Continental Airlines Inc. le American Airlines motsoali AMR Corp. li tsamaisitse ho fokotseha har'a bajari ba US kamora hore lintlha tsa Hlakola li bonts'e litefiso le ho theoha ha maeto.
Continental e theohile ka liperesente tse 17, haholo ho tloha ka Mphalane, 'me AMR e theohetse tlase ho tloha ka Mmesa 2003 joalo ka ha bahlahlobisisi ba boletse hore indasteri e kanna ea tlameha ho fokotsa palo ea litulo hobane ho putlama ha tlhokahalo ho ka hlakola phaello ho litheko tse tlase tsa mafura.
"Bothata ba ho putlama ha moruo bo ama likarolo tsohle tsa maeto," Jim Corridore, mohlahlobi oa Standard & Poor oa New York, o boletse lengolong le eang ho bo-ramatsete kajeno. O ile a bapisa lintlha tsa hae ho Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines Inc., k'hamphani e kholo ka ho fetisisa lefatšeng, ho "reka" ho "theko e matla."
Continental, sefofane sa bone se seholo ka ho fetisisa sa US, se lahlehetsoe ke $ 1.60 ho $ 8 ka 4:01 pm khoebong e kopanetsoeng ea New York Stock Exchange, ha No. litšenyehelo 2 Dolara US.
UAL Corp., motsoali oa No. 3 United Airlines, e theohile lisente tse 32, kapa karolo ea 7.5 lekholong, ho ea ho $ 3.94 khoebong ea Nasdaq Stock Market. Liperesente tse 8.1 tsa slide bakeng sa Index ea Bloomberg US Airlines e fetile ho theoha ka tlase ho 1% bakeng sa Dow Jones Industrial Average le Standard & Poor's 500 Index.
"'Maraka o bonahala o nka maikutlo a hore indasteri eohle e ntse e atamela ho insolvency," ho boletse Jamie Baker, mohlahlobi oa JPMorgan Chase & Co.. "Ha re lumellane ka matla."
Litheko tse hohelang
Likarolo tsa lifofane li na le litheko tse khahlehang ka mor'a hore li theohe selemong se fetileng, 'me ha ho na matšoao a ho phahama ho hocha ha litheko tsa jet-fuel, Baker ea thehiloeng New York o ngotse lengolong. Mafura a jet a theohile ka liperesente tse 72 ho tloha tlalehong ea Phupu.
Continental le Southwest Airlines Co., e leng eona e tsamaisang litheko tse tlase, ka bobeli ba boletse maobane hore sephethephethe se theohile ka Hlakola.
Continental e thehiloeng Houston, chelete e kenang setulong se seng le se seng e ile ea theoha lik'hilomithara tse 10.5 lekholong, e feta likhakanyo tse fokotsehileng ka liphesente tse 8 ho tloha ho Hunter Keay, mohlahlobi oa Stifel Nicolaus & Co., le karolo ea 7 lekholong ea Helane Becker. ea Jesup & Lamont Securities Corp.
Tlhokahalo e fokolang, haholo-holo har'a baeti ba khoebo, e lebisitse ho chebo ea "botlhoko haholoanyane" mabapi le lekeno selemong sena, ho boletse Dallas-based Southwest. Baker o re lekeno la selemo le selemo la Southwest bakeng sa setulo ka seng le bonts'a phokotseho ea liperesente tse 3 ka Hlakola.
Ka boroa-bophirima, e fokotsang palo ea litulo selemong sena ka lekhetlo la pele ho tloha ka 1988, e theohile ka lisente tse 29, kapa karolo ea 5.3 lekholong, ho ea ho $5.23, e leng theko e tlaase ka ho fetisisa ho tloha ka Phupu 1997.
SEO U LOKELANG HO SE NKA HO SEHLOOHO ENA:
- Airline shares are at attractive prices after falling in the past year, and there are no signs of a new rise in jet-fuel prices, the New York-based Baker wrote in a note.
- Continental e theohile ka liperesente tse 17, haholo ho tloha ka Mphalane, 'me AMR e theohetse tlase ho tloha ka Mmesa 2003 joalo ka ha bahlahlobisisi ba boletse hore indasteri e kanna ea tlameha ho fokotsa palo ea litulo hobane ho putlama ha tlhokahalo ho ka hlakola phaello ho litheko tse tlase tsa mafura.
- Baker said Southwest's year-to-date revenue for each seat indicates a decline of about 3 percent in February.
