ʻO ka manaʻo o Southwest Airlines Co. e kiʻi i ka mea hoʻokūkū liʻiliʻi ʻo Frontier Airlines Holdings Inc. ua loaʻa i ka haunaele ma hope o ka hiki ʻole o nā pailaka mai nā mea lawe ʻelua i ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i kahi kuʻikahi ma luna o nā kuleana o ka poʻe kahiko.
Ua hoʻomaka ʻia kahi kūʻai kūʻai banekorupa no ka Frontier i hoʻokumu ʻia ma Denver i ka Pōʻalima ma hope o ka waiho ʻana o Southwest i kahi $ 170 miliona i ka Pōʻakahi no ka mea lawe haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa. Ke hoʻokūkū nei ʻo Southwest i ke kūʻai kūʻē kūʻē iā Republic Airways Holdings Inc., nāna i hāʻawi mua i $108.75 miliona.
Akā ʻo Southwest e pili ana i Dallas, ka mea lawe hoʻemi nui loa o ʻAmelika e ka huakaʻi, ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia e kūʻai wale iā Frontier inā loaʻa nā pailaka hui mai nā mokulele ʻelua i ka ʻaelike e pili ana i ka ʻelemakule, e pili ana i ka uku a me nā pale hana.
Ua kūkākūkā nā ʻelele mai ka Southwest Airlines Pilots 'Association a me ka Frontier Airlines Pilots Association a hiki i ke aumoe i ka Pōʻakolu akā ʻaʻole hiki iā lākou ke hana i kahi kuʻikahi, ʻo Neal Hanks, ka mea haʻiʻōlelo no ka Southwest's 5900 unionized pilots, i ʻōlelo ʻia i ka Pōʻalima.
Ua hōʻole kahi waha ʻōlelo o ke Komohana Hema e haʻi aku i nā kūkākūkā pailaka. Akā ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ke hoʻomau nei ʻo Southwest i ke komo ʻana i ka panakalupa Frontier, i hoʻolālā ʻia e hoʻopau i ka Pōʻakahi. Ua hoʻopiʻi ʻo Frontier no ka pale banekorupa i ʻApelila 2008.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Mr. Hanks, ua manaʻo ka uniona hoʻokele o Southwest i nā mea hoʻokele o Frontier e waiho ʻia ma lalo o lākou ma ke ʻano o ke kūlana kiʻekiʻe. Ua wehe ʻia nā pailaka o Southwest e hoʻomaka hou i nā kūkākūkā me nā hoa Frontier, akā ʻaʻole i hoʻonohonoho ʻia kahi hui hou o nā kamaʻilio maʻamau, ua hoʻohui ʻo ia.
ʻO ka hui pailaka o Frontier, nona nā lālā 600, ʻaʻole i hoʻihoʻi i nā kelepona i ka Pōʻalima e ʻimi ana i ka manaʻo. Ua hōʻole hoʻi kahi ʻōlelo no Frontier e ʻōlelo.
Ua haʻi ʻo John Stemmler, ka pelekikena o ka hui pailaka o Frontier, i ka Wall Street Journal i ka hopena o Iulai, ʻo ke kūlana kiʻekiʻe ka "pilikia nui" no nā pailaka ma nā pilina me ke Komohana Hema.
ʻO ke komohana hema he 10 mau manawa nui ma mua o Frontier, nona nā ʻauwaʻa he 51 mokulele. Akā makemake nui ʻo Southwest e ʻimi i nā kumu hou o ka ulu ʻana ma waena o kahi hoʻohaʻahaʻa paʻakikī. Ma hope o ʻehā mau makahiki o ka hoʻonui wikiwiki ʻana, ua hāʻule ka loaʻa kālā o Southwest he 7.9% i $4.97 biliona i ka hapa mua o 2009 mai ka makahiki ma mua.
No ka holo ʻana o ka ʻaelike, pono nō hoʻi ʻo Southwest e hoʻopaʻa i ka ʻae mai nā mana antitrust. Ma ka loaʻa ʻana o Frontier, ʻoi aku ka ʻoi aku o ke Komohana Hema ma mua o ka pālua i kona noho ʻana ma Denver International Airport a hoʻopau i kahi hoʻokūkū haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa.
ʻO ka Repubalika ma Indianapolis kahi hui paʻa no nā mokulele mokulele ʻekolu. ʻO ka hui, nona ka $ 320 miliona i ka loaʻa kālā o ka hapaha ʻelua, manaʻoʻiʻo ʻo Frontier e kōkua i ka Repubalika e hoʻololi ʻē aʻe ma mua o kāna ʻoihana ʻoihana i kēia manawa ma ke ʻano he subcontractor i nā mokulele nui.
Ke kūkākūkā nei ʻo Southwest i kahi ʻaelike hana ʻokoʻa me kāna mau pailaka ma hope o ko lākou hōʻole liʻiliʻi ʻana i ka noi ʻelima makahiki a ka mokulele i ke koho balota ʻo Iune. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Mr. Hanks, ka ʻōlelo a ka hui pailaka, ua hoʻomau ʻia nā kamaʻilio me ka hui i ka Pōʻakolu a ke manaʻo nei ka hui e hiki ke loaʻa kahi kuʻikahi ma ia mau kūkākūkā i loko o hoʻokahi pule.
ʻO ka ʻaelike hana ʻo ia ka "mea nui" no ka hui pailaka o Southwest, ka mea makemake e hoʻopau i kēlā ma mua o ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i kekahi ʻaelike me nā mea hoʻokele o Frontier, wahi a Mr. Hanks.
Ua hōʻole ʻo Southwest e ʻōlelo i ka Pōʻalima i ke kūlana o kēlā mau kamaʻilio.
