I-DALLAS, Texas - I-Southwest Airlines imemezele namuhla ukuthi isifinyelele isivumelwano nabashayeli bayo bamabhanoyi, abamelwe yiSouthwest Airlines Pilots' Association (SWAPA), esivumelwaneni sokuqala soguquko esisungula uhlaka lwenqubo lokuthi ekugcineni kuhlanganiswe abashayeli bezindiza be-AirTran ezinze e-Orlando. Izindiza eziya eNingizimu-ntshonalanga. Ukuhlanganiswa okusingathwe yisivumelwano kuzolandela ukuvalwa okusemthethweni okusemthethweni kokuthengwa kweSouthwest kwenkampani engumzali ye-AirTran, i-AirTran Holdings, Inc., okwamanje okulindeleke ukuthi kwenzeke ngekota yesibili ka-2011. Ukuvalwa kuncike ekugunyazweni kwabanikazi bamasheya be-AirTran, ukuthola yezimvume ezithile zokulawula, kanye nokugcwaliseka kwemibandela yokuvala yesiko.
Ngalesi sivumelwano sokuqala soguquko, iNingizimu-ntshonalanga kanye ne-SWAPA basungula uhlaka lokuqala inguquko ehlelekile ukusuka ekusebenzeni eNingizimu-ntshonalanga kanye ne-AirTran njengezinkampani zenethiwekhi ezihlukene, ukuya kwinkampani yenethiwekhi eyodwa ngaphansi kwesitifiketi esisodwa sokusebenza (i-SOC). Lesi sivumelwano soguquko siyisinyathelo sokuqala esibalulekile kuleyo nqubo.
“Lesi sivumelwano soguquko, okwavunyelwana ngaso ngazwi linye yiBhodi yabaqondisi bethu be-SWAPA, siyisinyathelo esibalulekile ohlelweni lokutholwa nokuhlanganiswa kwe-AirTran,” kusho u-Chuck Magill, iPhini Likamongameli we-Southwest Airlines of Flight Operations. "Abashayeli bezindiza bethu abasebenza kanzima manje sebekulungele ukuqala umsebenzi obalulekile noyinselele wokuhlanganisa ozakwabo be-AirTran kwiSouthwest Airlines."
Onyakeni wayo wama-40 wesevisi, iSouthwest Airlines iyaqhubeka nokuzehlukanisa kwezinye izinkampani zezinkampani zemali ephansi—inikeza umkhiqizo onokwethenjelwa onesevisi yekhasimende eyisibonelo. I-Southwest Airlines iyinkampani ethwala impahla enkulu kunazo zonke ezweni mayelana nabagibeli abasuka ekhaya abagibele; manje ekhonza amadolobha angu-69 ezifundazweni ezingu-35. Kusukela ngomhla ka-Mashi 13, 2011, iNingizimu-ntshonalanga izoqala isevisi e-Charleston nase-Greenville/Spartanburg, eNingizimu Carolina, futhi ngo-March 27, 2011, isevisi izoqala eNewark Liberty International Airport. INingizimu-ntshonalanga futhi ingesinye sezindiza ezihlonishwa kakhulu emhlabeni ezaziwa ngokuzibophezela kwayo emgqeni ophindwe kathathu we-Performance, People, and Planet. Ukuze ufunde kabanzi mayelana nokuthi iNingizimu-ntshonalanga yenza kanjani ingxenye yayo ukuze ube isakhamuzi esihle, vakashela ku-southwest.com/cares ukuze ufunde i-Southwest Airlines One Report(TM). Isekelwe e-Dallas, iNingizimu-ntshonalanga okwamanje isebenzisa izindiza ezingaphezu kwezi-3,200 ngosuku futhi inabasebenzi abacela ku-35,000 ohlelweni lonke.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- With this initial transition agreement, Southwest and SWAPA establish a framework to begin an orderly transition from operating Southwest and AirTran as separate carriers, to a single carrier under one Single Operating Certificate (SOC).
- Southwest also is one of the most honored airlines in the world known for its commitment to the triple bottom line of Performance, People, and Planet.
- “This transition agreement, which was unanimously agreed to by our SWAPA Board of Directors, is an important step in the AirTran acquisition and integration process,”.
