I-Struggling Frontier Airlines iqinise isivumelwano sokufumana i-75 yezigidi zeerandi kwimali-mboleko kwaye kunokwenzeka ukuba ithengise uninzi lweshishini layo, indlela yokuphila ebalulekileyo yezemali eyandisa kakhulu amathuba enkampani yokuphuma kwiSahluko se-11.
Phantsi kwesivumelwano, esibhengezwe kusasa ngolwesiHlanu, iWashington, DC- esekwe kwifem yotyalo-mali yabucala iPerseus LLC iza kubonelela ngeFrontier ngemali mboleko njengoko inqwelo moya ingena kwixesha elicothayo lokuwa.
Ukuba umthwali uhlangabezana nemigangatho ethile yezemali kunye nokusebenza, iPerseus iya kubonelela ngenye i-25 yezigidi zeedola kwinkxaso-mali njengoko iFrontier iphuma ekubhengezeni. Ifemu yotyalo-mali iya kuthi emva koko iguqule i-100 yezigidi zeerandi kwimali-mboleko kunye notyalo-mali kwisitokhwe kwinkampani yeenqwelomoya ehlengahlengisiweyo, efikelela kwi-79.9 yepesenti yesininzi sezabelo.
UFrontier uthe unethemba lokuphuma ekubhangisweni ngasekupheleni kwentwasahlobo.
“Oku kundenza ndizive ndonwabile ngokungena ekwindla kwaye ndinyamezele izinto esizidingayo ukumelana nemozulu,” uSean
UMenke, igosa eliyintloko leFrontier, uthe kudliwano-ndlebe ngoLwesihlanu namalungu oonondaba.
Isivumelwano, ekufuneka sifumane imvume yenkundla yokutshona, sinokunceda ekuqinisekiseni ukuba umthwali osekwe eDenver ukhona kwiminyaka ezayo. Okwangoku, uFrontier ushiye ucango luvulekile ukuze ufumane umsebenzi ongakumbi kunye nokunciphisa inqwelomoya, esithi iya kuqhubeka nokugxila ekuqhubeni phantsi iindleko.
UAnthony Sabino, unjingalwazi wezomthetho kwiYunivesithi yaseSt. Ngokucacileyo, uPerseus uzimisele ukuba eli lixesha lokuthenga iFrontier, ukuba oku kungabizi kakhulu njengoko iza kuyifumana, lutyalo-mali olulungileyo, ukuba baqinisekile ukuba uqoqosho luza kuphinda lubuyele kwaye iFrontier inokulungisa iingxaki zayo. Ngenxa yeFrontier, abathengi bayo, abathengisi, abakhweli kunye nabasebenzi, masithembe ukuba banyanisile. ”
Iinkokheli zoluntu kunye nezoshishino zithi ukusinda kwale nkampani ngundoqo kwimpilo yeshishini leenqwelomoya zalapha. I-Frontier ikwinqanaba lesibini ngobukhulu kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya samazwe ngamazwe sase-Denver, iqeshe abasebenzi abangama-4,788 apha kwaye inesiseko sabathengi abathembekileyo.
“Uluntu luwuthanda kakhulu loo nkampani yeenqwelo-moya, kwaye abasebenzi bayo bayibuyisele loo nto ngokunika inkonzo enkulu,” utshilo uTom Clark, usekela mongameli weDenver Metro Economic Development Corp. “Ziindaba ezimnandi ezi kuthi. ”
Umthuthi uye wanyuswa kwiinyanga zamva nje ngokunyuka kwamaxabiso epetroli athe abetha lonke ishishini. I-Frontier ibike i-38.5 yezigidi zeerandi kwilahleko ukusukela ngexesha lokutshona kwayo ekuqaleni kuka-Epreli ukuya ekupheleni kukaMeyi,
Ngenxa yoko, umthwali uye wabeka izicwangciso zokunciphisa iinqwelomoya zayo ngeepesenti ze-17 ngokuwa, ukuphelisa ubuncinane imisebenzi engama-569 kunye neenqwelomoya eziphantsi.
Ikwacuthe umva ngeendlela ezininzi, ithoba malunga ne-60 yezigidi zeedola ukuya kwi-70 yezigidi zeedola kwiindleko zonyaka ukusukela oko yafaka i-bankruptcy, uqikelelo lukaMenke. Kwangaxeshanye, umthwali ujonge ukunyusa ingeniso, ngokuyinxenye ngokubiza ngaphezulu kweenkonzo kunye nezibonelelo ebezikade zikhululekile.
NgoLwesihlanu, umzekelo, inkampani ithe izakuqala ukuhlawulisa abahambi ukuba batshintshe iinqwelomoya ngosuku lokuhamba kwabo kwaye benze utshintsho kwiintsuku ezingaphambi kwenqwelomoya. Inethemba lokuvula ulwakhiwo lwamaxabiso e-la carte oku kuwa apho abathengi banokuhlawula ixabiso elisisiseko lamathambo enqwelomoya okanye ifolokhwe ngaphezulu kwezinto ezifana nezabelo zezihlalo kunye neemayile ezibhabhayo rhoqo.
Abasebenzi - abathi, kunye nabaphathi, bathathe ukuthotywa kwemivuzo yethutyana kutsha nje - basivuyela isivumelwano senkxaso-mali emva kokubandezeleka kwiinyanga zeendaba ezimbi.
“Andikawuqalisi nomsebenzi okwangoku kodwa ifowuni yam ibikhala ukusukela into yokuqala ngale ntsasa,” utshilo uJohn Stemmler, intloko yeFrontier Airline Pilots Association, utshilo emva kwemini ngoLwesihlanu. “Ngaphandle nje kokuhla kwamaxabiso epetroli, ziindaba ezimnandi ezokuqala esinazo ngelo xesha. Ngokwenene kubonakala ngathi kukuzithethelela okuthile okwexeshana esikwenzileyo.”
Ukufumana inkxaso-mali kwimeko yangoku, apho amaxabiso epetroli ebetha iinkampani zeenqwelomoya kwaye iibhanki zibuyisela imali mboleko, ngumsebenzi ngokwawo, abakhi-mkhanyo bathi.
UFrontier ubhengeze isivumelwano njengevoti yokuzithemba kwishishini lakhe, kodwa inkampani ilumkise ngelithi "kuseyinkqubo ende" ukuvela kubhanga. Inkampani yeenqwelomoya ithe isagxile ekuphuculeni ukungabikho kwemali ngezinye iindlela, kwaye inkampani ibonise ukuba ingenza esinye isibhengezo kwiiveki ezizayo.
I-Frontier nayo iya kuqhubeka ukufumana iindlela zokunciphisa iindleko.
“Asigqibanga ngale nto,” watsho uMenke. “Ukhuphiswano lunzima kakhulu kwindawo yentengiso. I-fuel iphezulu kwaye kufuneka siqhubeke nokulawula okwenzekayo. "
UPerseus uthe wenze intsebenziswano ebizwa ngokuba yiGo Flip Go-Flip ibhekisa kwidolphin mascot yaseFrontier-ukusingatha ukufunyanwa. Inkampani yotyalo-mali ithe icinga ukuba i-Frontier inokukhuphisana kwi-DIA ukuya phambili nangona kukho ukhuphiswano olunzima.
“Ngaphambili, imali eyinkunzi ngokufanelekileyo, kufanele ukuba ikwazi ukuphumelela kuloo ndawo,” utshilo uBrian Leitch, umlawuli olawulayo ose-Evergreen osekwe yiPerseus, onamava abanzi kuhlengahlengiso lwenqwelomoya. Ngokusisiseko, iFrontier kufuneka ibonise ukuba inokuba yinqwelomoya enempumelelo. Sikholelwa ukuba inokuba njalo.”
Ukuba isicwangciso siyafezeka, abaninizabelo bangoku baya kucinywa xa iFrontier ikhupha isitokhwe esitsha emva kokuba iphume ekubhangisweni. Abatyalwayo abakhuselweyo baya kufumana isitokhwe - endaweni yemali - kumabango abo, nangona iimali kunye nemigaqo ingekamiselwa. Ikomiti yababolekisi benkampani yeenqwelomoya iya kuba nethuba lokuvavanya isicwangciso kwinkundla yokutshona.
“Asazi ngokwaneleyo malunga nesivumelwano okwangoku,” utshilo uSteve Stapleton, igqwetha elizinze eDallas kunye noCowles & Thompson omele umntu otyalwayo kwityala likaFrontier. Asazi nje ukuba sithini isicwangciso sohlengahlengiso.
Amagqabantshintshi esivumelwano
* Ngaphantsi kwesivumelwano, ekufuneka sifumane imvume kwinkundla yokunganyaniseki, uPerseus uya kubonelela nge-Frontier nge-75 yezigidi mboleko kwizigaba ezibini, ukuqala nge-40 yezigidi zeedola ekuqaleni kuka-Agasti. I-Frontier emva koko iya kuba nakho ukuzoba kwenye i-35 yezigidi zeedola ekwindla.
* I-Perseus iya kunika i-Frontier enye i-25 yezigidi zeedola kwinkxaso-mali njengoko ivela kwiSahluko se-11 ukuba umthwali uhlangabezana neemfuno ezithile zemali.
* UPerseus unokuguqula i-75 yezigidi zeerandi kwimali-mboleko kunye ne-25 yezigidi zeedola kwinkxaso-mali eyongezelelweyo kwi-Frontier stock, emele i-79.9 yepesenti kwinkampani.
Yintoni elandelayo?
* UFrontier uya kuzama ukuphumelela imvume yenkundla yokungatshoni kwenxalenye yokuqala yesivumelwano kudliwano-ndlebe lwe-5 ka-Agasti.
* Umthwali naye uya kudibana nekomiti yababolekisi ukuze baxoxe ngesicwangciso. Inkxaso yeqela iya kwenza kube lula ukutyhala isicwangciso kwinkundla yokungabi namali. Ikomiti, nangona kunjalo, inokuchasa isivumelwano okanye inike enye indlela.
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- On Friday, for example, the company said it will start charging travelers to switch flights on the day of their travel and to make changes on days before the flight.
- “Clearly, Perseus has determined that this is the time to buy Frontier, that this is as cheap as it’s going to get, that it’s a good investment, that they are confident the economy will rebound and that Frontier can fix its problems.
- It hopes to unroll an a la carte pricing structure this fall where consumers can pay a bare-bones base price for a flight or fork over more for things like seat assignments and frequent flier miles.
