I-DALLAS, eTexas - I-Southwest Airlines ibhengeze namhlanje ukuba ifikelele kwisivumelwano kunye nabaqhubi bayo, abamelwe yi-Southwest Airlines Pilots 'Association (i-SWAPA), kwiSivumelwano sokuqala soTshintsho esiseka isakhelo senkqubo ekugqibeleni ukudibanisa abaqhubi be-AirTran base-Orlando. Iinqwelomoya eziya eMzantsi-ntshona. Udibaniso oluya kulungiswa sisivumelwano luya kulandela ukuvalwa ngokusemthethweni koMzantsi-ntshona wokufunyanwa kwenkampani engumzali ye-AirTran, i-AirTran Holdings, Inc., ekulindeleke ukuba yenzeke ngoku kwikota yesibini ka-2011. yezosulelo ezithile zolawulo, kunye nokuzalisekiswa kwemiqathango yokuvala ngokwesithethe.
Ngesi sivumelwano sokuqala sotshintsho, uMzantsi-ntshona kunye ne-SWAPA baseka isakhelo sokuqalisa utshintsho olucwangcisiweyo ukusuka ekusebenzeni kuMzantsi-ntshona kunye ne-AirTran njengabathwali abahlukeneyo, ukuya kumthwali omnye phantsi kweSitifiketi sokuSebenza esiNye (SOC). Esi sivumelwano senguqu silinyathelo lokuqala elibalulekileyo kuloo nkqubo.
"Esi sivumelwano senguqu, esavunyelwa ngamxhelo mnye yiBhodi yethu ye-SWAPA yabaLawuli, linyathelo elibalulekileyo kwi-AirTran yokufumana kunye nenkqubo yokudibanisa," kusho u-Chuck Magill, i-Southwest Airlines i-Vice-President ye-Flight Operations. "Abaqhubi bethu abasebenza nzima ngoku bakulungele ukuqala umsebenzi obalulekileyo kunye nocelomngeni lokudibanisa oogxa babo be-AirTran kwi-Airlines yaseMzantsi-ntshona."
Kunyaka wayo we-40 wenkonzo, i-Southwest Airlines iyaqhubeka nokuzahlula kwabanye abathwali bexabiso eliphantsi-inika imveliso ethembekileyo eneNkonzo yabaThengi engumzekelo. I-Southwest Airlines yeyona nto ithwala inkulu yesizwe malunga nabakhweli abasuka ekhaya abakhweleyo; ngoku ekhonza izixeko ezingama-69 kumazwe angama-35. Ukuqala ngoMatshi 13, 2011, uMzantsi-ntshona uya kuqalisa inkonzo eCharleston naseGreenville/Spartanburg, eSouth Carolina, kwaye ngoMatshi 27, 2011, inkonzo iya kuqalisa kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya saseNewark Liberty. UMzantsi-ntshona ukwayenye yezona nqwelomoya zibekekileyo kwihlabathi ezaziwa ngokuzibophelela kumanqanaba amathathu oMsebenzi, abantu kunye nePlanethi. Ukufunda ngakumbi malunga nendlela uMzantsi-ntshona owenza ngayo indima yawo ukuba ube ngummi olungileyo, tyelela southwest.com/cares ukufunda iSouthwest Airlines One Report (TM). Ngokusekelwe eDallas, uMzantsi-ntshona okwangoku usebenza ngaphezulu kwe-3,200 yeenqwelomoya ngosuku kwaye inabasebenzi abaphantse babe ngama-35,000 kwinkqubo yonke.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- With this initial transition agreement, Southwest and SWAPA establish a framework to begin an orderly transition from operating Southwest and AirTran as separate carriers, to a single carrier under one Single Operating Certificate (SOC).
- Southwest also is one of the most honored airlines in the world known for its commitment to the triple bottom line of Performance, People, and Planet.
- “This transition agreement, which was unanimously agreed to by our SWAPA Board of Directors, is an important step in the AirTran acquisition and integration process,”.
