Continental Airlines Inc., kamora ho emisa ho kopana le United Airlines lilemong tse peli tse fetileng, e tla qalella boiteko ba ho kopanya hore e lule e le tlholisano, ho boletse Ofisiri e Moholo Jeff Smisek.
Continental, e leng k'hamphani ea bone e kholo ka ho fetisisa ea US, e tla lula e shebile tsoelo-pele ea Delta Air Lines Inc. ka mor'a ho kopana ha eona ka 2008 le Northwest Airlines Corp., o boletse kajeno kopanong ea lifofane ea JPMorgan Chase & Co. New York. Qeto ea Continental ea ho qoba ho kenela UAL Corp.'s United ka Mmesa 2008 e ne e nepahetse ka nako eo, o boletse joalo.
"Re tla tsoelapele ho shebella matla a tlholisano," ho boletse Smisek. "Haeba re nahana hore ho molemong oa rona ho itšireletsa ka bongata, re tla etsa joalo. Empa ke nahana hore ke nako ea ho etsa qeto hona joale. ”
CEO oa United Glenn Tilton o boletse ka Pherekhong hore ho kopanngoa ha bajari ba US ho ka etsahala kamora likhoeli tse 12 ho isa ho tse 24, le hore tsela e lebisang ho kopanyo e ntse e lokisoa ke lilekane tsa lefats'e. Tilton e buella ho kopanngoa ha indasteri ea lifofane tsa US ho tloha bonyane 2004.
"Continental ke moputso oo mang kapa mang a ka o batlang, 'me e ka ba ntho e ntle haholo bakeng sa United," Ray Neidl, mohlahlobi oa lifofane ea ikemetseng ea New York, o boletse puisanong. "Continental e na le sistimi e boholo bo botle, empa ho hang ha e lekane le senatla sa Delta."
Continental e ile ea phahama ka lisente tse 91, kapa karolo ea 4.5 lekholong, ho ea ho $ 21.12 ka 12:35 pm New York Stock Exchange khoebo e kopanetsoeng, ka mor'a ho fihla $21.47, letsatsi le phahameng ka ho fetisisa ho tloha ka Jan. khoebo ka mor'a ho tlaleha maobane hore chelete e kenang bakeng sa mopalami e mong le e mong e ile ea phahama ho feta bahlahlobisisi ba hakantsoeng.
'Ho hloka tsebo ea bona'
Smisek o boetse a re molao o mocha oa koporasi o reretsoeng ho fokotsa tieho ea boema-fofane o ka baka ho hlakoloa ho eketsehileng ha lifofane. Ho qala ka Mmesa, lifofane li tla kopuoa ho tlohella baeti hore ba theohe lifofaneng tsa boema-fofane ka mor'a lihora tse tharo kapa ba fuoe likotlo tsa $27,500 XNUMX mopalami ka mong. O boletse hore tieho e telele ea teraka ha e fumanehe, 'me hangata e bakoa ke sistimi ea khale ea taolo ea sephethephethe sa sefofane sa US.
"Seo se bolela hore re tla hlakola lifofane tse ngata," ho boletse Smisek. “Mmuso o re koalla fatše hobane o hana ho tsetela tseleng e kholo ea leholimo, ebe o re lefisa ha re koalloa fatše ka lebaka la ho hloka tsebo ha bona.”
Bill Mosley, 'muelli oa Lefapha la Lipalangoang la United States, o ile a hanyetsa hore "bajari ba na le matla a ho hlophisa lifofane ka tsela ea sebele" ka ho ba le lifofane le basebetsi ba fumanehang le ho khutlisetsa bapalami ba lifofane tse ling ha tieho kapa ho hlakoloa ho ke ke ha qojoa.
"Tlas'a melao e mecha ea lefapha, bareki ba ka khetha likoloi tse se nang tieho ea sekontiri, ba sa hlakole maeto a bona a lifofane khafetsa 'me ba tla fana ka thuso e lekaneng ho bapalami," o boletse joalo.
Balekane ba Bacha
Continental e ile ea ikopanya le United in the Star selekane sa bajari selemong se fetileng mme lifofane tse peli tsa US ke karolo ea khoebo e kopaneng le Deutsche Lufthansa AG le Air Canada ka mose ho Atlantic. Continental le United li kopile tumello ho balaoli ba ho kopanya linako le litefiso tsa sefofane ho pholletsa le Pacific le All Nippon Airways Co., balekane ba bona ho Star.
"Re fumana liphetho tse ntle ho selekane sa Star," Smisek o boletse. Motho ea tsamaisang thepa o ile a tloha sehlopheng sa SkyTeam sa bajari, se kenyelletsang Delta le Alitalia SpA, ho ikopanya le Star. "Eo e bile papali ea rona lapeng."
O boletse hore sefofane, se Houston, se nka bapalami ba ka bang 2.5 setulong ka seng le balekane ba sona ba Star ho feta kamoo se neng se etsa ka SkyTeam.
SEO U LOKELANG HO SE NKA HO SEHLOOHO ENA:
- “The government sticks us on the ground because they refuse to invest in the highway in the sky, and then they fine us when, as a result of their incompetence, we're held on the ground.
- “Continental is a prize that anybody would want, and it would be a very good fit for United,” Ray Neidl, a New York- based independent airline analyst, said in an interview.
- Department of Transportation, countered that “carriers have it within their power to schedule flights more realistically” by having spare planes and crews available and rebooking passengers on other flights when delays or cancellations are unavoidable.
