I-CHICAGO ― I-United Airlines isusa phantse i-1,000 labaqhubi beenqwelomoya njengenxalenye yesicwangciso sayo sokucutha umva esiquka ukumisa iijethi ezininzi ezibetha igesi.
Inkampani yeenqwelomoya iceba ukuphelisa malunga nama-950 abaqhubi beenqwelomoya, ukongeza ekunciphiseni kwangaphambili phakathi kwamanqanaba olawulo. Ukuncitshiswa kumela malunga neepesenti ezili-12 yenani lilonke labaqhubi beenqwelo-moya abaqeshwe yi-United.
I-United ikwasusa imisebenzi emalunga ne-1,600 yemivuzo kunye nolawulo, uninzi lokucuthwa lubetha ikomkhulu leshishini kwidolophu yaseChicago.
“Njengoko sinciphisa ubungakanani bezithuthi zethu kwaye sithatha amanyathelo kwinkampani ngokubanzi ukwenza ukuba i-United ikwazi ukukhuphisana kwimekobume yamaxabiso epetroli arekhodiweyo, kufuneka sithathe inyathelo elinzima, kodwa eliyimfuneko ukunciphisa inani labantu ekufuneka siqhube ishishini lethu; kwaye namhlanje, siye sabazisa abaqhubi bethu malunga namaxesha alindelekileyo, utshilo isithethi se-United uRobin Janikowsi.
Isithethi se-United u-Megan McCarthy uthi izaziso zokuqala zokukhutshwa ziya kuphuma phakathi kuJulayi kwaye ziqale ukusebenza ngoSeptemba. Uthi ukusikwa kuya kuqhubeka ukuya kunyaka ozayo.
Ekuqaleni kwale nyanga inkampani yeenqwelomoya yathi isusa iinqwelomoya ezingama-70 ezirhuqa amafutha kwiinqwelo zayo kwaye ithoba umthamo wasekhaya njengoko izama ukumelana nokunyuka kwamaxabiso epetroli.
I-United ithe iceba ukumisa zonke iinqwelo-moya zayo ezingama-94 ze-Boeing B737s kunye nezintandathu ze-747s zenkampani-iinqwelo-moya zayo ezindala nezingasebenzisi kakhulu amafutha. Ngaphambili yathi yayiza kwi-mothball 30 yeejethi. Ikwachitha inkonzo yayo yomqeqeshi kuphela "yeTed" kwaye iphinda ihlengahlengise ezo nqwelomoya ukuba zibandakanye izihlalo zodidi lokuqala.
Kwaye i-Chicago-based carrier iya kunciphisa umthamo wasekhaya ophambili nge-17 ukuya kwi-18 ekhulwini ngo-2009, ngelixa iphinde ihlise umthamo wamazwe ngamazwe ngesi-4 ukuya kwisi-5 ekhulwini.
Iinqwelomoya zelizwe ziyasokola phakathi kwerekhodi-phezulu amaxabiso amafutha kunye nokunciphisa umthamo kunye nemisebenzi ngelixa uhlawulisa abathengi imirhumo eyongezelelweyo.
I-American Airlines ibhengeze kwinyanga ephelileyo ukuba iza kuphungula abasebenzi kwaye icuthe amandla ayo okubhabha ekhaya ngeepesenti ezili-11 ukuya kwi-12 leepesenti kwikota yesine, emva kokuba ixesha lasehlotyeni liphelile. Umphathiswa ngaphambili wayecwangcisa ukunqunyulwa kweepesenti ze-4.6.
Kwaye i-subsidiary ye-AMR Corp. ithe iyakuhlawulisa abakhweli i-$ 15 kwibhegi yokuqala etshekiweyo.
Ngeli xesha iDelta Air Lines Inc. yehlisa umthamo kwaye inciphisa amawaka emisebenzi.
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INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- “As we reduce the size of our fleet and take actions company-wide to enable United to compete in an environment of record fuel prices, we must take the difficult, but necessary step to reduce the number of people we have to run our business.
- American Airlines announced last month that it would cut workers and slash its domestic flight capacity by 11 percent to 12 percent in the fourth quarter, after the peak summer season is over.
- Earlier this month the airline said it was removing 70 fuel-guzzling airplanes from its fleet and slashing domestic capacity as it tries to cope with spiraling fuel prices.
