IMidwest Airlines ithe ihlela ukwengeza imizila emisha namashejuli ngemuva kokufinyelela esivumelwaneni sokwandisa isivumelwano sayo sezindiza neRepublic Airways Holdings.

Ngaphansi kwe-oda lokuqala esivumelwaneni esinwetshiwe, i-Republic izondiza amajethi amabili e-Embraer 190AR eya e-Oak Creek-based Midwest. Amajethi azonikeza iMidwest amandla okuphinda andizele ezindaweni eziya oGwini oluseNtshonalanga esuka endaweni yawo eyinhloko eMilwaukee's General Mitchell International Airport, usihlalo waseMidwest, umongameli kanye ne-CEO uTimothy Hoeksema esitatimendeni sabezindaba.

I-Midwest izokwethula isevisi entsha ngo-August no-September futhi izomemezela imizila emisha namashejuli maduze nje. Inkampani yezindiza ayizange isho ukuthi izindiza zizosebenza ngaphansi kwesibhengezo seMidwest Airlines noma isibhengezo seMidwest Connect. I-Republic indize izindiza ze-Midwest Connect zenkampani yenethiwekhi ye-Oak Creek.

I-E190s izolungiselelwa ukuthi ihlalise abagibeli abayi-100 endlini eyodwa enezihlalo ezihlanganisa izihlalo ezingama-20 zamaSiginesha.

"Isivumelwano sethu esinwetshiwe neRiphabhulikhi sisivumela ukuthi sikwazi ukusebenzisa amandla ezindleko zenkampani enkulu yezindiza yesifunda, sibe sinikeza amakhasimende ethu isevisi ezindaweni eziningi," kusho uHoeksema.

UHoeksema uthe indiza ye-Embraer iyingxenye yohlelo lwemikhumbi oluphelele oluphothulwa yiMidwest.

I-Indianapolis-based Republic yaqala ukundizela eMidwest ngaphansi kohlobo lweMidwest Connect ngo-Okthoba 2008 futhi njengamanje isebenzisa amajethi e-Embraer 12 anezihlalo ezingu-76 170. I-Republic isebenzisa isamba sama-E-Jets angu-130 egameni leMidwest kanye nabanye ozakwethu, okuhlanganisa i-Delta, i-United kanye ne-US Airways.