ʻO Gary Kelly ma nā mergers: "ʻAʻole wau e ʻōlelo ʻaʻole loa"

ATLANTA - Ua ʻōlelo ka CEO o Southwest Airlines Co. i ka Pōʻahā ʻaʻole loa e kāpae ka mea lawe hoʻēmi i ka manaʻo no ke kiʻi ʻana i kahi lawe ʻē aʻe i mea e ulu ai.

Akā ua haʻi ʻo Gary Kelly i kahi hui ʻo Wings Club e hōʻuluʻulu nei ma New York he mea nui ia i Southwest e mālama i kāna ʻano ʻoihana kikoʻī a me kona hiki ke hoʻokele i kāna mau ʻauwaʻa, kahi e kōkua ai i ka haʻahaʻa o nā kumukūʻai.

"ʻAʻole loa wau e ʻōlelo, a ʻike ʻoe ʻaʻole wau e hāʻawi pololei iā ʻoe i kēlā," i ʻōlelo ʻo ia i loko o kahi wā nīnau-a-pane ma hope o kāna kamaʻilio ʻana, i hoʻolaha ʻia ma ka Pūnaewele.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Kelly ma Southwest, ma muli o Dallas, e lilo ana i ka prowl no nā manawa kūpono e kōkua ai e ulu.

Ma mua o kēia makahiki, ua kauoha ʻo Southwest e kūʻai i ka Frontier Airlines mai ka panakalupa akā ua haʻalele i ka wā ʻaʻole hiki ke loaʻa ka ʻaelike me nā pailaka uniona no ka hoʻohui ʻana i nā luina o Southwest a me Frontier.

Ua kūʻai ʻia ʻo Frontier e Republic Airways Holdings Inc.

Ma ka Pōʻalua, ua haʻi aku ʻo CEO ʻo Delta Air Lines Inc. Richard Anderson i nā mea hoʻopukapuka ma kahi ʻaha kūkā kamaʻilio e hiki ke hana ʻia kahi hihia no ka hoʻohui hou ʻana i ka ʻoihana mokulele US, akā maopopo ʻole inā ʻae ʻia e ke aupuni Obama.

ʻAʻole i kuhi ʻo Anderson inā ʻo ka mokulele nui loa o ka honua, nāna i kūʻai ʻo Northwest Airlines i ka makahiki i hala, i ka makemake no kahi loaʻa hou. Akā ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia he wahi no ka hoʻohui hou ʻana i ka ʻoihana.

Ua kuhi kekahi mau loiloi i ka wā i hala e hiki ai i ka Alaska Air Group Inc. a i ʻole ʻo JetBlue Airways Corp. ke hoʻopiʻi i nā pahuhopu no Delta. Ua kamaʻilio pū ʻia i loko o nā makahiki i hala iho nei o nā hui kūpono ma waena o Continental Airlines Inc. a me United Airlines a ma waena o American Airlines a me US Airways Group Inc.

Akā ʻaʻohe pili pili merger e pili ana i nā halihali nui i kū mai ka wā a Delta i kūʻai ai iā Northwest.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Kelly ʻo nā hoʻolālā o Southwest i kēia manawa no kona hiki, i ana ʻia e nā noho i loaʻa i nā mile i lele ʻia, e pālahalaha ʻia i ka makahiki 2010 ke hoʻohālikelike ʻia i kēia makahiki.

Wahi a ia, manaʻoʻiʻo ʻo ia e hoʻomau ka ulu ʻana o ka hoʻokele waiwai i ka makahiki 2010, akā manaʻo ʻo Southwest e conservative.