I-Continental Airlines Inc., emva kokumisa ukudibana ne-United Airlines kwiminyaka emibini eyadlulayo, iya kuphinda iqhubeke nemizamo yokudibanisa ukuze ihlale ikhuphisana, utshilo u-Chief Executive Officer uJeff Smisek.
I-Continental, i-carrier yesine enkulu yase-US, iya kuhlala ibeka iliso kwinkqubela phambili ye-Delta Air Lines Inc. emva kokuhlanganiswa kwayo kwe-2008 ne-Northwest Airlines Corp., uthe namhlanje kwinkomfa ye-JPMorgan Chase & Co. eNew York. Isigqibo selizwekazi lokunqanda ukujoyina i-UAL Corp.'s United ngo-Epreli ka-2008 sasichanekile ngelo xesha, watsho.
“Siza kuqhubeka nokubukela ukhuphiswano,” utshilo uSmisek. “Ukuba sicinga ukuba kukowona mdla kuthi ukuzibamba ngokuzikhusela, siya kukwenza oko. Kodwa ndicinga ukuba kusengaphambi kwexesha ukwenza eso sigqibo ngeli xesha.”
I-CEO ye-United uGlenn Tilton uthe ngoJanuwari ukuba ukudibanisa okubandakanya abathwali base-US kuya kwenzeka kwiinyanga ezili-12 ukuya kwezingama-24, kwaye indlela eya kwindibaniselwano iyagudiswa lumanyano lwehlabathi. I-Tilton ithethelele ukudityaniswa kweshishini leenqwelo moya zase-US ukusukela ubuncinci ngo-2004.
“Ilizwekazi libhaso elinokuthi nabani na alifune, kwaye lingayilungela i-United,” utshilo uRay Neidl, umhlalutyi wenqwelomoya ozimeleyo ozinze eNew York, kudliwanondlebe. "Ilizwekazi linenkqubo elungileyo, kodwa ayilingani nesigebenga seDelta."
I-Continental yanyuka i-91 cent, okanye i-4.5 ekhulwini, ukuya kwi-$ 21.12 kwi-12: 35 pm kwi-New York Stock Exchange yokuthengisa i-composite, emva kokufikelela kwi-$ 21.47, i-intraday ephezulu ukususela ngo-Jan. ukurhweba emva kokunika ingxelo izolo ukuba ingeniso kumkhweli ngamnye ukhwele imayile yenyuka ngaphezu koqikelelo lwabahlalutyi.
'Ukungakwazi Kwabo'
U-Smisek ukwathe umthetho omtsha wobumbano ojonge ukunciphisa ukulibaziseka kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya unokubangela ukurhoxiswa okungaphezulu kwenqwelomoya. Ukuqala ngo-Epreli, iinqwelomoya ziya kufuneka ukuba zivumele abahambi ukuba baphume kwinqwelomoya babambelele kwitama yesikhululo seenqwelomoya emva kweeyure ezintathu okanye bajongane nesohlwayo se-27,500 yeedola ngomkhweli ngamnye. Ulibaziseko olude lwetha lunqabile, kwaye kaninzi lubangelwa yinkqubo yaseMelika yolawulo lwetrafikhi yomoya, utshilo.
“Oko kuthetha ukuba siza kurhoxisa iinqwelomoya ezininzi,” utshilo uSmisek. “Urhulumente usibeka phantsi kuba esala ukutyala imali kuhola wendlela esibhakabhakeni, aze asohlwaye xa, ngenxa yokungakwazi kwabo ukwenza umsebenzi, sibanjwe emhlabeni.”
UBill Mosley, isithethi seSebe lezoThutho laseMelika, uphendule ngelithi "abathwali banamandla okucwangcisa iinqwelomoya ngokwenyani" ngokuba neenqwelomoya kunye nabasebenzi abakhoyo kunye nokuphinda babhukishe abakhweli kwezinye iinqwelomoya xa ukulibaziseka okanye ukurhoxiswa kungenakuthintelwa.
“Ngaphantsi kwemithetho emitsha yesebe, abathengi banokukhetha abathwali abangenalo ukulibaziseka kwetha, abangazirhoxisi iinqwelomoya zabo kwaye baya kubonelela ngoncedo olwaneleyo kubakhweli,” utshilo.
Amaqabane amatsha
I-Continental yajoyina i-United kwi-Star umanyano lwabathwali kunyaka ophelileyo kwaye iinqwelomoya ezimbini zase-US ziyinxalenye yendibaniselwano kunye ne-Deutsche Lufthansa AG kunye ne-Air Canada ngaphesheya kwe-Atlantiki. I-Continental kunye ne-United bacele imvume kubalawuli ukuba badibanise iishedyuli zenqwelomoya kunye namaxabiso okukhwela kwi-Pacific kunye ne-All Nippon Airways Co., iqabane labo kwi-Star.
“Sifumana iziphumo ezintle kumanyano lweStar,” utshilo uSmisek. Umthwali ushiye iqela le-SkyTeam labathwali, elibandakanya i-Delta kunye ne-Alitalia SpA, ukujoyina i-Star. “Olo ibiluhambo lwethu lwasekhaya.”
Uthe inqwelomoya, eseHouston, ithwele abakhweli abamalunga ne-2.5 ngaphezulu kwesitulo ngasinye kunye namaqabane ayo eNkwenkwezi kunokuba yenzayo ngeSkyTeam.
