ʻO ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, US Airways Group Inc. a me nā mea lawe ukana US e hōʻaiʻē nei e hōʻano hou i ka hōʻaiʻē a kūʻai i nā mokulele e hakakā paha e ʻike i nā mea hōʻaiʻē a pono e uku i nā helu ma ka liʻiliʻi pālua ʻana o nā makahiki ʻelua i hala.
ʻO ka ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa o AMR Corp., ka lua o ka mokulele nui loa o ka honua, he $1.1 biliona ka hōʻaiʻē ma 2009, ʻoiai ʻo US Airways e ʻimi nei i ke kālā no nā mokulele ʻelima a ke hoʻonohonoho nei ʻo Continental Airlines Inc. ma kahi o nā pūʻulu nui.
ʻO ka hoʻohui ʻana o nā pono koʻikoʻi koʻikoʻi a me ka hāʻule ʻana o ka noi huakaʻi ke piʻi nei i ke kaomi ma luna o nā mea lawe i hoʻopiʻi ʻia e ka hōʻaiʻē honua. Me ka loaʻa ʻole o nā hōʻaiʻē hou e hoʻihoʻi hou i ka aie a i ʻole ka loaʻa ʻana o nā mokulele, e koi ʻia nā mokulele e hoʻohana i ke kālā a lākou e manaʻo nei e kōkua i ka hoʻokele ʻana.
"Ke nānā nei ʻoe i ke puhi ʻana i nā lako no ka wela a hiki i ka wehe ʻana o nā mākeke hōʻaiʻē," wahi a Hunter Keay, ka mea loiloi ma Stifel Nicolaus & Co. ma Baltimore, i nehinei. "ʻAʻole mākou i laila, akā hiki ke koʻikoʻi."
Aia ʻo AMR i nā kamaʻilio mua e hoʻonui i ke kālā mai ka hoa kāleka kāleka ʻo Citigroup Inc. ma ke kūʻai aku ʻana i nā mile lele pinepine, ua hōʻike ʻia ka Financial Times i nehinei, e hōʻike ana i nā kumu i ʻike ʻole ʻia. E hahai ʻo AMR ma kahi o ʻehā mau mokulele nui ʻē aʻe o ʻAmelika i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ia ʻaelike.
Ua hōʻole ʻo Andy Backover, kahi ʻōlelo no Fort Worth, Texas-based American, a me Citigroup's Sam Wong ma New York e haʻi i ka hōʻike. ʻO American's AAdvantage ka hoʻolālā lele pinepine nui loa o ka honua, me nā lālā he 60 miliona.
'Aʻohe nīnau'
"ʻAʻole ia he nīnau no ka loaʻa ʻana o ʻAmelika i ka wai mai kāna papahana mileage, akā i ka wā e koho ai ʻo ia e huki," wahi a Douglas Runte, ka luna hoʻomalu ma Piper Jaffray & Co. ma New York.
Ua paʻa loa nā mākeke aie i kēia manawa a ʻo nā mea i kapa ʻia nā palapala hilinaʻi mea hoʻonui i kūʻai ʻia e Continental ma ka par me ka 5.983 pākēneka coupon i ka makahiki 2007 e kūʻai aku ana ma ke kumukūʻai e loaʻa ai ka 10.5 pakeneka, wahi a Runte i nehinei. Kākoʻo ʻia nā EETC e nā mokulele a he ala maʻamau o ke kālā no nā mea lawe US.
"E pili ana kahi pilikia hou i kēlā helu a ʻoi paha," wahi a Runte. "He hoʻololi nui kēlā i ke kālā."
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo AMR i ka lā Malaki 18 e manaʻo ʻia e hoʻopau i ka hapaha mua me ke kālā a me nā hoʻopukapuka pōkole o $ 3.1 biliona, me ka $ 460 miliona i hoʻolaʻa ʻia i nā hoʻohana kikoʻī. Ua uku ʻia ka ʻaiʻē i ka makahiki 2009 e $700 miliona, wahi a Backover.
'Pono Koke'
"ʻO ka mea hiki ʻole iā mākou ke kūpaʻa ʻo ka pani ʻia ʻana o nā mākeke kālā," i ʻōlelo ʻia e ka Luna Hoʻokele Waiwai ʻo Tom Horton ma kahi hālāwai kūkā ma Malaki 10 i mālama ʻia e JPMorgan Chase & Co. , Manaʻo wau he paʻakikī nui ia no mākou a me ka ʻoihana holoʻokoʻa.
ʻO Delta Air Lines Inc., ka mea lawe nui loa o ka honua, aia ma kahi o $ 3 biliona o ka hōʻaiʻē i ka makahiki e hiki mai ana, a ua ʻōlelo ʻo Pelekikena Ed Bastian ua manaʻo ʻo ia e hoʻihoʻi hou i ka hapa liʻiliʻi.
Ke hana nei ʻo US Airways me Airbus SAS e hoʻolimalima i ʻelima mau mokulele A330 i kēia makahiki, ʻo ka mea mua e hāʻawi ʻia i ka lā 15 ʻApelila.
"He paʻakikī loa ka loaʻa ʻana o ka hōʻaiʻē a paʻakikī loa ka loaʻa ʻana o ke kālā," i ʻōlelo ʻia e ka Luna Nui kālā ʻo Derek Kerr i kahi hālāwai ninaninau i ka pule i hala ma ke keʻena nui o US Airways ma Tempe, Arizona.
Kumukuai Kiʻekiʻena
Ua hoʻonohonoho nā mea lawe pū me Continental a me ʻAmelika i ka mea i kapa ʻia ʻo backstop financing no nā hoʻopuka jet 2009. ʻO kēlā mau hōʻaiʻē, loaʻa mai nā kumu e like me GE Capital Corp. a me nā mea hana mokulele ʻo Boeing Co. a me Airbus, ʻaʻole ia he hōʻaiʻē no ka wā lōʻihi a lawe i nā kumukūʻai kiʻekiʻe.
"ʻAʻohe mokulele US e lawe i ka mokulele me ka loaʻa ʻole o ka loaʻa kālā, no laila pono ʻo Airbus e piʻi i luna a kōkua i ka US Airways e hāʻawi kālā i kēlā mau A330 a i ʻole, inā ʻaʻohe mea ʻē aʻe, e hoʻopaneʻe ʻia lākou," wahi a Mark Streeter, kahi JPMorgan Chase & Co. mea kālailai ma Nu Ioka. Pēlā nō ia no ka lima hōʻaiʻē a Boeing a me nā 737-800 o ʻAmelika, wahi āna.
Ua piʻi ʻo Delta i 19 keneta, a i ʻole 2.9 pakeneka, i $ 6.64 i nehinei ma New York Stock Exchange composite kālepa, aʻo AMR i piʻi i 24 keneta, a i ʻole 6.8 pakeneka, i $ 3.75. Ua hāʻule ʻo Continental i 13 keneta i $10.27 a ua piʻi ka US Airways i 14 keneta, a i ʻole 5 pakeneka, i $3.02.
Ua loaʻa i ka makua United Airlines ʻo UAL Corp. ka 1 keneta i ka $5.29 ma ke kālepa ʻana o ka Nasdaq Stock Market.
Ma US Airways, ua hāʻule ka loaʻa kālā o Malaki mai kēlā me kēia noho i hoʻokahi mile a hiki i ka 19 pakeneka, e ʻōlelo ana i ka emi ʻana ma ke kumu like o 20.5 pakeneka no Continental. Ua hōʻole ka poʻe holo kaʻa ma nā mokulele ʻelua mai kahi makahiki ma mua, ma ka hapa no ka hāʻule ʻana o ka lā hoʻomaha Easter i ʻApelila o kēia makahiki.
