Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Southwest Airlines Co. i ka Pōʻalima e hoʻomākaukau ana ʻo ia i $ 113.6 miliona e kūʻai aku ai i ka Frontier Airlines ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o ka US Bankruptcy Court e hana ana i nā mokulele i hāʻawi ʻia i ka manawa kūpono e hoʻouna i nā noi hoʻopaʻa ʻole e kiʻi i ka mea lawe pilikia.
E kūʻai ʻia aku ʻo Frontier ma Denver, e lawelawe ana ma Milwaukee's General Mitchell International Airport, ma ke kūʻai aku i kēia mahina aʻe. Ke hoʻokūkū nei nā mea hoʻokūkū mokulele ʻē aʻe no ka mokulele, ua hōʻoia ʻo Southwest i kahi ʻōlelo. Ua waiho ʻo Republic Airways i kahi noi no Frontier ma Iune 22 i ka huina o $ 108.8 miliona, e like me ka Southwest.
ʻO ka lā 10 o ʻAukake ka lā palena manawa koho o ka ʻaha.
"Ua hauʻoli mākou i ka manawa kūpono e hoʻouna i kahi noi," wahi a Gary Kelly, ka luna o ka papa, pelekikena, a me Luna Nui o Southwest. "ʻIke mākou i kahi kūpono kūpono ma waena o kā mākou moʻomeheu ʻoihana, kahi kūpaʻa like i ka lawelawe mea kūʻai aku kiʻekiʻe, a me nā kumu ʻoihana like ʻole."
Southwest, ka mea e hoʻomaka ana i ka lawelawe ma Mitchell International Nov. 1, i ʻōlelo ʻia ke kūʻai ʻana o Frontier Airlines e hoʻonui i ka pūnaewele o ka hui, hiki ke hoʻohui i nā hana a hoʻoikaika i ka hoʻokūkū ma nā wahi, me Denver.
ʻO ka loaʻa ʻana e hāʻawi iā Southwest i kahi komo ikaika loa i ka mākeke Milwaukee. Ua hoʻonohonoho mua ʻo Southwest i nā mokulele nonstop 12 i kēlā me kēia lā i ʻeono mau wahi i ka wā e hoʻomaka ai ka lawelawe ma ʻaneʻi. ʻAʻole i komo ʻo Denver i kēlā mau wahi, ʻo ia wale nō ka huakaʻi hele ʻole o Frontier mai Milwaukee.
Ua ʻae pū ʻo Republic e kūʻai i ka Midwest Air Group Inc. o Oak Creek no $31 miliona ma kahi ʻaelike i manaʻo ʻia e pani koke. Ua hāʻawi mua ʻo Republic i ka hapa nui o ka lawelawe ʻo Midwest ma lalo o kahi ʻaelike lawelawe mokulele ma waena o nā mea lawe ʻelua.
