USean Durfy, isikhulu se-WestJet Airlines Ltd., uchitha izambulo zokuthi imbangi yakhe i-Air Canada ithole isithakazelo kubadlali abazimele kanye nabaphathi bezikhwama zempesheni okungenzeka ukuthi bafuna ukuxhumanisa inkampani yezindiza ehamba phambili yezwe nenkampani enkulu yase-US.
“Noma ngabe kwenzekani nge-Air Canada, sizoqhudelana nanoma ngubani oza kule makethe,” kusho uDurfy engxoxweni izolo. Uthe iWestJet inezindleko ezingamaphesenti angu-35 ngaphezu kwembangi ye-heavyweight.
"Sesivele siqhudelana nabo bonke abathwali baseMelika emakethe ye-transborder."
UDurfy uphawule ngemuva kokuthi i-WestJet ibike inzuzo yekota yesine ephindeke ngaphezu kokuphindwe kabili, sibonga ngokwengxenye ngamanani entela aphansi kanye ne-loonie ekhuphukayo.
Ngesonto eledlule, uRobert Milton, oyi-CEO ye-Air Canada umzali i-ACE Aviation Holdings Inc., uphakamise ukuthi inkampani yezindiza enkulu yaseCanada ifike lapho kuhlangana khona abathengi abazimele. UMilton uthe intengo yamasheya eshelelayo ye-ACE ihehe abakwa-private-equity kanye nezikhwama zempesheni ukuthi basebenzise izindlela zokuthenga amaphesenti angama-75 omzali e-Air Canada.
Uphinde waveza ukuthi kukhona umthengi ofuna ukuxhumanisa i-Air Canada nenkampani ethwala impahla enkulu e-United States, lapho kuthiwa i-United Airlines ne-Continental Airlines basezingxoxweni, kanti iDelta Air Lines neNorthwest Airlines kukholakala ukuthi seziseduze nesivumelwano.
“Ngakho-ke, kube nengxoxo nesikhala saseMelika esibheke ukushintsha, futhi angicabangi ukuthi kuyinto engenakwenzeka ukuthi i-Air Canada ingaba yingxenye yayo, futhi ngicabanga ukuthi kungenza umqondo omkhulu ukuthi inkampani yezindiza yaseMelika ibheke i-Air. eCanada,” kusho uMilton.
Abanye izingqapheli bakholelwa ukuthi imboni nakanjani isondela ekuhlanganisweni, kodwa u-Durfy walulaza ukuthi kungenzeka ukuthi i-WestJet ekugcineni ingaphoqeleka ukuthi ibambe iqhaza.
Ubuze ngokungananazi ukuthi ngabe ukhona yini owake wabona ukuhlanganiswa kwezindiza eziningi okuyimpumelelo.
Uphinde wakuchitha ukuqagela komhlaziyi we-RBC Capital Markets ukuthi i-WestJet ngelinye ilanga ingase icabangele ukuhlangana “okunengqondo, uma kunempikiswano” ne-Air Canada.
“Ngokubona kwami bekungeke kusebenze. Muningi kakhulu umehluko phakathi kwezinkampani zethu ezimbili.”
I-WestJet yaziwa njengenye yezinkampani zezindiza ezisebenza kahle kakhulu eNyakatho Melika, enomkhumbi omusha uma kuqhathaniswa, isiko lebhizinisi elithandwayo kanye nerekhodi lenzuzo.
Inkampani yezindiza izolo ibike inzuzo yekota yesine engcono kunayo yonke kweyesine yamaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-75.4, noma amasenti angu-57 isheya, uma kuqhathaniswa namaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-26.7, noma amasenti angu-21, ngonyaka odlule. Ingxenye engaphezu kwengxenye yokuthuthukiswa, okudlule okwakulindelwe abahlaziyi, kwakungenxa yezinga lentela likahulumeni eliphansi. Imali engenayo yona ibingamaRandi ayizigidi ezingama-553.4.
"Sesikutshelile, silinganisela ukuthi iWestJet ibike imingcele enamandla kakhulu eNyakatho Melika ngekota ye-10 eqondile," kusho uDavid Newman, umhlaziyi weNational Bank Financial, ebhalela amakhasimende.
Isakhiwo sakwaWestJet esinezindleko eziphansi sisize ukuthi ikwazi ukumelana nenkathi yamanani aphezulu kaphethiloli kangcono kunezinye izimbangi.
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- Uphinde waveza ukuthi kukhona umthengi ofuna ukuxhumanisa i-Air Canada nenkampani ethwala impahla enkulu e-United States, lapho kuthiwa i-United Airlines ne-Continental Airlines basezingxoxweni, kanti iDelta Air Lines neNorthwest Airlines kukholakala ukuthi seziseduze nesivumelwano.
- space looking to change, and I don’t think it’s inconceivable that Air Canada could be part of it, and I think it would make a lot of sense for a U.
- UDurfy uphawule ngemuva kokuthi i-WestJet ibike inzuzo yekota yesine ephindeke ngaphezu kokuphindwe kabili, sibonga ngokwengxenye ngamanani entela aphansi kanye ne-loonie ekhuphukayo.
