I-United Airlines kunye nezinye izithuthi zase-US zijamelana nokuxinana kwemali.

Iinyanga ezimbalwa ezizayo ziya kubaluleka kwi-United Airlines njengoko yona kunye nezinye iinqwelomoya zase-US zihlangabezana nokucudiswa kwemali.

Ukudodobala koqoqosho lwehlabathi kubangele ukuba ukuthengiswa kwamatikiti endiza kungene nzulu ngakumbi kunaye nabani na - abathwali okanye abahlalutyi - bekulindelekile.

Kunokuba kugcinwe imali ebhankini evela kwixesha eliphakamileyo lokubhabha kweli hlobo njengoko beqhele ukwenza, i-United kunye noontanga bayo bahlawula intlawulelo yenkosi ukuboleka imali yokuqhuba iinyanga zobusika, xa imfuno yokuhamba ngenqwelomoya ihlala ibanda.

Kodwa emva kokufumana yonke into ukusuka kwiimayile ezihamba rhoqo ukuya kwiinjini zejethi, i-United iphelelwa yimpahla enokuthi isebenzise njengesibambiso setyala okanye ithengise ukunyusa imali. Oko kuthintela ukhetho lomthwali weChicago njengoko ejongene neemfuno ezintsha ngabaqhubekekisi bekhadi letyala ukugcina imali engathintelwanga kufutshane nenqanaba langoku le-2.5 yeebhiliyoni zeedola, abahlalutyi bathi.

Ithemba lobunye ubusika obunciphileyo kubathwali base-US bunokukhuthaza ukudityaniswa ngakumbi, abahlalutyi bathi, kunye ne-United kunye ne-Houston-based Continental Airlines njengezona zithwali zinokubuyela emva kwiingxoxo ezidityanisiweyo.

Emva kokuba iingxoxo zingaphumelelanga ngo-2008, aba babini badale ubambiswano olusondeleyo, okanye ukudibanisa okubonakalayo, okuthe kusanda kujongwa kwiSebe lezoBulungisa, okunokuthi kwenze eli shishini lingabi nomtsalane kunokudibanisa ngokupheleleyo.

“Ndicinga ukuba ukudibana kwenza ingqiqo,” utshilo uRoger King, umhlalutyi wenqwelomoya yeCreditSights Inc.

Imali iqinile kulo lonke ishishini leenqwelomoya, kunye neFt. I-American Airlines esekwe kwi-Worth kunye ne-Tempe, i-Ariz.-based US Airways inokujongana neengxaki zokungabi namali ekhoyo xa iimeko zisiba maxongo, abahlalutyi balumkisile. I-American ijongene neentlawulo zamatyala amaninzi kulo nyaka uzayo kunye noxinzelelo oluvela kwiprosesa yekhadi letyala. I-US Airways inamatyala amancinci kodwa iimali ezigciniweyo ezincinci.

“Ishishini lilonke lijonge ukonakaliswa kwemali kunye nokuhamba kwemali,” utshilo uBill Warlick, umlawuli omkhulu kunye nomhlalutyi okhokelayo wenqwelomoya kunye neFitch Ratings. "Ngumfanekiso wengeniso ombi kakhulu."

Isidingo sokuthatha isenzo sicinezela ngakumbi kwi-United. Ukuba i-cash holds yayo iyehla, iiprosesa ezimbini eziphambili zekhadi letyala, i-JPMorgan Chase & Co. kunye ne-American Express, zinokufuna ukuba ibekele bucala amakhulu ezigidi zeedola ukukhusela ubhukisho lwangaphambili xa inkampani isonga.

Phantsi kwesivumelwano esiqale ukusebenza nge-1 kaMatshi, i-American Express ifuna ukuba i-United inyuse imali kwisikali sokutyibilika ukuba imali yayo engathintelwanga iwela ngaphantsi kweebhiliyoni ezi-2.4 zeedola. Xa i-United ifumana imali ephantsi, kokukhona isikhulu isixa ekufuneka siyibekele bucala. I-United inokuthi ithembise ngenqwelomoya, umhlaba kunye nezinye ii-asethi njengesibambiso.

Ukususela ngoJanuwari 2010, i-Chase iya kufuna ukuba i-United ibambe ubuncinane i-2.5 yeebhiliyoni zeedola, ilungiselelo elinokuthi lihlawule i-United $ 134 yezigidi ukuba ibisebenza ngoMeyi. Ukuba imali ye-United iwela kwi-1 yeebhiliyoni zeedola, i-Chase iya kufuna ukuba ibekele bucala isiqingatha sentlawulo yekhadi letyala lenyanga, ngokutsho kweFayile yeSecurities and Exchange Commission.

Ngelixa iifemu zamakhadi okuthenga ngetyala ziye zatyhala iFrontier Airlines ukuba ingabinamali kulo nyaka uphelileyo, abahlalutyi bacinga ukuba akunakwenzeka ukuba balandele amanyathelo aqatha afanayo ne-United ngaphandle kokuba imisebenzi iye ibe maxongo ukuya kuthi ga kwinqanaba apho inqwelomoya ingasebenzi.

I-Chase, ngakumbi, inobambiswano olunzulu kunye ne-United enika umdla ogciniweyo wokugcina umthwali uphezulu. Ikhadi le-Chase le-Mileage Plus lelinye lawona makhadi etyala adumileyo, ngelixa ibhanki kunyaka ophelileyo yanika i-United $ 600 yezigidi zokuthenga kwangaphambili iimayile ezihamba rhoqo. Isithethi seChase sinqabile ukuphawula.

“Xa unamakhwenkwe amakhulu etafileni njengeenkampani zekhadi letyala, kunye nenqwelomoya enkulu efana ne-United, akukho mntu uza kuphosa nabani na ebhankini,” utshilo uKumkani. "Baza kufumana indlela yokuyijikeleza, ngaphandle kokuba akukho ndlela yakujikeleza."

Ubutyebi be-United bungaphucuka ukuba uqoqosho luyaphucuka, uhambo lweshishini luyachacha okanye amaxabiso eenqwelo moya aqala ukunyuka ngokunyanisekileyo. Ilizwe lesithathu ngobukhulu licuthe ngaphambili kwaye linzulu kuneembangi, liyibeka kwimeko yokwehla kweepesenti ezili-15 ukuya kuma-20 eepesenti kwingeniso enokuthi ibonwe ziinqwelomoya kulo nyaka.

"Sele sizuza ekuthotyweni kweendleko njengoko kubonakaliswe yindleko yethu eqinile kwiikota eziliqela ezidlulileyo," isithethi sase-United uJean Medina uthe. "Ngokwesikhokelo sethu sekota yesibini, sikulungele ukufumana ithuba elingakumbi lokhuphiswano kule ndawo, lisibeka kwindawo yokubuyela kwingeniso njengoko uqoqosho lusiya lusiba nexesha elide."

I-United nayo imele ukufumana amakhulu ezigidi zeedola ezinxulumene neheji yepetroli ukuba amaxabiso eoyile ahlala ekufutshane kumanqanaba angoku.

Nangona kunjalo, umda we-United wokuqhuba uncinci, abahlalutyi bathi, kwaye unokucuthwa ngakumbi ngezinto ezininzi, ukusuka kwesinye i-oyile spike ukuya kuqhushumbo oluhlaziyiweyo, olubulalayo lomkhuhlane wehagu.

“Ngokuqinisekileyo, baya kuxhamla kuko nakuphi na ukuchacha,” utshilo uPhilip Baggaley, umlawuli olawulayo kunye nomhlalutyi omkhulu wetyala kwiStandard & Poor's. “Ngelishwa uninzi lwabakhi-mkhanyo, kuquka neengcali zezoqoqosho ze-Standard & Poor, bakholelwa ukuba iya kuba kukuchacha okubuthathaka kakhulu. Kodwa yonke into iyanceda okwangoku. ”

I-United ikwadinga ukubuyisela ukuzithemba kweWall Street. Ukusukela ngoLwesine, isitokhwe sayo sehlile ngeepesenti ezingama-70 ukusukela ngoJanuwari, saya kutsho kwi-3.31 yeedola ngesabelo ngasinye, sishiya i-United kunye ne-capitalization yemalike ye-476.4 yezigidi zeedola. Loo nto incinci kwenye yeenqwelomoya ezinkulu zehlabathi, umthuthi ovelise i-20.2 yeebhiliyoni zeedola kwintengiso kulo nyaka uphelileyo.

Olunye uphawu lokuma kwe-United kwi-Wall Street: Yavuma ukuhlawula inzala ye-17 leepesenti kwi-175 yezigidi zeedola ematyaleni ekupheleni kukaJuni eyathi yakhuselwa nge-583 yezigidi zeerandi zezixhobo ezisecaleni.

Ababolekisi abayithandi le nkxaso-mali kuba kuya kuba nzima ukuqokelela iinjini zejethi nezinto ezinjalo kwiindawo zokugcina iimpahla kwihlabathi jikelele ukuba inqwelomoya isongile. Loo nto kunye nombono we-United njengomdlali obuthathaka kusenokwenzeka ukuba inyanzelise i-United ukuba ihlawule amaxabiso aphezulu ukuze igqibezele ukuxhasa imali kwimarike elumkeleyo izivumelwano zenqwelomoya, abahlalutyi bathi.

“Eli lixesha elizamayo,” utshilo owayesakuba yi-CEO yelizwekazi uGordon Bethune. “Iindleko zabo zetyala zibonisa ubuthathaka babo kwimarike ephantsi. Ndiqinisekile ukuba kukho ukungaqiniseki okuninzi phaya, hayi kubasebenzi kuphela, kodwa kuluntu nakubaninizabelo.”

I-United ayizange yenze isivumelwano ngenxa yokuphelelwa lithemba njengoko abanye besitsho, utshilo uMedina. Intengiselwano "yayibhaliswe ngokugqithisileyo ngemigaqo ebonisa ubume, ubume besibambiso esisetyenzisiweyo kunye nemarike yokuthenga ngetyala kwaye iya kukhulisa amandla ethu okuhlawula amatyala njengoko siqhubeka nokuthatha amanyathelo afanelekileyo ukuphendula kwimekobume enzima."

I-United ine-1.1 yeebhiliyoni zeedola kwii-asethi ezingenakubalwa enokuthi isebenzise ukunyusa imali, kuquka i-63 yeenqwelomoya ezindala kunye nezindlu. Umthuthi ukhangela abathengi bekhampasi yelokishi yase-Elk Grove esebenza njengeziko layo lokusebenza kunye neziko loqeqesho lokulinga e-Denver, imithombo yathi.

Kodwa i-Boeing 737s yakudala yase-United ithengiswa nzima kwimarike ezele ziijethi ezisetyenzisiweyo, ezipakishiweyo, utshilo uFitch's Warlick. “Bane-1 yeebhiliyoni zeerandi ezishiyekileyo, kodwa yimalini abanokuyiboleka, yimalini abanokuyinyusa ngemali? Akukho ndawo ikufutshane ne-1 yeebhiliyoni zeedola. Ingakanani imali engxamisekileyo ebebenokuyishiya? Inokuba kufutshane ne-500 yezigidi zeedola ngokokubona kwam.”

Imali ayisiyiyo yodwa inkxalabo ye-United. Umthwali uye wagxothwa ngabathengi kwizifundo zokwaneliseka zakutsha nje, ngelixa iinzame zayo zokudibanisa ngokusondeleyo imisebenzi kunye ne-Continental kwi-flying yamazwe ngamazwe ziye zaxhonywa yi-anti-trust yomzuzu wokugqibela izichaso eziphakanyiswe liSebe lezoBulungisa.

Imiba eyothusayo, abahlalutyi bacinga ukuba, inokunyanzela i-United ukuba iphinde izame ukudibanisa ne-Continental, indibaniselwano eya kudala eyona nqwelomoya inkulu ehlabathini. Ukufumana inkxaso-mali kuhlala kungumqobo omkhulu ekudibaneni, nangona iChase inamakhonkco emali kubo bobabini abathwali kwaye inokudlala umdlalo, imithombo yatsho.

Akukho namnye umbutho weenqwelomoya oza kujongana nentetho yomanyano oluhlaziyiweyo.

Ngemfuno yabakhweli kwi-doldrums kunye namaxabiso eoli ngokunyuka, ukudibanisa kuya kubonelela ngomthombo omtsha wengeniso ngexesha apho uxinzelelo lwe-United lukhula.

“Bafumana ezona hlabathi zimbi,” utshilo u-Baggaley malunga ne-United, American kunye ne-US Airways. "Ngokuqinisekileyo kukho umngcipheko wokutshona, kwaye ezo ndlela zimbi zangaphandle zonyusa uxinzelelo."