I-Spirit Airlines ithole inhlawulo eyirekhodi ngokwephula imithetho yokuvikela abathengi.
UMnyango Wezokuthutha e-US ngoLwesine uhlawulise inkampani ethwala izaphulelo ezisekelwe ku-Miramar u-$375,000 ngokwehluleka ukuthobela imithetho elawula ukunqatshelwa kwesinxephezelo sokugibela, ukukhangisa ngemali yokugibela, isikweletu semithwalo nezinye izidingo zokuvikela abathengi. Isijeziso somphakathi siyirekhodi lalezi zinhlobo zokwephulwa, kusho i-DOT ekukhululweni kwabezindaba.
Abagibeli bezindiza ezidayiswe ngokweqile kodwa abazange banikeze isinxephezelo noma isaziso esibhaliwe samalungelo abo esinxephezelweni njengoba kudingeka. I-Spirit iphinde yehluleka ukuxazulula izicelo zemithwalo ngesikhathi esifanele, ngesinye isikhathi kwathatha izinyanga ezingu-14 ukunikeza isinxephezelo.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, inkampani yezindiza yephule imithetho ye-DOT ngokunikeza isinxephezelo somthwalo obambezelekile kuphela kumlenze ophumayo wezindiza eziya nokubuya futhi kuphela ngokuthenga okwenziwe ngaphezu kwamahora angu-24 ngemva kokufika. I-Spirit iphinde yephula imithetho yesibopho semithwalo yemithwalo yohambo lwamazwe ngamazwe ngokwenqaba ukwamukela umthwalo wemfanelo wokulahleka kwamakhompyutha aphathekayo nezinye izinto ezithile azamukela njengemithwalo, kusho i-DOT.
Inkampani yezindiza yephule imithetho ye-DOT edinga ukuthi izikhangiso zendiza zisho intengo egcwele ngokuyeka izinkokhelo ezibekwe inkampani yenethiwekhi emalini eyisisekelo. I-Spirit iphinde yephula imithetho ye-DOT ngokuhluleka ukugcina amakhophi ezikhalazo zabathengi kanye nokwehluleka ukufaka imibiko edingekayo ngesikhathi esifanele, i-DOT yanezela.
I-Spirit inika i-Tampa International Airport ngesabelo semakethe esingaphansi kwamaphesenti amahlanu.
"Ukuthengisa imali yokugibela ngo-$9 kusenze sathandwa kakhulu futhi, eminyakeni embalwa edlule lapho samukela le modeli, saba nezinhlungu ezikhulayo ngesikhathi soshintsho," kusho umkhulumeli we-Spirit uMisty Pinson e-mail. "Sibhekane nazo zonke izinkinga ezibalulekile ezidale izinselelo zokuhlangenwe nakho kwamakhasimende eminyakeni embalwa edlule, okuhlanganisa ukuthuthukisa amasistimu ethu ekhompyutha nokusebenzisa uzakwethu omusha wokubhuka."
Inkonzo yamakhasimende ihlukumezekile kwaSpirit ivuna ukuncishiswa kwezindleko, kusho uStuart Klaskin, umhlaziyi wezindiza osebenza neCoral Gables-based Klaskin Kushner & Co.
"Ngicabanga ukuthi, isikhathi eside, uMoya walahlekelwa ukubona ezinye izici okuhlangenwe nakho kohambo ngaphandle kwamanani entengo," esho. "Ngobuqotho, umbono wami ukuthi bathatha izinyathelo zokuhambisa inkampani yezindiza endaweni lapho ulwazi lwabathengi luhle kakhulu ngokombono wokuvakasha, hhayi nje umbono wentengo."
Kodwa, idumela lenkonzo engeyinhle lenza i-Spirit ibe sengozini kwabanye abathwali abashibhile ukuze baqhudelane nabo, kuphawula u-Klaskin. Abathwali abafana ne-JetBlue kanye ne-Southwest banweba izinyathelo zabo futhi, uma benikezwe ukukhetha ukuhamba nenkampani yenethiwekhi ekhokhisa imali encane kodwa inikeza isipiliyoni esingcono samakhasimende, abathengi bazokwenza kanjalo, esho.
"Inkohliso enkulu ngezindiza ezishibhile bekulokhu kungukuthi amanani ayawina," kusho uKlaskin. "Kukhona futhi ingxenye yesevisi."
