I-Continental Airlines Inc. kunye ne-American Airlines yomzali i-AMR Corp. ikhokelele ukwehla phakathi kwabaphethe i-US emva kwedatha kaFebruwari ibonakalisa imali yokuhamba kunye nokwehla kohambo.
Ilizwekazi lehle ngeepesenti ezili-17, uninzi ukusukela ngo-Okthobha, kwaye i-AMR yehla kwelona lisezantsi ukusukela ngo-Epreli ka-2003 njengoko abahlalutyi bathi ishishini linganyanzelwa ukuba licuthe indawo yokuhlala ngakumbi ngenxa yokuba ukuhla kwemfuno kunokucima iinzuzo kumaxabiso aphantsi amafutha.
"Ubunzima bokudodobala koqoqosho buchaphazela onke amacandelo ohambo," uJim Corridore, umhlalutyi weStandard & Poor's eNew York, uthe kwinqaku kubatyali-mali namhlanje. Walinganisa umlinganiso wakhe kwi-Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines Inc., oyena mthwalo mkhulu wehlabathi, "ukuthenga" "kukuthenga okuqinileyo."
I-Continental, i-airline yesine enkulu ye-US, ilahlekelwe yi-$ 1.60 ukuya kwi-8 ye-$ kwi-4: 01 pm kwi-New York Stock Exchange yokuthengisa i-composite, ngelixa i-No. , ukuba $2.
UAL Corp., umzali weNombolo ye-3 ye-United Airlines, yehla i-32 cents, okanye i-7.5 ekhulwini, ukuya kwi-$ 3.94 kwintengiso ye-Nasdaq Stock Market. I-8.1 yepesenti yesilayidi ye-Bloomberg US Airlines Index igqithise ukwehla okungaphantsi kwepesenti enye ye-Dow Jones Industrial Average kunye ne-Standard & Poor's 1 Index.
"Imarike ibonakala ithatha imbono yokuba yonke imboni isondela kwi-insolvency," kusho uJamie Baker, u-JPMorgan Chase & Co. "Asivumelani ngokupheleleyo."
Amaxabiso anomtsalane
Izabelo ze-Airline zixabiso elikhangayo emva kokuwa kunyaka odlulileyo, kwaye akukho zibonakaliso zokunyuka kwamaxabiso e-jet-fuel, u-Baker waseNew York wabhala kwinqaku. I-fuel jet iye yawa ngama-72 ekhulwini ukususela kwirekhodi likaJulayi.
I-Continental kunye ne-Southwest Airlines Co., esona sithwali sikhulu sexabiso eliphantsi, bobabini bathe izolo ebusuku ukuba itrafikhi yehlile ngoFebruwari.
Kwi-Continental ese-Houston, ingeniso yesihlalo ngasinye iqhube imayile kwimisebenzi yayo ephambili yejethi yehla yaya kutsho kwi-10.5 yeepesenti, idlula uqikelelo lokuhla kweepesenti ezisi-8 ukusuka kuHunter Keay, uStifel Nicolaus & Co. umhlalutyi, kunye ne-7 ekhulwini nguHelane Becker. yeJesup kunye neLamont Securities Corp.
Ukuthoba imfuno, ngakumbi phakathi kwabahambi beshishini, kukhokelele kumbono "olumke ngakumbi" kwingeniso kulo nyaka, utshilo uMzantsi-ntshona waseDallas. U-Baker uthe ingeniso ye-Southwest yonyaka ukuya kumhla kwisihlalo ngasinye ibonisa ukwehla malunga neepesenti ezi-3 ngoFebruwari.
UMzantsi-ntshona, onciphisa umthamo wezihlalo kulo nyaka okokuqala ukususela ngowe-1988, wehle ngeesenti ezingama-29, okanye isi-5.3 ekhulwini, ukuya kutsho kwi-$5.23, elona xabiso lawo liphantsi ukususela ngoJulayi 1997.
