Ukunganyaniseki kweMesa Air Group kuya kwandisa uxinzelelo kubathuthi baseHawaii abaphakathi kweziqithi zokunyusa amaxabiso, iingcali zeenqwelomoya zathi.
I-Mesa esekwe ePhoenix, uninzi lwabanini be-go! Iinkampani zeenqwelomoya iMokulele, zifake isicelo sokuhlengahlengiswa kweSahluko se-11 eNew York izolo ngeenzame zokunciphisa iinqwelomoya zayo zeMainland.
UMessa uthe inkqubo yokubhanga ayibandakanyi hamba! I-Mokulele, eza kuqhubeka nokubhabha ishedyuli epheleleyo yenqwelomoya.
Kodwa umbhali-mbali weshishini lenqwelomoya lasekhaya uPeter Forman uthe umntu ophethe iziqithi uhlala ephulukene nemali ukusukela oko yasungulwa ngo-2006.
I-Mesa inokufumanisa kunzima ukuxhasa ilahleko yexesha elizayo ngelixa iphantsi kokhuseleko lokutshona, ukunyanzela ukuba uhambe! Moku-lele ukunyusa amaxabiso amatikiti, utshilo uForman.
“Kusenokubakho inkuthazo eyongezelelekileyo yokuhamba! Mokulele ukufumana ingeniso ngokukhawuleza ngamaxabiso aphezulu,” utshilo uForman, umbhali wencwadi ka-2005 ethi “Wings of Paradise: Hawai’i’s Incomparable Airlines.”
Kwezi nyanga zidlulileyo, amaxabiso aphakathi kweziqithi aye anyuka emva kokunyuka kwamaxabiso epetroli, ukwehla kwamandla kunye nokudityaniswa kwe-Okthobha phakathi kwe-Mesa's go! Inqwelomoya kunye neMokulele Airlines.
Ukusukela ukudityaniswa, okwanika uMesa i-75 yepesenti kunye ne-Indianapolis-based Republic Airways i-25 yesabelo sepesenti kwi-airline yendawo, eyona mali iphantsi ipapashiweyo ye-interisland ye-interisland inyuke nge-$ 9 ukuya kwi-$ 58.
Imali yokukhwela yangoku imalunga nokuphinda-phindeka kabini kwe-$29 yamaxabiso entshayelelo kwiminyaka emithathu eyadlulayo xa iMesa yazisa iGo!
U-Bob McAdoo, umhlalutyi weenqwelomoya kunye neNashville, esekelwe kwi-Avondale Partners LLC, eTenn.
Kodwa uMcAdoo uthe akaboni imali yokukhwela inyuka ngakumbi ngenxa yokhuphiswano oluvela kwi-Hawaiian Airlines ephetheyo.
Waqaphela ukuba ukudibanisa phakathi kokuhamba! kwaye uMokulele weza nengqiqo kwimarike ephakathi kweziqithi.
"Abathengi bangathanda ukuhlawula iidola ezingama-39 kunye needola ezingama-29 kodwa iimali zokukhwela ezingama-39 azikho ngqiqweni," utshilo uMcAdoo.
"Xa uneedola ezingama-39 zokukhwela umntu uza kuphelelwa lishishini."
UMesa uthe ukufakwa kwengxelo yokutshona kukhuthazwa kukugcwala kweenqwelomoya kwiinqanawa zabo zaseMainland.
I-Mesa - edwelise i-asethi ye-975 yezigidi zeedola kunye namatyala e-869 yezigidi zeedola kwifayile ye-bankruptcy - yathi iphethe okanye iqeshisa iinqwelomoya ze-178, ezisetyenziselwa ukubonelela ngeenkonzo zomoya zengingqi kumaqabane afana ne-United Airlines, i-Delta Air Lines Inc. kunye ne-US Airways Group. Inc.
Phakathi kwabatyalwayo yiBhanki yaseHawaii, enetyala le-11 lezigidi zeedola kwisivumelwano senqwelomoya.
I-Mesa ithe ithathe i-52 yenqwelomoya yayo ngaphandle kwenkonzo kule minyaka idlulileyo njengoko abathwali belifa beye banqumamisa inkonzo yabo yomoya yengingqi.
UMessa uthe uceba ukupaka ezinye iijethi ezingama-25 ngoMeyi.
"Le nkqubo iya kusivumela ukuba siphelise iinqwelomoya ezigqithisileyo ukuze zihambelane ngcono neemfuno zethu kwaye zisinike ukuguquguquka kokulungelelanisa ishishini lethu kwindawo yokuthengisa ye-airline eguqukayo," kusho i-CEO ye-Mesa uJonathan Ornstein kwingxelo yeendaba.
"Emva kokuqwalaselwa ngononophelo, inkampani igqibe kwelokuba iSahluko se-11 sokufayilisha sibonelela ngeyona ndlela isebenzayo nesebenzayo yokuhlengahlengisa ngefuthe elincinci kwishishini nakubathengi bethu."
UScott Hamilton, umcebisi kushishino lwezophapho kurhulumente waseWashington, ukholelwa ukuba ukubhanga kukaMesa kudala imingeni! Ukulele.
Nangona hamba! I-Mokulele ihluke ngokusemthethweni kwi-Mesa, u-Hamilton waphawula ukuba i-Mesa isayixhasa ngemali imisebenzi ye-carrier yasekhaya inikwe loo nto! I-Mokulele ayinangeniso.
Kwifayile yayo, iMesa ithe ilindele ukuqhawuka nakwisiqingatha sokuqala salo nyaka.
UHamilton wongeze ukuba iMesa inomda wokubambisa imali kwinkampani eyenza phantse i-1 yeebhiliyoni zeerandi kwingeniso ngonyaka.
Iifayile zeNkundla yokuThwalaza zibonisa ukuba iMesa ineedola ezingama-31.3 ezigidi zemali kunye nemali elingana neyokusukela ngoSeptemba 30, ehla ukusuka kunyaka wangaphambili kwi-50.8 yezigidi zeedola.
“Andiboni ukuba (hamba! Mokulele) angakuphepha njani ukuchatshazelwa kukungabinamali komzali ngandlela ithile,” utshilo uHamilton.
