ʻO Alaska Air Group Inc., ka mea hoʻokele o Alaska Airlines a me Horizon Air a me kahi hoa o Delta Air Lines Inc., e noʻonoʻo i ka hui pū ʻana me kahi mea lawe moku ʻē aʻe inā i noi ʻia ke kuʻikahi kūpono, akā i kēia manawa ua kūpaʻa i kona kūʻokoʻa a ʻaʻole noʻonoʻo. e pili ana i kahi hui, ua ʻōlelo nā luna i ka Pōʻakolu.
Ma ke ʻano o nā nīnauele ākea me The Associated Press, ʻaʻole e ʻōlelo kekahi mau luna kiʻekiʻe inā he kūkākūkā hui pū ka mea hoʻokele mokulele ma Seattle me Delta a i ʻole kekahi.
Akā, ʻōlelo lākou a pau ʻaʻole i hui pū ʻia ma kā lākou pale radar i kēia manawa.
"I kēlā me kēia makahiki he lono no ka mea e kūʻai aku iā Alaska a eia mākou e hana maikaʻi nei ma ke ʻano he hui kūʻokoʻa," wahi a Bill Ayer, ka luna nui o ka hui makua.
Ua piʻi aʻe kēlā puʻupuʻu media a me nā mea hoʻopukapuka kālā ma hope o Delta i hoʻokumu ʻia ma Atlanta, ka mea hoʻokele mokulele nui loa o ka honua, a ua hoʻolaha ʻo Alaska Air Group i Nowemapa i kahi hui kūʻai hoʻonui. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Delta a me Alaska Air e hāʻawi lākou i nā mea kūʻai aku e pili ana i ka lawelawe i ʻoi aku ma mua o 50 mau wahi i-a-mai Los Angeles, ʻoi aku ma mua o 70 mau wahi i-a-mai Seattle, ʻoi aku ma mua o 30 mau huakaʻi i-a-mai Portland, Ore., A ma kahi o 20 mau wahi huakaʻi i-a-mai Kapalakiko.
Ke hoʻokomo piha ʻia, manaʻo ʻia ʻo Delta a me kāna mau hoa pili honua ʻo ia ka mea hoʻolako nui i nā mea kūʻai aku o Alaska Air o ka lawelawe honua i-a-mai kēlā mau kūlanakauhale ʻehā US.
ʻO ka luna o Delta, ʻo Richard Anderson, i ʻōlelo i kēlā manawa ʻaʻole ʻo ia i kamaʻilio me Ayer e pili ana i kahi hui. ʻAʻole i wehewehe ʻo Delta i ka pilikia mai ia manawa.
ʻAʻole ʻōlelo ʻo Ayer i ka Pōʻakolu inā he hoihoi mai kekahi mokulele i ke kūʻai ʻana iā Alaska Air Group. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ʻaʻole hiki i ka mokulele ke pani i ka puka ma ka manaʻo o ka hui ʻana inā i manaʻo ʻia ʻo ia ka mea kūpono no Alaska Air Group. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Ayer, ʻo ka manaʻo nui o kāna ʻoihana ma luna o kāna mau limahana, kāna mea kūʻai aku a me kāna mau mea hoʻopukapuka.
"ʻAʻole hiki i kahi hui ke hoʻoholo i kēlā," wahi a Ayer. "ʻAʻole ʻoe ʻike i kahi e hele ai ka honua."
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Ayer, hauʻoli ʻo Alaska Air Group i kahi mea lawe kūʻokoʻa. "Inā loaʻa kahi koho ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi, e nānā mākou i kēlā koho," wahi āna.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Brad Tilden, ka pelekikena o Alaska Airlines, aia ka ʻoihana mokulele i kahi kūlana nui me ka koi no ka holo ʻana o ka ea e like me ka piʻi ʻana o ka hoʻokele waiwai o US. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia e pono ana kāna mokulele e hoʻomau i ka loli me ka ʻoihana.
"Ke manaʻoʻiʻo nei au e hana mākou i kēlā, a ʻaʻohe kumu hiki ʻole iā mākou ke hana kupanaha ma ke ʻano he hui kūʻokoʻa," wahi a Tilden.
ʻO Ben Minicucci, ka mea nāna e mālama i nā hana o kēlā me kēia lā ma Alaska Airlines ma ke ʻano he luna hoʻokele nui, ʻaʻole hiki iā ia ke wānana i ka mea e hiki mai ana i kāna mea lawe i ka wā e hiki mai ana.
Akā, ʻōlelo ʻo ia, "Inā mākou e holo i ka ʻoihana e like me kā mākou e manaʻo ai, e noho kūʻokoʻa mākou."
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Credit Suisse ʻo Daniel McKenzie i loko o kahi noiʻi noiʻi ma ʻOkakopa ʻaʻole i hoʻokuʻu ʻia kāna paʻa i ka hiki ke hoʻohui hou a me ka hana ʻana no Delta i ka wā e hiki mai ana. Ua loaʻa iā Delta ka Northwest Airlines i ʻOkakopa. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ma ʻOkakopa ʻo Alaska Air Group a i ʻole ʻo JetBlue Airways Corp. i hoʻokumu ʻia ma New York "e hoʻomau i nā pahuhopu hoihoi, me nā waiwai maikaʻi a me nā kūlana hoʻolālā e hiki ai iā DAL/NWA ke hoʻokūkū maikaʻi me ka mea a mākou e manaʻo ai he hui hiki ʻole i kekahi manawa ma ke ala. .”
ʻAʻole kāhāhā ka haʻihaʻi e pili ana i ka Alaska Air Group i ka noʻonoʻo ʻana i kāna hana waiwai ikaika e pili ana i nā mokulele ʻē aʻe. Ke kūʻai nei ke kumukūʻai o Alaska Air Group kokoke i kāna kiʻekiʻe he 52 mau pule. Ua ʻōlelo kekahi ʻōlelo ʻōlelo ua hoʻopuka ka ʻoihana i ka loaʻa kālā makahiki ma ke kumu hoʻoponopono no nā makahiki kālā ʻelima i hala, ʻoiai ua hoʻopuka kekahi mau mea lawe nui i nā poho nui.
Ua ʻōlelo ka poʻe hoʻokō i ka Pōʻakolu ʻo Alaska Air Group e kālele ana i kekahi mau hana lawelawe lawelawe a ke hoʻohana nei ʻo ia i ka ʻenehana e hoʻomaikaʻi i ka ʻike mea kūʻai aku. E like me nā mokulele mokulele ʻē aʻe, ua ʻoki ʻo ia i ka hiki ke pale i ka hāʻule ʻana o ka hoʻokele waiwai, ʻoiai ʻaʻole i ʻoki ʻia e like me nā mea lawe ʻē aʻe.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Tilden, ʻoiai ka emi ʻana o ka hoʻokele waiwai, e hoʻonui ana ʻo Alaska Airlines i kāna kālā hoʻolaha ma 2009 e hoʻāʻo e hoʻowalewale i nā mea kūʻai aku.
Ua ʻōlelo pū ʻo ia ʻoiai ua lilo nā uku no nā lawelawe i manuahi i mua i ala nui no kāna mokulele e hoʻonui i ka loaʻa kālā, ua ʻimi ʻo Alaska Airlines i ke koena kūpono.
"ʻO ko mākou manaʻo makemake mākou e uku no nā lawelawe i kūpono i kā mākou mea kūʻai aku," wahi a Tilden. "Akaka, aia kekahi mau mea i palena ʻole, akā ʻaʻole wau makemake e kamaʻilio e pili ana i nā kikoʻī i kēia manawa."
