Ua alakaʻi ʻo Continental Airlines Inc. a me ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa ʻo AMR Corp. i ka hōʻole ʻana ma waena o nā mea lawe moku ʻo US ma hope o ka hōʻike ʻana o Pepeluali i ka uku.
Ua hāʻule ka Continental i ka 17 pakeneka, ʻo ka hapa nui loa mai ʻOkakopa, a ua hāʻule ka AMR i ka haʻahaʻa loa mai ʻApelila 2003 e like me ka ʻōlelo ʻana a ka poʻe loiloi e koi ʻia paha ka ʻoihana e ʻoki i ka nui o nā noho no ka mea hiki i ka hāʻule ʻana o ka noi ke holoi i nā loaʻa mai nā kumukūʻai haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa.
"ʻO ke koʻikoʻi o ka hāʻule ʻana o ka hoʻokele waiwai e pili ana i nā ʻāpana āpau o ka huakaʻi," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Jim Corridore, kahi loiloi Standard & Poor's ma New York, i kahi leka i nā mea hoʻopukapuka i kēia lā. Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻo ia i kāna helu helu ma Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines Inc., ka mea lawe nui loa o ka honua, e "kūʻai" mai "kūʻai ikaika."
ʻO Continental, ka ʻehā o ka mokulele nui loa o ʻAmelika, ua nalowale $1.60 a i $8 ma 4:01 pm ma New York Stock Exchange composite kālepa, ʻoiai ʻo ka helu 2 AMR i hōʻole i 61 keneta, a i ʻole 16 keneta, i $3.13 a hāʻule ʻo Delta i 33 keneta, a i ʻole 7.2 pakeneka , i $4.26.
ʻO UAL Corp., ka makua o No. 3 United Airlines, ua hāʻule i 32 keneta, a i ʻole 7.5 pakeneka, i $ 3.94 ma ke kālepa Nasdaq Stock Market. He 8.1 pakeneka paheʻe no ka Bloomberg US Airlines Index ma mua o ka emi iho o ka 1 pakeneka no ka Dow Jones Industrial Average a me Standard & Poor's 500 Index.
"Ke manaʻo nei ka mākeke e hoʻokokoke ana ka ʻoihana holoʻokoʻa i ka insolvency," wahi a Jamie Baker, kahi mea loiloi JPMorgan Chase & Co. "ʻAʻole ikaika mākou i ka ʻae ʻole."
Kumukuai ʻumeʻume
Aia nā ʻāpana mokulele i nā kumukūʻai maikaʻi ma hope o ka hāʻule ʻana i ka makahiki i hala, a ʻaʻohe hōʻailona o ka piʻi hou ʻana o nā kumukūʻai jet-fuel, ua kākau ʻo Baker ma New York ma kahi leka. Ua hāʻule ka wahie Jet i ka 72 pakeneka mai ka moʻolelo o Iulai.
ʻO Continental a me Southwest Airlines Co., ka mea lawe haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa nui loa, ua ʻōlelo ʻelua i ka pō i nehinei ua emi ka huakaʻi i Pepeluali.
Ma Houston-based Continental, ua hāʻule ka loaʻa kālā no kēlā me kēia noho i hoʻokahi mile i kāna mau hana mokulele nui ma kahi o 10.5 pākēneka, ma mua o ka manaʻo o ka emi ʻana o 8 pakeneka mai Hunter Keay, kahi mea loiloi Stifel Nicolaus & Co., a he 7 pakeneka na Helane Becker. o Jesup & Lamont Securities Corp.
ʻO ka hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻana i ka noi, ʻoi aku hoʻi ma waena o nā huakaʻi ʻoihana, ua alakaʻi i kahi ʻike "ʻoi aku ka makaʻala" i ka loaʻa kālā i kēia makahiki, ʻōlelo ʻo Dallas ma Southwest. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Baker, ʻo ka loaʻa kālā o Southwest no kēlā me kēia noho e hōʻike ana i ka emi ʻana ma kahi o 3 pakeneka i Pepeluali.
ʻO ke komohana hema, ka mea e ʻoki ana i ka nui o nā noho i kēia makahiki no ka manawa mua mai ka makahiki 1988, ua hāʻule ʻo 29 keneta, a i ʻole 5.3 pakeneka, i $5.23, kona kumu kūʻai haʻahaʻa loa mai Iulai 1997.
