ATLANTA (AP) - I ka wā i hoʻokuʻu ai ʻo Eos Airlines Inc. i kāna mau huakaʻi mua i ka makahiki 2005, ua hele mai ka mea lawe hoʻomaka i kapa ʻia no ke akua wahine Helene me ka poʻe huakaʻi ʻoihana hoihoi e ʻimi ana i nā wahi ʻē aʻe i manaʻo ʻole i nā kumukūʻai kiʻekiʻe no ka lawelawe premium ma waena o ka Atlantika.
Ua hoʻonohonoho hou ka mokulele i nā Boeing 757 i manaʻo ʻia no 220 mau kaʻa me nā noho 48 i hiki ke hoʻonui i kahi moena palahalaha piha. Hāʻawi nā mokulele i ka waina, ka champagne, ka cocktails a me nā meaʻai gourmet. Aia nā mea pāʻani DVD pākahi, a ua hāʻawi ʻia nā holo helikopa i ke kahua mokulele i kekahi mau huakaʻi.
ʻO ke kumu kūʻai no nā mokulele ʻo New York i Lākana, i hāʻawi ʻia ʻelua i ka lā, mai $3,500 a i $9,000 ka huakaʻi hele.
Ua hoʻopau nā mea hoʻolimalima kiʻekiʻe i ka lā Sābati i ka wā i hoʻopau ai ʻo Purchase, NY-based Eos i ka hana ma hope o ka waiho ʻana no ka pale ʻana i ka banekorupa, ka pōʻino hou loa o kahi hōʻaiʻē a me kahi ʻoihana mokulele e hoʻopau i ke kālā i hoʻopilikia ʻia e nā kumukūʻai kiʻekiʻe.
Aia kekahi lima o nā mea lawe liʻiliʻi e waiho no ka Mokuna 11 a i ʻole e haʻalele i ka ʻoihana i nā mahina i hala. ʻO kekahi o nā mea hoʻokūkū koʻikoʻi o Eos i loko o ka niche papa ʻoihana āpau, ʻo MAXjet Airways, ua hoʻōki i ka lele ʻana i Dekemaba. I kēlā manawa, nīnau ka poʻe loiloi i ka hiki ʻana o nā mokulele mokulele āpau.
Ke kū nei nā mea lawe liʻiliʻi i ka hoʻokūkū koʻikoʻi mai nā mokulele nui hohonu hohonu e hāʻawi ana i ka lawelawe papa ʻoihana ma nā ala like. ʻOiai ʻo ka lawelawe ʻoihana ʻoihana hiki ke loaʻa ka waiwai, he mākeke lahilahi loa ia, ua ʻōlelo ka poʻe loea mokulele, me ka ʻike ʻana i kekahi poho o ka māhele mākeke hiki ke hōʻino i kahi mea lawe e hāʻawi wale i ka papa ʻoihana.
ʻO nā mea lawe nui, i kēia manawa, ke nānā nei i nā hui pū ʻana e pale i ko lākou mau mua. Ua hoʻolaha mua ʻo Delta Air Lines Inc. i kona manaʻo e loaʻa iā Northwest Airlines Corp. Loaʻa i nā mea lawe ʻelua kahi huakaʻi ma o ka panakalupa ma lalo o kā lākou kāʻei.
"ʻAʻole ia he mea kupanaha," wahi a Calyon Securities airline analyst Ray Neidl no ka hāʻule ʻana o Eos. "Ua ʻike mākou i ka hana ʻana me nā mokulele liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi, undercapitalized. ʻO ke kumu, nui loa nā mokulele. Aia mākou i kahi manawa hoʻohui. ʻO ka poʻe nāwaliwali, me ka ʻaila $120-a-barela, ke hāʻule hope nei. "
ʻO ka pilikia nui o Eos ke kālā e hoʻomau ai.
ʻO ka mokulele paʻa pilikino, i hoʻokumu ʻia e ka luna alakaʻi o British Airways ʻo David Spurlock, ua loaʻa iā ia he $85 miliona ma ke kālā hoʻomaka ma Iune 2004 mai kekahi mau mea hoʻopukapuka, me ka hui kūʻokoʻa kūʻokoʻa ʻo Golden Gate Capital. Ma hope mai ua loaʻa ke kālā hou.
Ua manaʻo ʻia e pani ʻia ka mea lawe i kēia Pōʻalima ma $ 50 miliona ma ke kālā hou mai kahi mea hoʻopukapuka i hōʻike ʻole ʻia, akā ua hāʻule ka ʻaelike, e like me ka ʻōlelo o ka Lāpule mai Eos. ʻO ia ka mea i hoʻomaka i ka waiho ʻana i ka banekorupa o ka Pōʻaono.
"He mea minamina ia, ʻoiai ke hoʻomau nei nā mea hoʻopukapuka i ka hoihoi i kā mākou ʻoihana ʻoihana, a ʻoiai ua loaʻa iā mākou kahi pepa huaʻōlelo ma ka lima, ʻaʻole hiki iā mākou ke pani i ke kālā e pono ai mākou," wahi a ka Luna Nui ʻo Jack Williams. "E waiho ana iā mākou me ka lawa ʻole o ke kālā ma ka lima e hoʻomau i nā hana."
Ua hoʻokele ʻo Eos i kāna mau huakaʻi hope i ka Lāpule mai ke kahua mokulele ʻo Stansted o London a i ke kahua mokulele ʻo John F. Kennedy International o New York, a ma hope iho ua hoʻolālā ʻo ia e hoʻopau i nā hana. Hoʻolālā ka mokulele e hoʻopau koke i nā hana o ka hapa nui o kāna mau limahana 450.
ʻO ka waiho ʻana i ka panakalupa ma New York i helu ʻia he $ 70.2 miliona i nā waiwai a me $ 34.9 miliona i nā aie. ʻO Servisair LLC, ka mea e hāʻawi ana i nā lawelawe ʻāina ma nā mokulele, ua helu ʻia ʻo ia ka mea nāna i hoʻopaʻa i ka hoʻopiʻi paʻa ʻole nui loa iā Eos - $744,000. ʻO Delta i hoʻokumu ʻia ma Atlanta e paʻa ana i ka ʻehā o ka nui o ka hoʻopiʻi paʻa ʻole ma $363,692.
Ua helu ʻia ʻo Golden Gate Capital ʻo ia ka mea kuleana nui loa o ka hui, e paʻa ana i ka 47 pakeneka. Aia ʻo Rizon United Corp. he 24 pākēneka, e hōʻike ana nā moʻolelo o ka ʻaha.
Ua ʻōlelo ka hui ma kahi leka i nā poʻe holo kaʻa e ʻimi lākou i nā hoʻonohonoho ʻē aʻe no ka huakaʻi a pono e hoʻopili i kā lākou hui kāleka hōʻaiʻē a i ʻole nā mea huakaʻi hele no ka ʻike e pili ana i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka uku no nā tiketi i hoʻohana ʻole ʻia. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ʻaʻole e kūʻai hou kāna polokalamu lele pinepine, me ka hoʻohui ʻana i kekahi waiwai e pili ana i ka lālā e hoʻoholo ʻia e ka ʻaha panakalupa.
Ua haʻi aku ʻo Silverjet i ka lā Lāpule e hāʻawi i kahi uku kūikawā i nā mea kūʻai aku ʻo Eos e hiki ai iā lākou ke komo i kahi helu palena o nā noho ma Silverjet's New York wahi i Lākana no ke kumukūʻai like me kā lākou tiketi Eos. Hoʻohana ʻo Silverjet i ka lawelawe ʻelua i kēlā me kēia lā mai Newark Liberty Airport ma New Jersey a i London Luton Airport a me ka lawelawe i kēlā me kēia lā mai Lākana a Dubai.
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