisco.
Ukwenyuka ngamaphesenti angama-80 kuphethiloli wejethi onyakeni odlule kwehlise ukuthuthuka okuvamile kwezinkampani zezindiza kusukela ekuqaleni kwesizini yohambo lwasehlobo. Abathwali base-US bamisa amajethi angama-433 futhi banqamula imisebenzi engaba ngu-22,000 ukuze kunqandwe ukulahlekelwa ngo-2008 i-Air Transport Association elinganisela ukuthi ingase ifinyelele irekhodi lamaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-13.
I-Delta Air Lines Inc. kanye ne-Southwest Airlines Co. kungase kube yizinkampani zenethiwekhi ezinenzuzo kuphela, ngokusekelwe ezilinganisweni zabahlaziyi. Ukulahleka kwezinkampani zezindiza ezinkulu eziyisishiyagalombili zase-US kuzobiza u-$910 wezigidi ngaphambi kwezinto ezikhethekile, umhlaziyi we-Merrill Lynch & Co. uMichael Linenberg eNew York kulindeleke ukuthi abe ngo-July 8.
I-AMR ingase ithi ilahlekelwe amaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-319, okushodayo okwesithathu okuqondile kwekota kanye nokuningi kwanoma iyiphi inkampani yenethiwekhi yase-US ngalesi sikhathi, ngokusekelwe esilinganisweni sezilinganiso zomhlaziyi eziyisithupha ezihlanganiswe yi-Bloomberg.
Ukulahlekelwa kwekota yokuqala engu-$328 million kube okukhulu kakhulu kwe-Fort Worth, Texas-based AMR kusukela ezinyangeni ezintathu zokugcina zika-2005. I-Delta nayo iyabika kusasa.
Okuqagelwe okwengeziwe
UWilliam Greene, umhlaziyi kaMorgan Stanley eNew York, uthe ulindele ukuthi izindiza eziyisishiyagalombili ziqophe ukulahlekelwa okuhlangene okungaba yizigidi ezingama-785 zamaRandi, kanti isilinganiso esimaphakathi sabahlaziyi abahlolwa yiBloomberg singamaRandi ayizigidi ezingama-787. Inani lezilinganiso lalihluka ngendiza ngayinye.
Abathwali baqoqe inzuzo yezigidigidi ezingu-1.9 zamaRandi ngonyaka ngaphambili, ikota engcono kakhulu kusukela ngo-2000. Ukulahlekelwa kokusebenza kweqembu kufinyelele ku-$1.62 billion ezinyangeni ezintathu zokuqala.
Izinkampani zezindiza "zishaqekile," kusho uMichael Derchin, umhlaziyi we-FTN Midwest Research Securities Corp. eNew York. “Abakaze emaphusheni abo noma ezimweni zabo baphuphe amafutha angaba kanje isikhathi eside kangaka. Zonke izinhlelo eziphuthumayo abebengakaze bacabange ukuthi bazozidinga seziqalisiwe.”
Abahlaziyi bazobheka imikhondo mayelana nokubhukha ngale kwesizini yokuvakasha yasehlobo. Isidingo ngokuvamile siwela ezinyangeni ezine zokugcina zonyaka, ukwehla okungenzeka kube kushubile kulo nyaka njengoba ukuzethemba kwabathengi base-US kusondela ezingeni eliphansi kakhulu kusukela ngo-1980.
“Ulwazi olubaluleke kakhulu kuzoba ukubukeka kwamanani nenzuzo,” kusho uPhilip Baggaley, umhlaziyi wezikweletu wakwaStandard & Poor eNew York.
Amazwana Ngokheshi?
Abatshalizimali kufanele futhi balalele noma yikuphi ukuphawula kwabaphathi mayelana nezinketho zokuthola imali, ngokusho kukaWilliam Warlick, umqondisi omkhulu we-Fitch Ratings eChicago. Bonke abathwali abakhulu baseMelika kungenzeka babe nokuguguleka kwemali ngokushesha lapho ukuhamba kuncipha ngemuva koSuku Lwabasebenzi, kusho uWarlick.
"Isakhiwo samanje semboni yase-US asisimama esimweni samanje sikaphethiloli," esho namuhla embikweni.
Imali yokugibela yesikhathi esizayo kanye nemfuno edingekayo izosiza ekuboniseni ukuthi izinhlelo zezinkampani zenethiwekhi zokunciphisa ngamaphesenti angu-9 indawo yokuhlala zizonqanda ukweqa kukaphethiloli, osekudlule abasebenzi njengezindleko ezinkulu zemboni. Izinkampani zezindiza zizoqala umsebenzi wazo nokuncishiswa komthamo ngemuva kokuphela kohambo lwasehlobo.
'Silinde Ukubona'
"Balinde ukubona ukuthi kwenzekani ekwindla, futhi sebelungele ukuhamba ngokushesha," kusho uDerchin. "Sebeyazi kakade ukuthi badinga ukusika okuningi, ngokusekelwe ekutheni uwoyela ukuphi njengamanje."
Amaholo eNingizimu-ntshonalanga, okuyinkampani ethwala imali ephansi enkulu kunazo zonke, ingase futhi ivikelwe isu layo lokuvala amanani aphansi kaphethiloli kusenesikhathi, kuyilapho iDelta cishe izozuza ekuhambeni phakathi nokuqothuka kwayo ngo-2005-07 ukuze yehlise izindleko zokusebenza, ngokwezilinganiso zabahlaziyi. .
Imibiko ye-AMR ne-Delta izolandelwa eye-Continental Airlines Inc. ngoJulayi 17. Umzali we-United Airlines ongu-UAL Corp., i-US Airways Group Inc. kanye ne-JetBlue Airways Corp. bazomemezela imiphumela ngoJulayi 22. I-Northwest Airlines Corp. izokhipha izibalo ngoJulayi. 23 kanye neNingizimu-ntshonalanga ngoJulayi 24.
I-AMR ithe ngoJulayi 2 ukuthi ikota izofaka imali efinyelela ku-$1.27 billion ekubhalweni kwezindleko zokuyekwa kwabasebenzi kanye nenani eliphansi lamajethi athathwayo. I-UAL ithe ngesonto eledlule izoqopha amacala okungewona imali afinyelela ku-$2.7 billion.
I-AMR ne-UAL ziphakathi kwabadlali abenza kabi kakhulu onyakeni phakathi kwezinkampani ezithwala impahla eziyi-14 ku-Bloomberg US Airlines Index, yehle ngamaphesenti angama-68 nangama-90. Ukwehla kwe-UAL kukhulu. Kuze kube izolo, inani lemakethe lezinkampani zezindiza ezinkulu eziyisishiyagalombili lehle ngamaphesenti angama-45 kulo nyaka laya ngaphansi kwamaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane eziyi-16.
Ithebula elilandelayo libonisa izilinganiso zesilinganiso semali engenayo (ingqikithi yokulahlekelwa) kanye nemiphumela yesabelo ngasinye sezindiza eziyisishiyagalombili ezinkulu zase-US ngokwethrafikhi, ngokusekelwe kubahlaziyi abahlolwe yi-Bloomberg.
I-Airline Net Income/Ukulahlekelwa Kwesamba Ngesabelo ngasinye
Emiphumeleni Yezigidi
I-AMR ($319) ($1.39)
I-UAL ($276) ($1.97)
Delta $45 $0.11
I-Continental ($46) ($0.47)
INingizimu-ntshonalanga $73 $0.11
Inyakatho-ntshonalanga ($148) ($0.53)
I-US Airways ($95) ($1.11)
I-JetBlue ($21) ($0.08)
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