ʻO Continental Airlines Inc., ma hope o ke kāhea ʻana i kahi hoʻohui me United Airlines i ʻelua mau makahiki i hala aku nei, e hoʻomaka hou i nā hana hoʻohui e hoʻomau i ka hoʻokūkū, wahi a ka luna nui ʻo Jeff Smisek.
ʻO Continental, ka hā o ka nui o ka lawe US, e mālama i ka holomua o Delta Air Lines Inc. ma hope o ka hui ʻana o 2008 me Northwest Airlines Corp., ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia i kēia lā ma kahi hālāwai kūkā mokulele JPMorgan Chase & Co. ma New York. ʻO kā Continental hoʻoholo ʻana e hōʻole i ke komo ʻana i United United Kingdom ʻo UAL Corp. i ka lā ʻo ʻApelila 2008 ua pololei ia i kēlā manawa, ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia.
"E hoʻomau mākou e nānā i ka hoʻokūkū hoʻokūkū," wahi a Smisek. "Inā mākou e noʻonoʻo pono i ko mākou makemake nui e hoʻonui i ka pale, e hana mākou pēlā. Akā manaʻo wau he maʻa mua e hoʻoholo i kēia manawa. ”
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo CEO ʻo United ʻo Glenn Tilton i Ianuali he mea hoʻohui paha e pili ana i nā mea lawe US ma kahi o 12 a 24 mau mahina, a ʻo ke ala e pili ana i nā hui pū ʻia e hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻia e nā pili honua. Ua kākoʻo ʻo Tilton i ka hoʻohui ʻana o ka ʻoihana mokulele US mai ka liʻiliʻi 2004.
"ʻO Continental kahi makana a nā poʻe e makemake ai, a he kūpono maikaʻi loa ia na United," i ʻōlelo ʻia e Ray Neidl, he loiloi mokulele kūʻokoʻa kūʻokoʻa ma New York, i nīnauele ʻia. "Ua loaʻa iā Continental kahi ʻōnaehana nui, akā ʻaʻole ia e like me ka Delta nunui."
Ua piʻi ʻo Continental i nā keneta he 91, a i ʻole ka 4.5 pākēneka, i $ 21.12 ma ka hola 12:35 pm ma ke kālepa ahupapa ʻo New York Stock Exchange, ma hope o ka hōʻea ʻana i $ 21.47, ka lā kiʻekiʻe loa mai Ianuali 21. Ua loaʻa iā UAL he $ 1.48, a i ʻole 8.5 ka pākēneka, i $ 19 ma Nasdaq Stock Market. kālepa ma hope o ka hōʻike ʻana i nehinei ua loaʻa nā kālā no kēlā me kēia mea holo i hoʻokahi mile i piʻi aʻe ma mua o ka mea i manaʻo ʻia.
'Ko lākou kūpono'
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Smisek he rula pekelala hou i manaʻo ʻia e ʻoki i nā lohi mokulele e hopena i nā hoʻokahuli lele hou aʻe. E hoʻomaka ana i ʻApelila, e koi ʻia nā mokulele e hoʻokuʻu i nā mea huakaʻi mai nā mokulele i kau ʻia ma nā kahua mokulele mokulele ma hope o ʻekolu mau hola a i ʻole e uku ʻana i ka uku o $ 27,500 no kēlā me kēia mea holo. Lōʻihi ka lohi o ka lohi o ka tarmac lohi, a pinepine ʻia e ka ʻōnaehana hoʻokele kaʻa-lele US kahiko i ʻōlelo ʻia, i ʻōlelo ʻo ia.
"ʻO ia hoʻi e hoʻopau ana mākou i nā mokulele he nui," wahi a Smisek. "Hoʻopili ke aupuni iā mākou ma ka honua no ka mea hōʻole lākou e hoʻopukapuka i ke alaloa ma ka lani, a laila uku lākou iā mākou ke loaʻa ka hopena ma muli o ko lākou mākaukau ʻole.
ʻO Bill Mosley, he waha ʻōlelo no ka US Department of Transportation, i kūʻē iā "nā mea lawe i ka mana i loko o kā lākou mana e hoʻonohonoho i nā mokulele me ka ʻoiaʻiʻo" ma o ka loaʻa ʻana o nā mokulele a me nā luina manuahi a me ka hoʻohou hou ʻana i nā mea kaʻa i nā mokulele ʻē aʻe inā ʻaʻole hiki ke pale ʻia nā lohi.
"Ma lalo o nā lula hou o ka ʻoihana, hiki i nā mea kūʻai ke koho i nā mea lawe i loaʻa ʻole nā lohi tarmac, mai hoʻopau pinepine i kā lākou huakaʻi a hāʻawi i ke kōkua kūpono i nā mea kaʻa," i ʻōlelo ʻo ia.
Nā Hoa Hou
Ua hui pū ʻo Continental iā United i ke kuikahi Star o nā mea lawe i ka makahiki i hala a ʻo nā mokulele ʻelua ʻo US kahi ʻāpana o kahi huakaʻi pū me Deutsche Lufthansa AG a me Air Canada ma ka ʻĀkelanika. Ua noi ʻo Continental a me United i nā mea hoʻokele no ka ʻae e hoʻohui i nā hoʻonohonoho lele a me nā uku ma ka Pākīpika me All Nippon Airways Co., ko lākou hoa ma Star.
"Ke ʻike nei mākou i nā hopena maikaʻi loa ma ka hui Star," wahi a Smisek. Ua haʻalele ka mea lawe i ka hui SkyTeam o nā mea lawe, ʻo Delta a me Alitalia SpA, e hui pū me Star. “He home holo kēlā no mākou.”
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ʻo ka mokulele, hoʻokumu ʻia ma Houston, ke lawe nei ma kahi o 2.5 mau ohua hou aʻe no kēlā me kēia noho me kāna mau hoa Star ma mua o ka SkyTeam.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- “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.
