I-Delta Air Lines Inc., i-American Airlines kanye nezinye izinkampani zenethiwekhi zase-US zingase zidinge ukuphungula umthamo ongaba ngamaphesenti angu-5 engeziwe ngemva kwesizini yohambo lwasehlobo ukuze kwenyuswe imali yokugibela.
Cishe izingxenye ezimbili kwezintathu zanoma yikuphi ukuncishiswa okungenzeka kuzofika emizileni yaphesheya lapho izindiza zingenalutho, kusho uKevin Crissey, umhlaziyi we-UBS Securities LLC. Abathwali bangase bamemezele ukuncishiswa kwamandla ngokushesha nje kusasa engqungqutheleni eseNew York ehlelwe yi-Bank of America Corp.'s Merrill Lynch unit, kusho abahlaziyi.
Isilayidi sezinyanga eziyi-12 kuthrafikhi phakathi kwezinkampani zenethiwekhi ezinkulu zase-US kusho ukuthi kusenezihlalo eziningi kakhulu ukusekela amanani aphezulu. Umjikelezo omusha wokuncishiswa uzokwakhela ekuqedweni kwamaphesenti ayi-10 omthamo wezinkampani zezindiza zaseMelika kusukela ekuqaleni kuka-2008, okuhlanganisa nokupaka amajethi angama-500.
“Okuthile ku-3% kuya ku-5% webanga cishe yilokho esizokubona, futhi kungcono kakhulu,” kusho uCrissey, ozinze eNew York futhi utusa ukuthenga i-Delta, inkampani yezindiza enkulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni.
Imali engenayo yezindiza zomhlaba wonke ingase yehle ngamaphesenti angu-15 iye ku-$448 billion kulo nyaka phakathi “nesimo esinzima kakhulu imboni eye yabhekana naso,” kusho i-International Air Transport Association ngoJuni 8. kusho iqembu.
Abathwali bazonciphisa okungenani umthamo ongaphezu kwamaphesenti angu-4 njengoba ukuthengiswa kwamathikithi kuncipha, ulinganisela u-Helane Becker, umhlaziyi we-Jesup & Lamont Securities Corp. eNew York. Uncoma ukuthenga i-Delta, umzali waseMelika i-AMR Corp., umzali we-United Airlines ongumzali u-UAL Corp. kanye ne-Continental Airlines Inc.
'Noma yini Esizayo'
"Bengingeke ngilindele ukubona noma yikuphi ukuhlehliswa noma ukulayishwa kuze kube yikota yokuqala ka-2010 ekuqaleni," kusho u-Becker. "Izinkampani eziningi zinciphise isabelomali sohambo futhi azibuyiseli imali kuze kube yilapho zibona izimpawu zokuthuthuka."
Izinga labangasebenzi e-US likumaphesenti angu-9.4 kusukela ngoMeyi, eliphakeme kakhulu kusukela ngo-1983. Umnotho cishe wehla ngamaphesenti amabili kule kota yamanje futhi uzokhula ngamaphesenti angu-2 engxenyeni yesithathu, ngokwesilinganiso esimaphakathi sosomnotho abangama-0.5 esahlolwa yi-Bloomberg.
I-Bloomberg US Airlines Index yabathwali abangu-13 yehle ngamaphesenti angama-41 kulo nyaka kuze kube yizolo.
Ezinyangeni ezintathu kwezine ezedlule, ithrafikhi yehle ngamaphesenti ayi-10 noma ngaphezulu njengoba ukuncipha kohambo kukhula.
"Ngingathanda ukubona okungenani amanye amaphesenti angu-5 omthamo ephuma," kusho u-Hunter Keay, umhlaziyi we-Stifel Nicolaus & Co. e-Baltimore. "Noma yini iyasiza."
I-Delta ingase "isendaweni engcono kakhulu yokunciphisa" ngenxa yokuthi inemizila engasasebenzi kanye nezindiza ezengeziwe kusukela ekuthengeni kwayo iNorthwest Airlines ngonyaka odlule, kusho uKeay. Uncoma ukuthenga i-Delta futhi ubambe i-Continental, UAL, AMR kanye ne-Dallas-based Southwest Airlines Co.
AmaJethi Okupaka
I-Delta ithe ngo-Ephreli izokwehlisa umthamo wamazwe omhlaba unyaka wonke ngamaphesenti ayi-7, kanti izindiza zasekhaya zizokwehla ngamaphesenti ayi-8 kuye kwayi-10. Inkampani yenethiwekhi ezinze e-Atlanta ayikaze inikeze umhlahlandlela obuyekeziwe kusukela ngo-Ephreli, kusho uBetsy Talton, umkhulumeli wesifazane.
I-American Airlines ingase ikwazi ukunquma ezinye izindiza ezengeziwe eziya e-London Heathrow, futhi i-United ezinze e-Chicago ingase ipake ezinye izindiza ezimbalwa ze-Boeing Co. 747 njengengxenye yohlelo lwayo lokususa amajethi angu-100 emsebenzini, kusho uKeay.
UJean Medina, okhulumela i-UAL, wenqabile ukuphawula. Isikhulu Esiphezulu se-American Airlines uGerard Arpey uthe ngoJuni 7 eKuala Lumpur inkampani yezindiza yaseFort Worth, eTexas iqapha ngeso lokhozi isidingo futhi ayikanqumi ukuncishiswa okwengeziwe.
Izwekazi lingase lizizwe linengcindezi yokunciphisa ukuhamba kwezindiza kwamanye amazwe ngenxa yokuthi ukusikeka kwalo kusalele ngemuva kwezinkampani ezinkulu zezindiza, kusho uMichael Derchin, umhlaziyi we-FTN Equity Capital Markets Corp. eNew York. Umthamo ophelele wabathwali baseMelika udinga ukwehla cishe ngamaphesenti ayi-7 kulo nyaka, ulinganisela.
'Izinqumo Ezinzima'
"Besilokhu siphendula imfuno emakethe," kusho uJulie King, okhulumela i-Continental. "Siyiqaphe ngeso lokhozi imakethe futhi sizoqhubeka nokulungisa umthamo njengoba kudingeka."
I-Continental ithe ngo-Ephreli ukuthi umthamo wayo wamazwe omhlaba wonke uzokwehla ngamaphesenti ama-3, kanti amandla asekhaya ezindiza ezinkulu zenkampani yenethiwekhi ezinze eHouston azokwehla ngamaphesenti ayi-7.
UMay umake ukwehla kwesihlanu okulandelanayo kwanyanga zonke kwenzuzo evela esihlalweni ngasinye endizeni imayela e-Continental naseTempe, e-Arizona-based US Airways Group Inc., izinkampani zenethiwekhi ezihlala zibika inombolo njalo ngenyanga. Ukwehla ngokwengxenye kubonisa ukwehla kwesivuno, noma imali yokugibela eyisilinganiso ngemayela, njengoba abathwali bezinkampani beqhudelana ngabahambi abambalwa.
I-US Airways "ayinazo ezinye izinhlelo zokunciphisa umthamo namuhla," kusho umkhulumeli uMorgan Durrant izolo.
I-Delta, i-American, i-United kanye ne-Continental ingase yehlise izindiza eziya emadolobheni athile aphesheya kwezilwandle ngezinsuku ezihamba kancane zesonto ezifana noLwesibili noma uLwesithathu ukuze bathole ukonga okwengeziwe, kusho uRobert Mann, ophethe inkampani yezeluleko zezindiza i-RW Mann & Co. ePort Washington, eNew York. .
"Inkinga ngokwenza lokho ukuthi unikeza abahambi bebhizinisi isizathu esisodwa esincane sokukukhetha," kusho uMann. “Sisesikhathini lapho kufanele kuthathwe izinqumo ezinzima njengalezi.”
