Kwaye ophumeleleyo yiRiphabhlikhi yomoya!

I-Republic Airways Holdings Inc. iphumelele kwifandesi yenkundla yokutshona ukuze ithenge i-Frontier Airlines Holdings Inc., ibiza i-108.8 yezigidi zeedola ukubetha i-Southwest Airlines Co.

IRiphabhlikhi iphinde yavuma ukurhoxisa ulwabiwo kwi-150 yezigidi zeedola zesikhalazo ibango elingakhuselekanga, utshilo uFrontier namhlanje kwingxelo eyahlukileyo. IJaji yeBhanki yase-US uRobert Drain eNew York kunye nabalawuli abakayiphononongi intengiso. Ibhidi yaseMazantsi-ntshona ye-170 yezigidi zeedola ngo-Agasti 10, phambi kokuba ifandesi iqale ngokusemthethweni.

"Ndijonge phambili ekwamkeleni uFrontier kusapho lwethu lweRiphabhlikhi," utshilo uBryan Bedford, iGosa eliPhezulu leRiphabhlikhi namhlanje kwingxelo yenqwelomoya.

IRiphabhlikhi esekwe e-Indianapolis yayiyeye-11 enkulu kunazo zonke e-US kunyaka ophelileyo ngokusekwe kwitrafikhi yabakhweli, ngelixa i-Denver-based Frontier yayiyi-13th kunye ne-Dallas-based Southwest yesihlanu, ngokwedatha ehlanganiswe yiBloomberg.

IRiphabhlikhi isebenza ngeenqwelomoya zabakhweli abakhulu kuquka iDelta Air Lines Inc. kunye ne-UAL Corp.'s United Airlines kwaye ithe izakusebenzisa iFrontier njengenkxaso. IRiphabhlikhi inabathwali bengingqi i-Chautauqua Airlines, iShuttle America kunye neMidwest Airlines, eyayifumana ngoJulayi 31.

Emazantsi-ntshona, esona sithwali sesaphulelo sehlabathi, senze i-113.6 yezigidi ze-preliminary offer ngoJulayi 30. Yandula ke yandisa isithembiso sayo malunga nama-50 ekhulwini ngo-Agasti 10 ukubamba iRiphabhliki kwimfazwe yokubhida.

U-Frontier wafaka isicelo sokungabinamali ngo-Epreli ka-2008 kwaye wavuma nge-22 kaJuni ukuba ifunyanwe yiRiphabhlikhi nge-108.8 yezigidi zeedola, phambi kokunikezelwa kwe-Southwest ephezulu.

Ityala likwi-Frontier Airline Holdings Inc., i-08-11298, iNkundla yeBhanki yase-US, iSithili esisezantsi saseNew York (Manhattan).