IAlaska Airlines ithe ithwele abakhweli abambalwa ngo-Agasti xa kuthelekiswa nenyanga enye kunyaka ongaphambili. Kodwa iinqwelomoya zenqwelomoya zigcwele kwaye ukusebenza kwayo ngexesha kuphucukile.
I-airline, i-subsidiary ye-Alaska Air Group Inc. yase-Seattle, ibike inani leemali zomkhweli wengeniso (inani labakhweli abahlawula ingeniso ephindwe ngomgama ohanjwe ngeemayile) yehla ukuya kwi-1.78 yebhiliyoni ukusuka kwi-1.79 billion ngo-2008, okanye ukuncipha ye-0.8 ekhulwini. Iimayile zokuhlala ezifumanekayo zenkampani yeenqwelomoya (inani lezihlalo ezifumanekayo liphindaphindwe ngenani leemayile ezibhabhayo) lehle nge-2.9 yeepesenti ukuya kwi-2.11 yeebhiliyoni ukusuka kwi-2.17 yezigidigidi kunyaka ongaphambili. Kwaye abakhweli bayo bengeniso yehla nge-7.5 yeepesenti ukuya kwi-1.5 yebhiliyoni ukusuka kwi-1.6 yeebhiliyoni ngo-2008.
Umthwalo womthwalo wenqwelo-moya (ipesenti yezihlalo ezikhoyo ezihlala abakhweli abahlawula imali) unyuke waya kuma-84.3 epesenti ukusuka kuma-82.5 epesenti kunyaka ongaphambili.
Ukusebenza kwangexesha kwe-Alaska ngo-Agasti kunyuke ukusuka kunyaka ongaphambili, ukuphucuka ukuya kuma-85.7 ekhulwini kwinyanga ephelileyo xa kuthelekiswa ne-78.7 yeepesenti ngo-Agasti ka-2008.
Kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya esingudade iHorizon Air, iimayile zabakhweli bengeniso ziye zehla phantse ngeepesenti ezili-12 ukuya kwi-229 yezigidi ukusuka kwi-260 yezigidi ngonyaka ongaphambili kwaye iimayile zokuhlala ezifumanekayo zehle malunga ne-13 ekhulwini ukuya kwi-289 yezigidi ukusuka kwi-332 yezigidi ngo-2008. 11 ukusuka kuma-622,000 ngonyaka ongaphambili. Umthwalo womkhweli we-Horizon unyuke waya kwi-699,000 yeepesenti ukusuka kwi-79.2 yeepesenti kwaye ukusebenza kwayo ngexesha lexesha kunyuke ukuya kuma-78.1 ekhulwini ukusuka kwi-88.6 yeepesenti ngonyaka ongaphambili.
