I-Delta Air Lines Inc. ifake isimangalo esitsha kumzamo oqhubekayo wokuphula ikhontrakthi kunye neqabane laseDelta lokuQhagamshela iMesa Air Group Inc.
UMesa, umzali we-Connection carrier iFreedom Airlines, uthe kwifayile yolawulo yangoLwesihlanu ukuba iDelta ifake isimangalo kwinkundla yomdibaniso ifuna isibhengezo sokurhoxisa ikhontrakthi esekwe "kukophulwa kwezinto ngeNkululeko," ngokutsho kwe-US Securities and Exchange Commission.
Kwiinyanga ezili-18 ezidlulileyo, i-Delta ibe neengxabano kunye namanye amaqabane e-Delta Connection, ezinye zazo eziye zasonjululwa. IDelta yeyona nqwelomoya inkulu ibhabha iphuma kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya iDayton International.
Isimangalo, esifakwe ngo-Agasti 19, yi-salvo yamva nje kwidabi lekhontrakthi phakathi kweDelta kunye neMesa.
"Emva kweenyanga sisebenza ngokuthembeka ukuzama ukusombulula ingxabano yesivumelwano sokuhlawula imali kunye noMesa, ngelishwa siye sashiywa singenandlela yokucela inkundla ukuba isombulule ukwala kukaMesa ukuhlonipha iziqinisekiso zexabiso lesivumelwano," utshilo okhulumela iDelta uKristin Baur. i-imeyile. Silindele ukuba iMesa kunye neFreedom bazigcine izithembiso zabo kwiDelta nakubathengi bethu, kwaye ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, abakhange bakwenze oko.
Ngo-Aprili 2008, emva kokuba i-Delta izama ukuthenga i-Mesa ngaphandle kwesivumelwano sayo, kwaye i-Mesa yenqaba, i-Delta yathumela ileta ku-Mesa iphelisa isivumelwano esithi ipesenti ye-Mesa yokurhoxiswa kwendiza idlulile kwimida yekhontrakthi, kubalwa okubizwa ngokuba kukuchithwa kokulungelelaniswa, ngokuhambelana namaxwebhu enkundla. I-Mesa iphumelele umyalelo wokuqala wokumisa i-Delta ekuqhawuleni amaqhina, kwaye iNkundla yeZibheno yase-US yeSekethe ye-11 yaqinisekisa umyalelo wokuqala kwinyanga ephelileyo.
Eli tyala kulindeleke ukuba lichotshelwe ekupheleni kwalo nyaka.
UMesa uthe uzakunyanzeliswa ukuba atshone ukuba iDelta ivunyelwe ukuba iyirhoxise isivumelwano.
Abahlalutyi beenqwelomoya bathi iDelta, ngakumbi ukusukela oko idityanisiwe kunyaka ophelileyo neNorthwest Airlines, inezivumelwano nabathwali bekhontrakthi ukuba babhabhe iijethi ezininzi zengingqi. Iijethi zengingqi zidla ngokusebenza ngempumelelo kumaxabiso eoli angaphantsi kwe-50 yeedola ngomphanda.
Ekuqhubeni kwamaxabiso epetroli ekuqaleni- ukuya embindini ka-2008, iDelta yaqala ukuhlola iindlela zayo zokunciphisa inani labathwali bekhontrakthi. I-Delta yazama ukuphelisa izivumelwano kunye ne-Mesa Air Group kunye ne-Pinnacle Airlines Inc kulo nyaka uphelileyo. I-Delta kunye ne-ExpressJet Holdings Inc. zaphela isivumelwano sabo ngo-2008.
"Isityholo sokuphulwa kwezinto eziphathekayo sinxulumene neenzame ze-Delta zokumisela ukunciphisa iindleko ezithile kwiNkululeko," uPhoenix, u-Ariz. “INkululeko ikholelwa ekubeni amabango eDelta akanamfaneleko kwaphela kwaye ziinzame ezithe ngqo zeDelta zokuthintela isithintelo esithintela iDelta ekuyekiseni iSivumelwano soQhagamshelwano lweNkululeko, esandula ukwamkelwa yiNkundla yeZibheno yeSekethe ye-11.”
Umyalezo wasemva kweeyure oshiywe kumagqwetha ase-Mesa ase-Atlanta awuzange ubuyiselwe ngokukhawuleza.
Kudliwanondlebe ekuqaleni kwale nyanga, u-Lee Garrett, igqwetha likaJones Day elimele iMesa, uthe izenzo zeDelta malunga nabathwali bekhontrakthi zibonisa imfuneko yokwehliswa kweendleko.
“Bazama ukunciphisa umthamo [kwaye] bazama ukunciphisa iindleko kwaye ukuba ujonga kwiifayile zabo zakutsha nje abasiboni isiqingatha sesibini esihle sika-2009,” utshilo uGarrett. "Ngumcimbi nje wamatyala eedola."
Njengenkonzo ephambili, iDelta ikwacuthe amandla kunye nemisebenzi kwiinkampani eziphantsi kwayo zengingqi, iComair neMesaba.
I-Delta iceba ukunciphisa umthamo kumazwe ngamazwe ngeepesenti ezili-15, kwaye inciphise umthamo wasekhaya ngeepesenti ezi-6 ukuya kwi-8 ekhulwini ekuqaleni kokuwa, kunye namaqabane e-Delta Connection inxalenye yesicwangciso. Ikwabhengeze ukuba kuya kunyanzeleka ukuba bayeke abasebenzi abarholayo emva kokuba amawakawaka abasebenzi - kubandakanya abaphathi, abaqhubi beenqwelomoya kunye nabasebenzi beenqwelomoya - ngokuzithandela bayishiyile iDelta edityanisiweyo kunye noMntla-ntshona ukusukela oko kudityaniswa ngo-Okthobha ka-2008.
Malunga neepesenti ezingama-23 zengeniso yabakhweli yeDelta ka-2008 yayisuka kwiinqwelomoya zengingqi. Kodwa iingeniso zehle ngeepesenti ezisi-8 ngo-2008 ngenxa yamaxabiso aphezulu epetroli kunye nokudodobala kwemfuno.
I-Delta iphethe okanye iqeshisa iinqwelomoya zengingqi ze-287, zingabandakanyi amakhulu eenqwelo-moya zengingqi eziqhutywa ngamaqabane ommandla, ngokuhambelana ne-10-K yayo yonyaka yokufaka kwi-Securities and Exchange Commission.
Kwimeko eyahlukileyo, i-Delta ilwa nesimangalo se-SkyWest Inc. ephethe i-subsidiary ye-Delta ye-Atlantic Southeast, phezu kwembuyekezo yokurhoxiswa kwenqwelomoya ethile.
