IVirgin America Inc.yakuqala inkonzo kwi-Sunshine State.

Intombi yaseMelika yathi ngoLwesibini iya kukhonza iFort Lauderdale, Fla., Ngeenqwelomoya zemihla ngemihla ezingamisiyo ukusuka eSan Francisco naseLos Angeles ukuqala ngoNovemba 18.

IFort Lauderdale iza kuba yindawo ye-10 yenqwelomoya kwilizwe lonke. Inqwelomoya esekwe eBurlingame ineendlela ezininzi ezikumanxweme kunye neWest Coast.

“Imakethi esemazantsi eFlorida ibisoloko iphezulu kuluhlu lwethu,” utshilo umphathi weVirgin America uDavid Cush. "Yindawo ekufikelelwa kuyo ekumgangatho wehlabathi kunye nokhenketho olubalulekileyo kunye nentengiso yohambo lweshishini, kude kube namhlanje, ibonelelwe lukhuphiswano oluncinci okanye olungamisiyo oluvela kuNxweme oluseNtshona."

Lo nyaka uqulunqa njengeyona nto ibalulekileyo kwinkampani eselula eyaqalwa ngo-2007. ISebe lezoThutho lase-US liphonononga ubunini beVirgin America phakathi kweengxelo zokuba uninzi lwabanini-zabelo base-US uCyrus Capital Partners LP kunye neBlack Canyon Capital LLC bathengise izabelo kwiQela leVirgin elisekelwe eLondon. Ltd., inkampani yokubamba i-billionaire yaseBrithani uRichard Branson.

Umthetho wase-US uthintela abemi abangengabo abase-US ekubeni babe neepesenti ezingama-25 zenqwelo moya. I-Alaska Air Group Inc. (i-NYSE: ALK) kunye nabanye baye bacinezela i-Virgin America ngolwazi olungakumbi lobunini bayo.

Kodwa isivumelwano esisalindelweyo sisenokubeka imibuzo yokuba ingaba inqwelomoya iyahlangabezana neemfuno “zobumi” base-US. UCush uthe ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka ulindele ukongeza umtyalimali omnye ose-US kulo nyaka. Akazange achaze ukuba ngubani onokujoyina, yimalini eya kwenziwa okanye imimiselo yesivumelwano.

UCush ukwathe ulindele ukuba iVirgin America ibenengeniso yokusebenza ngo-2010, kwiminyaka emithathu emva kokubhabha kwayo kokuqala.