DALLAS, TX – Ua hoʻolaha ʻo Southwest Airlines i kēia lā e puʻunaue ʻo ia i $620 miliona ma o kāna Hoʻolālā ProfitSharing me kāna poʻe limahana no 2015—e like ana ma kahi o 15.6 pakeneka o ka uku o kēlā me kēia limahana kūpono, a i ʻole ka like me ka uku ʻewalu pule. ʻO kēia haʻawina $620 miliona—kokoke $1.7 miliona i ka lā—ʻo ia ka huina kālā nui loa o Southwest i hoʻokaʻawale ʻia iā ProfitSharing. ʻO kēia kālā, e uku ʻia i ka lā 29 ʻApelila, ʻoi aku ia ma mua o nā haʻawina kumulative i ka Plan i nā makahiki 25 mua ($559 miliona mai 1974-1998). Ma luna o ʻehā mau makahiki, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā haʻawina kaʻana like ʻana ma ke Komohana Hema ma luna o $3.4 biliona—a ʻoi aku ma mua o $1.4 biliona no nā makahiki ʻelima i hala iho nei (2011-2015).
"Ma hope o kēlā me kēia milestone Southwest Airlines i hoʻolauleʻa ai - a ua nui - ʻo kā mākou poʻe limahana ke alakaʻi. Haʻaheo loa au i ka Hui Hana a me ka Puʻuwai ma hope o kēlā me kēia hoʻokō, "wahi a Gary Kelly, Luna Hoʻomalu, Pelekikena, a me Luna Nui o Southwest Airlines. "Ua kūkulu ko mākou poʻe i kekahi o nā ʻoihana i mahalo nui ʻia ma ka honua, a ke kaʻana like nei lākou i ka kūleʻa o ke Komohana Hema me kēia kolu o ka haʻihaʻi ʻana i nā moʻolelo hoʻopaʻa waiwai."
Ke hoʻohui ʻia kēia hāʻawi kālā i ka hui ʻana he $325 miliona i ka hui hui a me nā kālā ʻē aʻe i hāʻawi ʻia i nā hoʻolālā hoʻomaha o ke Komohana Hema, e uku ʻo Southwest i nā limahana me kahi pōmaikaʻi hoʻomaha 2015 ma kahi o $945 miliona. Ma waho aʻe o nā haʻawina hoʻomaha, ua hoʻokomo pū ʻo Southwest Airlines ma kahi o $672 miliona i kāna mau pono ʻē aʻe o kāna poʻe limahana i ka makahiki 2015, me ka uhi mālama olakino, a me nā papahana pono a maikaʻi. Ma ka huina, ʻoi aku ia ma mua o $1.6 biliona i hoʻolaʻa ʻia no ka waiwai a me ka maikaʻi o nā limahana o ke Komohana Hema ma 2015 wale nō, ma luna o nā uku kumu.
ʻO Southwest ka mea mua ma ka ʻoihana e hāʻawi i kahi Plan ProfitSharing. Ma o ka Plan ProfitSharing, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā limahana o Southwest ma mua o ʻehā pakeneka o nā ʻāpana poʻokela o ka ʻoihana.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- When this profitsharing contribution is added to the Company’s $325 million in Company match and other amounts contributed to the Southwest retirement plans, Southwest will have rewarded Employees with a 2015 total retirement benefit of approximately $945 million.
- Southwest was the first in the industry to offer a ProfitSharing Plan.
- This amount, which will be funded April 29, is more than the cumulative contributions to the Plan over the first 25 years ($559 million from 1974-1998).
