I-CHICAGO - I-JetBlue Airways Corp., iveki ephelileyo yaqala ukunikezela ngepasiti yokuhamba engenamkhawulo yenyanga enye, yagqiba ukuthengiswa kwangoko xa iipasiti zithengiswa ngaphambi kokuba ukunyuswa kumiselwe ukuphela, i-airline yatsho ngoLwesine.

Inqwelomoya yexabiso eliphantsi yayinikezela ngeedola ezingama-599 zokupasa ezivumela abaniniyo ukuba bahambe kuyo nayiphi na indawo ye-JetBlue ye-56. Amapasi asemthethweni phakathi kwe-8 kaSeptemba kunye no-Oct. 8. Isithembiso sasimiselwe ukuba siphelelwe ngoLwesihlanu.

"Besifuna ukuqinisekisa ukuba abo bathengileyo banokufumana iinqwelomoya abazifunayo, ngoko ke sigqibe inani lokupasa esiza kuthengisa," utshilo isithethi seJetBlue uJenny Dervin. "Kwaye sifikelele kwelo nani izolo."

Iinqwelomoya zase-US, ezihlaselwe kulo nyaka kukudodobala kwezoqoqosho okuthe kwaphazamisa imfuno yokuhamba, zijolise ekomelezeni ukubhukisha ekwindla ngeentengiso kunye nokuthengisa ngobuchule.

I-Air Transport Association (ATA), iqela lokurhweba kwishishini, kule veki yaxela kwangaphambili ukuba inani labagibeli kwiinqwelomoya zase-US ngexesha leholide yoSuku lomSebenzi liya kuwela i-3.5 ekhulwini.

Iinqwelomoya kusenokwenzeka ukuba zigcwele, nangona kunjalo, ngenxa yokuncitshiswa kwamandla amakhulu kunyaka ophelileyo kwaye kulo nyaka kwiinqwelomoya ezinkulu.

Izabelo ze-JetBlue zazinyuka ngeesenti ze-4 ukuya kwi-$ 5.12 kwi-Nasdaq kwintengiso yokuqala.