Umlo wokurhwebeshela enye inqwelo moya kwisikhululo senqwelomoya i-Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport yafakwa ngesixhobo esiphezulu ngolwesiHlanu njengoko amawaka abantu abasebenzisa isikhululo seenqwelomoya kunye nabaxhasi bakhuthazwa ukuba babambe inkonzo yenethiwekhi eseSan Francisco.
Kodwa iphulo lokuthambisa iVirgin America, inqwelo moya eyanda ngokukhawuleza eceba ukubhabha kwizikhululo zeenqwelo moya ezingama-30 ngowama-2012, inokuthi iguquke ibe ngumlo wemfazwe phakathi kwesikhululo seenqwelomoya esise-Mesa kunye nesikhululo senqwelomoya i-Phoenix Sky Harbour Airport. ophetheyo.
IVirgin America u-Adam Green, umlawuli wokucwangciswa kwenethiwekhi, uvumile uLwesihlanu ukuba iSky Harbour ikwavakalise umdla.
"Sisoloko sinomdla wokuzisa inkonzo entsha yomoya ePhoenix kwaye besithetha nabaninzi beenqwelomoya, kodwa andikwazi ukuveza ukuba zeziphi na iinkampani esithe sathetha nazo, utshilo u-Alisa Smith, isithethi saseSky Harbour.
UGateway usungule ibhidi emva kokuba inqwelo moya ibonakalise umdla kwimakethi yasePhoenix, utshilo uJohn Barry, umlawuli wentengiso weGateway.
Ukuba iGateway inokumisa iNtombi, iya kuba yinkampani yesibini yenqwelomoya ukubonelela ngenkonzo kuyo. I-Allegiant Airlines sele isebenza kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya.
U-Barry uthe wagxotha imiyalezo nge-imeyile kubathengi nabangaphezulu kwesikhululo seenqwelomoya abangaphezulu kwama-5,000 XNUMX kwiziko ledatha laseGateway, ebabongoza ukuba banxibelelane neVirgin America, ukongeza ekubuzeni i-East Valley Partnership, iqela loshishino lommandla; iMesa Chamber of Commerce kunye neendawo ezintlanu zoMzantsi-mpuma zoluntu ezingabanikazi nezisebenza kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya, kubandakanya uGilbert, ukulandela amagama ngamagama kuvimba wazo.
IWebhusayithi yeArizona Wing Civil Air Patrol kaWillie Composite Squadron 304 kwisikhululo senqwelomoya saseGateway ikwakhuthaze ababukeli bayo ukuba baxhase intshukumo.
"I-PhxMesa Gateway ifuna inkxaso yakho," funda umyalezo oquka uninzi lwekhasi lasekhaya leWebhusayithi. “IVirginia yaseMelika icinga ngenkonzo yomoya ecwangcisiweyo ukuya e-Valley isuka eSan Francisco, California. Ngentlonipho sicela inkxaso yenu ekuphakamiseni le Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport yale nkonzo. ”
U-Barry uthe wayexhalabile yimpendulo kwisicelo sakhe soncedo.
"Ndibetha wonke umntu endinako," utshilo. "Kubonakala ngathi iVirgin America ifuna ingxelo yabo."
U-Abby Lunardini, umlawuli wezoqhakamshelwano kwezonxibelelwano eVirgin America, uthe, “IPhoenix sesinye sezixeko ezikuluhlu lwethu kwaye sinethemba lokuba siza kuzisa apho ekugqibeleni. Kodwa akukho nto ikhoyo kungekudala. ”
Imakethi yasePhoenix yayiphakathi kweendawo zeedolophu ezingama-30 ezichongwe ngumthuthi ngo-Agasti, 2007 xa yayisungula inkonzo phakathi kweSan Francisco International Airport kunye neJohn F. Kennedy International Airport eNew York.
U-Barry uthe waqala wathetha ne-Virgin America ngo-Matshi ngexesha lentlanganiso yabaphathi beenqwelomoya kunye nabaphathi beenqwelomoya e-Ft. Ixabiso, iTex.
Umlawuli wentengiso kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya uthe naye ubeneengxoxo nabaphathi bezinye izithuthi ezine malunga nenkonzo enokwenzeka eGateway, kodwa akazange azichaze ezo ndiza.
IVirginia yaseMelika yacaciswa ukuba iqale ukubhabha engaphantsi kweminyaka emibini eyadlulayo njengomthuthi weepesenti ezingama-25 zikaRichard Branson, usomashishini waseBritane.
Umthetho wase-Federal uthintela abemi bamanye amazwe ekubeni babe ngaphezulu kweepesenti ezingama-25 zenqwelo moya yase-US okanye basebenzise ulawulo.
Uphawu lweNtombi yaseBranson kwihlabathi liphela lubandakanya iVirgin Atlantic Airways kunye nomculo weRekhodi yeVirgin. Ungoyena mntu u-236th esisityebi ngokwe-Forbes 'ka-2008 uluhlu lweebhiliyoni.
IVirgin America yinkampani ezimeleyo yase-US, hayi inkxaso yeQela leVirgin.
