Delta Air Lines Inc. e hlahletse nyeoe e ncha tekong ea eona e tsoelang pele ea ho roba konteraka le molekane oa Delta Connection Mesa Air Group Inc.
Mesa, motsoali oa Connection carrier Freedom Airlines, o boletse tlalehong ea Labohlano hore Delta e hlahletse nyeoe lekhotleng la koporasi e batla kahlolo ea phatlalatso ea ho felisa konteraka e ipapisitseng le "tlolo ea molao ea Tokoloho," ho latela US Securities and Exchange Commission file.
Likhoeling tse 18 tse fetileng, Delta e bile le letoto la likhohlano le balekane ba bang ba Delta Connection, tse ling tsa tsona li rarollotsoe. Delta ke sefofane se seholo ka ho fetisisa se fofang ho tsoa Boema-fofane ba Machaba ba Dayton.
Sutu, e kentsoeng Aug. 19, ke salvo ea morao-rao ntoeng ea konteraka pakeng tsa Delta le Mesa.
"Ka mor'a likhoeli tsa ho sebetsa ka botšepehi ho leka ho rarolla qabang ea likoloto le Mesa, ka bomalimabe re siiloe re se na boikhethelo haese ho kopa lekhotla ho rarolla ho hana ha Mesa ho hlompha litiisetso tsa theko ea konteraka," 'muelli oa Delta Kristin Baur o itse e-mail. "Re lebeletse hore Mesa le Freedom ba boloke litšepiso tsa bona ho Delta le bareki ba rona, 'me ho fihlela joale, ba hanne ho etsa joalo."
Ka April 2008, ka mor'a hore Delta e leke ho reka Mesa ho tsoa konteraka ea eona, 'me Mesa e hana, Delta e ile ea romela lengolo ho Mesa ho felisa konteraka e reng karolo ea Mesa ea ho tlosoa ha sefofane e feta meeli ea konteraka, ho bala seo ho thoeng ke ho hlakoloa ho hokahaneng, ho ea ka litokomane tsa lekhotla. Mesa e hapile taelo ea pele ea ho thibela Delta ho khaola maqhama, mme Lekhotla la Maipiletso la US bakeng sa Potoloho ea 11 le tiisitse taelo ea pele khoeling e fetileng.
Nyeoe e lebelletsoe ho kena nyeoeng mafelong a selemo sena.
Mesa e itse e tla qobelloa ho putlama haeba Delta e lumelloa ho hlakola konteraka.
Bahlahlobisisi ba lifofane ba boletse hore Delta, haholo-holo ho tloha ha e kopana selemong se fetileng le Northwest Airlines, e na le litumellano le bajari ba likonteraka tsa ho fofa lifofane tse ngata tsa libaka. Lijete tsa libaka hangata li theko e boima ka theko ea oli e ka tlase ho $50 ka barrel.
Ha litheko tsa peterole li ntse li phahama mathoasong a 2008, Delta e ile ea qala ho hlahloba mekhoa ea eona ea ho fokotsa palo ea bajari ba likonteraka. Delta e lekile ho felisa likonteraka le Mesa Air Group le Pinnacle Airlines Inc selemong se fetileng. Delta le ExpressJet Holdings Inc. ka bobeli ba ile ba felisa konteraka ea bona ka 2008.
"Tlhaloso ea thepa e belaelloang e amana le boiteko ba Delta ba ho fokotsa litšenyehelo tse itseng ho Tokoloho," Phoenix, Ariz.-based Mesa e boletse ka Labohlano la eona la SEC. "Tokoloho e lumela hore liqoso tsa Delta ha li na thuso ho hang 'me ke boiteko bo tobileng ba Delta ba ho qoba taelo e thibelang Delta ho felisa Tumellano ea Khokahano ea Tokoloho, e sa tsoa tiisoa ke Lekhotla la Maipiletso la Bo-11."
Molaetsa oa ka mor'a lihora o siiloeng bakeng sa babuelli ba molao ba Mesa ba Atlanta ha oa ka oa khutlisoa hang-hang.
Puisanong pejana khoeling ena, Lee Garrett, 'muelli oa molao oa Jones Day ea emelang Mesa, o re liketso tsa Delta mabapi le bajari ba likonteraka li bonts'a tlhoko ea ho fokotsa litšenyehelo.
"Ba leka ho fokotsa palo ea bona ['me] ba leka ho fokotsa litšenyehelo,' me ha u sheba tlaleho ea bona ea morao-rao ha ba bone halofo ea bobeli ea 2009," ho boletse Garrett. "Ke taba feela ea likoloto tsa lidolara."
Joalo ka ts'ebeletso ea eona ea mantlha, Delta le eona e theotse bokhoni le mesebetsi ho litsi tsa eona tsa libaka, Comair le Mesaba.
Delta e rera ho fokotsa bokhoni ba machaba ka liperesente tse 15, le ho fokotsa matla a lehae ka liperesente tse 6 ho isa ho liperesente tse 8 ho qala ka hoetla hona, 'me balekane ba Delta Connection e le karolo ea morero. E boetse e phatlalalitse hore e tla tlameha ho lahla basebetsi ba lefuoang kamora hore basebetsi ba likete - ho kenyeletsoa batsamaisi, bafofisi ba lifofane le bahlokomeli ba lifofane - ka boithaopo ba tlohetse Delta e kopaneng le Leboea-Bophirima ho tloha ha ho kopana ka Mphalane 2008.
Hoo e ka bang liperesente tse 23 tsa lekeno la baeti la Delta la 2008 li ne li tsoa lifofaneng tsa libaka. Empa meputso e theohile ka liperesente tse 8 ka 2008 ka lebaka la litheko tse phahameng tsa mafura le tlhokahalo e theohileng.
Delta e na le kapa e hira lifofane tsa libaka tsa 287, ho sa kenyelelitsoe lifofane tse makholo tsa libaka tse tsamaisoang ke balekane ba libaka, ho latela tlaleho ea eona ea selemo le selemo ea 10-K le Securities and Exchange Commission.
Tabeng e 'ngoe, Delta e loantšana le nyeoe ea SkyWest Inc. eo e leng mong'a setsi sa mehleng sa Delta sa Atlantic Southeast, mabapi le litefello tsa ho hlakoloa ho itseng ha sefofane.
