Ilizwekazi, i-US Air izisa ukulahleka kweqela ukuya kwi-1.35 yezigidigidi zeedola

I-Continental Airlines Inc. kunye ne-US Airways Group Inc. zithumele ilahleko ebanzi yekota yesine kubhejo olungelulo kwiikontraki zamafutha, izise intsilelo yokusebenza edityanisiweyo yabathwali abayi-9 abakhulu base-US ukuya kwi-1.35 yezigidigidi zeedola.

I-Continental, i-airline yesine enkulu kunazo zonke zase-US, ibike i-266 yezigidi zelahleko ezilahlekileyo, ngelixa i-6 US Airways ilahlekelwe yi-541 yezigidi zeedola. Intengiso yabo ilandele uqikelelo lwabahlalutyi. I-JetBlue Airways Corp. kunye ne-Alaska Air Group Inc. nayo ibhengeze iintsilelo.

Iziphumo zibonise ukwehla kushishino lokusebenzisa iikhontrakthi zokuthenga kwangaphambili ukuvala amaxabiso emva kokuba amafutha enqwelo moya enyuke afikelela kwirekhodi ngoJulayi. Amaxabiso aye ehla ngeepesenti ezingama-65 kwisiqingatha sesibini sika-2008, eshiya iinqwelomoya zitshixelwe kumaxabiso angaphezulu kwemarike nanjengoko ukudodobala koqoqosho kuthomalalise imfuno yokuhamba.

"Wonke umntu ulindele ukuba nomsindo ngakumbi ukuya ku-2009," watsho u-Hunter Keay, umhlalutyi e-Stifel Nicolaus & Co. e-Baltimore, ocebisa ukuthenga izabelo zeenqwelo-moya eziquka i-Delta Air Lines Inc. kunye ne-Continental. "Sibona ukuthengiswa kweemali ezininzi kunye nokubhukisha kusondela ngenxa yokungaqiniseki."

I-collective yekota yesine ilahleko yokusebenza ye-9 enkulu ye-US carriers idlulile i-1.25 yebhiliyoni yelahleko eqikelelwa ngumhlalutyi we-UBS Securities LLC uKevin Crissey.

Kubandakanya iindleko zeekontrakthi ze-fuel-hedge kumaxabiso angaphezulu kwemarike kunye nezinye izinto zokubala, ilahleko yekota yenetha yeqela yayiyi-4.19 yeebhiliyoni zeedola.

UkuNciphisa ukuBhabha

Unyaka opheleleyo, ilahleko yokusebenza yeqela yayiyi-3.8 yeebhiliyoni zeedola. Ilahleko eyintsalela yayiyi-15.1 yeebhiliyoni zeerandi, ezibandakanya ezinye iindleko zokuphelisa imisebenzi ye-26,000, iijethi zepaki ye-460 kunye nokubhala ixabiso le-asethi kunye nokuthanda okulungileyo.

Ilizwekazi, elizinze eHouston, lathi namhlanje liza kunciphisa ukubhabha kwenqwelomoya yasekhaya ukuya kuthi ga kwi-7 pesenti kulo nyaka, ngaphezulu kobekujoliswe kuko ngaphambili ukuya kuthi ga kwi-6 ekhulwini.

Izinto zomthwalo, umlinganiselo wendlela iinqwelomoya ezizele ngayo, ziya kuncipha kule kota kwaye ingeniso yengeniso "ayikhuthazi," iGosa eliLawulayo eliyiNtloko uLarry Kellner uthe kwinkomfa yenkomfa.

I-JetBlue, esekwe eNew York, ngoku iceba ukunciphisa umthamo ukuya kuthi ga kwi-2 yeepesenti kulo nyaka, ukubuyisela umva kunyaka ophelileyo xa yongeza i-1.7 yeepesenti ngelixa abanye behlehla.

I-Delta, eyona nkampani inkulu emhlabeni emva kokuthenga i-Northwest Airlines ngo-Okthobha, iceba ukutsala iijethi ezingama-50 ukusuka kwiinqanawa zayo eziphambili njengoko inciphisa ukubhabha nge-6 ekhulwini ukuya kwi-8 ekhulwini kulo nyaka. Inkampani esekwe e-Atlanta iya kuphelisa imisebenzi engama-2,000 ngaphezulu ngokuthenga ngokuzithandela, emva kokusika i-6,000 kunyaka ophelileyo.

Ukusika amandla

I-American Airlines umzali i-AMR Corp. NgoJanuwari 21 yenze nzulu injongo yayo yokunciphisa umthamo ngepesenti ye-1, ukuya kwi-6.5 ekhulwini, ngenxa yokuba ukuhanjiswa kwe-8 Boeing Co. 737-800 jets kuye kwalibaziseka ngeenyanga eziliqela. I-traffic yeNombolo ye-2 ye-carrier, ilinganiswe kwiimayile eziqhutywe ngabakhweli abahlawulayo, yehla ngeepesenti ezili-10 kwikota yesine. I-AMR izinze eFort Worth, eTexas.

Umzali we-United Airlines u-UAL Corp. uceba ukuphelisa i-1,000 yemisebenzi eyongezelelweyo yemivuzo njengoko inkampani esekwe eChicago izama ukunciphisa umthamo we-8 ekhulwini kulo nyaka.

I-Southwest Airlines Co., esona sabelo sikhulu sezaphulelo, siya kwaphula ulwandiso lweminyaka engama-20 kulo nyaka xa ilungisa ibhabha nge-4 ekhulwini. Inqwelomoya esekwe eDallas ithe itrafikhi yehle ngepesenti eyi-1.4 kwikota.

"Ngoku asiloxesha lokukhula," iGosa eliLawulayo laseMzantsi-ntshona uGary Kelly uthe ngodliwano-ndlebe lwe-22 kaJanuwari.

Ilungele iiNzuzo

Ishishini lenqwelomoya lase-US lilungele unyaka walo wokuqala wengeniso ekuwohlokeni koqoqosho. U-UBS's Crissey, FTN Midwest Research Securities umhlalutyi uMichael Derchin kunye noCalyon Securities umhlalutyi uRay Neidl ngamnye wayeqikelele malunga neebhiliyoni ezi-5 zeerandi kwiingeniso ezidityanisiweyo kubathuthi abakhulu base-US ngo-2009.

Olo qikelelo lunokuba phezulu kakhulu emva kokuba uninzi lwabathwali bathi kule nyanga imfuno yokuhamba ngenqwelomoya inokuba buthathaka ngakumbi ngenxa yokudodobala koqoqosho.

Iinkampani zase-US zinqumle imisebenzi engama-557,000 ukususela ngoNovemba, ngokwedatha ehlanganiswe yiBloomberg News kunye neChallenger, iGrey & Christmas, i-Chicago-based outplacement consulting firm.

Abahlalutyi abahlanu kubandakanya uKeay we-Stifel Nicolaus behlise uqikelelo lwabo lwekota yokuqala ye-Delta kule veki, kwaye abahlanu balulungisile uqikelelo lwabo lomzali waseMelika i-AMR, ngokovavanyo lweBloomberg. Abane balungisa imbonakalo yabo ye-UAL, kwaye ezintathu zathoba iingqikelelo eziya kuMzantsi-ntshona.

I-Continental yehla i-$ 1.18, okanye i-7.3 ekhulwini, ukuya kwi-$ 15.05 kwi-1: 42 pm kwi-New York Stock Exchange yokuthengisa i-composite, kunye ne-US Airways yehla ngama-39 eesenti, okanye i-5.3 ekhulwini, ukuya kwi-$ 6.91. I-Bloomberg US Airlines Index, equka abathwali be-13, yehlile nge-2.6 ekhulwini.