I-Alaska Airlines yathi ifuna uphando oludibeneyo lwe-Virgin America.
I-Alaska, i-subsidiary ye-Alaska Air Group Inc. yase-Seattle, yacela iSebe lezoThutho lase-US, icela uphando loluntu malunga nokuba i-Virgin America, esekelwe eBurlingame, idibana nobunini bangaphandle base-US kunye nezithintelo zokulawula kwiinqwelomoya zasekhaya.
Amagosa e-Alaska Airlines athi afuna ukuba iVirgin America ibambelele kwimithetho yase-US, efuna ukuba inkampani ibe nekota ezintathu okanye ngaphezulu ibe ngabemi base-US kwaye "ilawulwa ngokufanelekileyo" ngabemi base-US.
"I-Alaska yenza esi sicelo ukuqinisekisa ukuba bonke abathwali base-US bagcinwe kumgangatho ofanayo wokuthobela imithetho yase-US ...," utshilo uKeith Loveless, umcebisi jikelele we-Alaska Airlines, kwingxelo.
Amagosa aseVirgin America athi athobela ngokupheleleyo imithetho yase-US.
I-Virgin America ligcuntswana labanikazi be-Virgin Group Ltd., inkampani yaseBritane ephethe i-billionaire uRichard Branson. Ukubandakanyeka kukaBranson kwi-Virgin America kwakuyinto enzima xa i-airline ifuna ilayisenisi yayo yokusebenza kwiSebe lezoThutho lase-US. Iinqwelomoya eziphikisanayo zabanga iVirgin America iya kulawulwa nguBranson, ukwaphulwa komthetho wase-US.
Intombi yaseMelika ekugqibeleni yoyisa ezo zichaso kwaye yanikwa ilayisenisi yayo. Inkampani yeenqwelomoya, esebenza ukusukela ngo-2007, isininzi senkampani yabucala yase-US iBlack Canyon Capital LLC kunye neCyrus Capital Partners.
“Esi sisibongozo esingenasihlahla. Siyinkampani yeenqwelomoya yase-US kunye nelawulwayo ethobela ngokupheleleyo umthetho kunye nayo yonke imimiselo yeSebe lezoThutho. Akukho nto itshintshileyo kubume bethu obuvunywe yiDOT. Ukuba ubunini bethu buguquka kwixesha elizayo, ngokuqinisekileyo siya kwazisa i-DOT kwangaphambili, ukuze baqinisekise ukuthotyelwa kwethu okuqhubekayo, "kusho u-Abby Lunardini, umlawuli wezonxibelelwano zenkampani kwi-Virgin America, kwingxelo.
