Ua ʻōlelo ʻo David Neeleman, ka mea nāna i hoʻokumu i ka mokulele mokulele ʻo JetBlue Airways Corp., e hoʻokumu ʻo ia i kahi mokulele ma Brazil e hoʻopaʻa i ka makemake nui o ka lāhui no ka lele.
E hoʻomaka ana ka hui i nā mokulele i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o 2009 me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā mokulele Embraer 118-noho, ua haʻi aku ʻo Neeleman i nā mea hoʻolaha i kēia lā ma Sao Paulo, kahi e hoʻokumu ʻia ai ka mea lawe. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia he $150 miliona kāna kālā a ua kauoha ʻo ia i nā jet i waiwai ʻia ma $1.4 biliona.
"He kiʻekiʻe ka hoʻokūkū ma ʻaneʻi, akā ke hoʻonui nui nei ka mākeke a wehe i kahi lumi no kahi mokulele hou," wahi a Neeleman.
Makemake ʻo Neeleman, he kamaʻāina Pasila, e kope i ka hoʻolālā ʻana o JetBlue no ka hoʻowalewale ʻana i nā poʻe holo ma o nā kumukūʻai haʻahaʻa a me nā mokulele me nā noho ʻili a me nā kīwī hope. Ma kahi o 5 pakeneka wale nō o ka heluna kanaka o Brazil e holo nei ma ka lewa, a ʻo nā kumukūʻai ma kahi o 50 pakeneka kiʻekiʻe ma mua o ka US.
"ʻO kā mākou mākeke pahuhopu ʻo ka 150 miliona mau kaʻa e holo i kēlā me kēia makahiki ma ke kaʻa kaʻa lōʻihi, a me ka poʻe, no ka nele i kahi koho kūpono, ʻaʻole hele i ka huakaʻi," wahi a Neeleman, 48, i loko o kahi ʻōlelo.
Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻo Neeleman ma ke ʻano he luna nui o New York-based JetBlue i Mei. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia i kēia lā e makemake ʻo ia e haʻalele i ka luna hoʻomalu e kālele i kāna ʻoihana hou. Aia ka hoʻoholo i ka papa ʻo JetBlue, ʻōlelo ʻo ia.
E hoʻohui ka mokulele hou i ka hoʻokūkū ma kahi mākeke koʻikoʻi. ʻO TAM SA, ka mokulele nui loa o ka ʻāina e nā poʻe kaʻa i lawe ʻia, a ʻo Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes SA ka mālama ʻana i ka 92 pakeneka o ka huakaʻi home.
ʻAe ʻApono
Pono kekahi hui hou e kali ma kahi o ʻeono mahina no ka ʻae ʻia e hana, e like me ka haʻi ʻōlelo no ka ʻoihana mokulele kīwila o Brazil i hōʻole ʻole e ʻike ʻia, e ʻōlelo ana i ke kulekele aupuni. Hoʻolaha ʻia ka inoa o ka mokulele i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o Mei.
Ua hāʻule nā ʻāpana koho ʻole a Tam i 2 keneta i 34.48 reais ma ke kālepa ʻana ma Sao Paulo. Ua lilo ka waihona i 19 pakeneka i kēia makahiki. Ua piʻi ʻo Gol i ka 4.6 pakeneka i 28.79 reais ma Sao Paulo, e hoʻemi ana i kona emi ʻana i 34 pakeneka makahiki a hiki i kēia lā.
ʻO ka $ 150 miliona i ke kālā no ka hoʻokumu ʻana i ka mokulele i hāpai ʻia mai nā mea hoʻopukapuka kālā o Brazil a me nā haole, wahi a Neeleman. Ua'ōleloʻo ia ua kauʻo ia i kahi kauoha paʻa no nā jet 36 Embraer E-195, e paʻa ana i nā koho e kauoha i nā mokulele 20 hou a kūʻai i nā kuleana no kekahi 20. ʻO ka nui o ke kauoha, inā e hoʻohanaʻia nā koho a me nā pono a pau, he $ 3 billion.
ʻO Embraer, a i ʻole Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica SA, ʻo ia ka hā o ka mea hana mokulele nui loa ma ka honua.
'Makes Sense'
ʻO ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā mokulele āpana o Embraer, hiki ke pae i ka hapa nui o nā mokulele ʻo Brazil, "kūpono" no ka ʻoihana ʻoihana ʻo Neeleman, wahi a Sara Delfim, kahi mea loiloi equity Bear Stearns Cos ma Sao Paulo.
Ke piʻi nei ka noi mokulele ma ka ʻāina he 15 pakeneka i ka makahiki mai ka makahiki 2004, e like me ka National Civil Aviation Agency, ʻoiai ke piʻi nei ka loaʻa kālā a me ka emi ʻana o ka hana ʻole e paipai i ka poʻe Brazil e huakaʻi hou aku. Ua hoʻonui ka hoʻokele waiwai $1.2 trillion i 5.4 pakeneka i ka makahiki i hala, ʻo ka wikiwiki wikiwiki loa mai 2004.
Hoʻolālā ʻo Bain & Co., kahi hui kūkākūkā pāʻoihana ma Boston, i ka nui o nā poʻe kaʻa Pasila i lawe ʻia i kēlā me kēia makahiki i ʻekolu i loko o 15 a 20 mau makahiki e hiki mai ana.
Eia nō naʻe, ʻo nā ʻōnaehana e kū nei a me nā palena o nā mea hoʻoponopono i ka helu o nā hola e hiki ai i nā pailaka ke lele i mea paʻakikī i nā mokulele e hana e like me kā lākou makemake.
ʻOi aku ka Paʻakikī'
"ʻOi aku ka paʻakikī o ka mākeke mokulele ʻo Brazil ma mua o ka mea i ʻike ʻia i ka wā e nānā ana ʻoe mai waho mai," ʻo Andre Castellini, kahi loiloi ʻoihana mokulele ma Bain ma Sao Paulo. "He paʻakikī loa ka hoʻonui a loaʻa kālā."
Ua hoʻokumu ʻo Neeleman iā JetBlue ma 1998 me $130 miliona mai nā mea hoʻopukapuka me Soros Private Equity Partners. Ua hoʻokumu ʻo ia ma mua o ka mokulele ʻo Canada WestJet Airlines Ltd. a he pelekikena ʻo Morris Air Corp., i loaʻa iā Southwest Airlines Co., mai 1988 a i 1994.
Ua hoʻohana ʻo Neeleman i nā hiʻohiʻona nani, ʻo ia hoʻi nā noho ʻili a me nā polokalamu ola ma nā televise pilikino, e hoʻowalewale i ka poʻe huakaʻi i ka wā i hoʻomaka ai ʻo JetBlue e lele i 2000. Ua kūʻai aku ʻo JetBlue i nā ʻāpana i ka lehulehu ma ʻApelila 2002, a ua hōʻea ke kumukūʻai i ke kiʻekiʻe o $31.23 ma ʻOkakopa. 9, 2003. Ua hāʻule nā ʻāpana he 82 pakeneka a hiki i kēia lā mai ko lākou kiʻekiʻe.
Ua hoʻomaka ka hoʻololi ʻana o ka waiwai o JetBlue i ka hapahā ʻehā o 2005, i ka wā i hōʻike ai i kona poho mua o ka hapaha makahiki mai ke kūʻai ʻana aku i nā ʻāpana i ka lehulehu.
Ua hoʻololi ka papa iā Neeleman ma ke ʻano he Luna Nui ma hope o ʻelua mau makahiki pololei o nā poho, hoʻopau ʻia nā mokulele ma waena o nā ʻino hoʻoilo i lilo i ka mea lawe $41 miliona, kahi hoʻololi hou ʻana o ka hoʻokele haʻahaʻa a me nā glitches lako polokalamu ma kāna mau mokulele mokulele Embraer E190.
ʻo bloomberg.com
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- A new company would have to wait at least six months for permission to operate, according to a spokeswoman for Brazil’s civil aviation agency who declined to be identified, citing government policy.
- Flight demand in the country has been growing 15 percent a year since 2004, according to the National Civil Aviation Agency, as rising income and declining unemployment encourage Brazilians to travel more.
- He said he placed a firm order for 36 Embraer E-195 jets, holds options to order 20 more planes and purchase rights for another 20.
