Ua hoʻolaha ʻo Spirit Airlines i kēia lā ua hoʻolimalima ʻo ia i ka mea hoʻokele mokulele ʻo John Kirby ma ke ʻano he Hope Pelekikena hou o ka Hoʻolālā Pūnaewele. E mālama ʻo Kirby i ka mea i hoʻonohonoho ʻia e hoʻonui i ka pūnaewele nui i nā makahiki e hiki mai ana no ka Spirit. He alakaʻi ʻike nui ʻo Kirby, kūleʻa a mahalo nui ʻia i hana ma ʻehiku mau mea lawe ʻokoʻa i loko o kāna ʻoihana 35 makahiki, ʻo ka mea hou loa ma Alaska Airlines ma ke ʻano he Hope Peresidena o Capacity Planning and Alliances. E mālama ʻo ia i ka hoʻonui ʻana o ka pūnaewele a me ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana, e alakaʻi ana i kahi hui ʻike i hoʻonohonoho ʻia.
"E lilo ana ka ʻike a me ka ʻike nui o John Kirby i mea waiwai nui i ka Spirit Airlines ke hoʻomau nei mākou i ka hoʻonui ʻana i kā mākou pūnaewele kūloko a me ka honua," wahi a Ted Christie, ka Pelekikena Spirit Airlines. "Ua lawe pū ʻo John me ia ma mua o ʻekolu mau makahiki o ka ʻike mokulele i loaʻa iā ia ka inoa maikaʻi loa ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻomohala a alakaʻi i ka neʻe ʻana i nā mokulele i mua a ʻike i ka hiki ke loaʻa i nā ala ala ʻole a me nā mākeke."
"ʻOliʻoli wau i ka hui ʻana i kahi mea lawe wikiwiki, alakaʻi alakaʻi i ka ʻoihana ma Spirit Airlines," wahi a John Kirby, ka Hope Pelekikena hou loa o Spirit Airlines o Network Planning. "Makemake au e hoʻomaikaʻi aku i nā limahana hoʻokō o Spirit no ka hilinaʻi ʻana i koʻu mākaukau e lawe i kēia mokulele i kahi pae aʻe i ko mākou hopu ʻana i nā manawa e hoʻonui ai i kā mākou pūnaewele a me ka papa hana."
E lanakila ʻo Kirby i ka Hope Pelekikena lōʻihi o ka Hoʻolālā Pūnaewele, ʻo Mark Kopczak, ka mea e haʻalele i ka mokulele ma hope o 2019. Ua paʻa ʻo Kopczak i ke kuleana no kahi kokoke i 19 mau makahiki a hāʻawi i ke alakaʻi a me ka ʻike i ka wā o ka ulu ʻana o ka ʻoihana mokulele. I kona noho ʻana ma ka mokulele, ua hoʻokani ʻo Kopczak i kahi kuleana nui i ka lawe ʻana i nā mokulele hou aʻe ma mua o 110 e hoʻokumu i kahi ʻoihana ala ala maikaʻi loa. Ma ka makahiki 2019, e nānā ʻo Kopczak i ka hoʻohui ʻana o nā kūlanakauhale he 60 i ka pūnaewele ʻo Spirit, e hoʻohui ana ma mua o 240 mau ala ala ʻole a ʻoi aku ma mua o 600 mau mokulele i kēlā me kēia lā.
"Makemake mākou e hoʻomaikaʻi iā Mark Kopczak no kāna alakaʻi a me kāna hana luhi e hoʻonui i ka ʻuhane i ka mea i lilo i kēia lā," wahi a Matt Klein, ka Hope Pelekikena Nui a me ka Luna Hoʻokele Nui o Spirit Airlines. “ʻO ka ʻike loiloi hohonu a me ke akamai o Mark no ka ʻike ʻana i nā ala kūleʻa a me nā kūlanakauhale he kumu nui ia i ka holomua maikaʻi o ka Spirit ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻokele waiwai nui o ka honua. Ke ʻōlelo nei au no ka ʻohana ʻuhane holoʻokoʻa ke hoʻomaikaʻi au iā Mark no kāna lawelawe ʻana.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- “We would like to thank Mark Kopczak for his leadership and tireless work to grow Spirit to what it has become today,” said Matt Klein, Spirit Airlines' Senior Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer.
- “John brings with him more than three decades of airline experience that has earned him a sterling reputation as an innovator and leader in moving airlines forward and realizing the potential of untapped routes and markets.
- “I would like to thank Spirit's executive staff for having faith in my skill to take this airline to the next level as we seize on opportunities to grow our network and schedule.
