I-Republic Airways Holdings Inc. iwine endalini yenkantolo yokuqothuka yokuthenga iFrontier Airlines Holdings Inc., ibize u-$108.8 wezigidi ukuze inqobe iSouthwest Airlines Co.

IRiphabhulikhi iphinde yavuma ukuhoxisa ukusatshalaliswa esicelweni sayo esingavikelekile samaRandi ayizigidi eziyi-150, kusho uFrontier namuhla esitatimendeni esihlukile. IJaji Lokuqothuka Lase-US u-Robert Drain eNew York nabalawuli abakabuyekeze ukuthengiswa. INingizimu-ntshonalanga ibhide i-$170 million Aug. 10, ngaphambi kokuthi indali iqale ngokusemthethweni.

"Ngibheke ngabomvu ukwamukela uFrontier emndenini wethu weRiphabhulikhi," kusho uBryan Bedford, isikhulu esiphezulu seRiphabhulikhi, esitatimendeni saleyo nkampani yezindiza.

I-Indianapolis-based Republic yaba yinkampani ye-11 enkulu kunazo zonke e-US ngonyaka odlule ngokusekelwe ekuthengisweni kwabagibeli, kuyilapho i-Denver-based Frontier yayineminyaka engu-13 kanti i-Dallas-based Southwest ingeyesihlanu, ngokusho kwedatha ehlanganiswe yi-Bloomberg.

I-Republic isebenzisa izindiza zabagibeli kuzinkampani zenethiwekhi ezinkulu ezihlanganisa i-Delta Air Lines Inc. kanye ne-UAL Corp.'s United Airlines futhi ithe izosebenzisa i-Frontier njengenkampani ephethwe. IRiphabhulikhi iphethe izinkampani ezithwala izifunda i-Chautauqua Airlines, iShuttle America kanye neMidwest Airlines, ezithole ngoJulayi 31.

INingizimu-ntshonalanga, inkampani ephethe izaphulelo enkulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni, yenza isithembiso sokuqala esingu-$113.6 million ngoJulayi 30. Yabe isikhuphula umnikelo wayo ngamaphesenti angaba ngu-50 Aug. 10 ukuze ibambe iRiphabhulikhi empini yokubhida.

UFrontier wafaka isicelo sokuqothuka ngo-Ephreli 2008 futhi wavuma ngoJuni 22 ukuthi atholwe yiRiphabhulikhi ngo-$108.8 wezigidi, ngaphambi kwesiphakamiso esiphezulu seSouthwest.

Icala lise-In Frontier Airline Holdings Inc., 08-11298, Inkantolo Yokuqothuka yase-US, esifundeni esiseNingizimu ye-New York (Manhattan).