Continental Airlines Inc., mushure mekumisa kubatana neUnited Airlines makore maviri apfuura, yaizotangazve kuedza kwekubatanidza kuti irambe ichikwikwidza, Chief Executive Officer Jeff Smisek akadaro.
Continental, yechina pakukura mutakuri weUS, icharamba ichiongorora mafambiro eDelta Air Lines Inc. zvichitevera kubatanidzwa kwayo muna 2008 neNorthwest Airlines Corp., akadaro nhasi pamusangano weJPMorgan Chase & Co. wendege muNew York. Sarudzo yeContinental yekudzivisa kujoinha UAL Corp.'s United muna Kubvumbi 2008 yaive yechokwadi panguva iyoyo, akadaro.
"Ticharamba tichiona masimba emakwikwi," akadaro Smisek. "Kana tichifunga kuti zvakatinakira kuti tirwise tizvidzivirire, tichaita saizvozvo. Asi ndinofunga kukasika kuita sarudzo panguva ino. "
Mukuru mukuru weUnited Glenn Tilton akati muna Ndira kuti kubatanidzwa kunosanganisira vatakuri veUS kungangoita mumwedzi gumi nemaviri kusvika makumi maviri nemana, uye kuti nzira yekusangana iri kukwenenzverwa nekubatana kwepasirese. Tilton akakurudzira kubatanidzwa kweindasitiri yendege kubva ku12.
"Continental mubairo ungada chero munhu, uye ungave wakanakira United," Ray Neidl, muongorori wendege akazvimiririra muNew York, akadaro mubvunzurudzo. "Continental ine hurongwa hwakanaka, asi haina kuenzana nehofori yeDelta."
Continental yakakwira 91 cents, kana 4.5 muzana, kusvika $21.12 pa12:35 pm muNew York Stock Exchange composite trading, mushure mekusvika $21.47, iyo yepamusoro-soro intraday kubva Jan. 21. UAL yakawana $1.48, kana 8.5 muzana, kusvika $19 muNasdaq Stock Market. kutengesa mushure mekutaura nezuro kuti mari yemutyairi wega wega yakabhururuka maira yakakwira kupfuura vanoongorora vanofungidzirwa.
'Kusagona Kwavo'
Smisek akatiwo mutemo mutsva wemubatanidzwa wakanangana kuderedza kunonoka kunhandare yendege unogona kukonzera kudzimwa kwendege kwakawanda. Kutanga muna Kubvumbi, vendege vanozofanirwa kuregedza vafambi kubva mundege vakanamira panhandare dzendege mushure memaawa matatu kana kubhadhariswa madhora zviuru makumi maviri nemazana mashanu pamutakurwi. Kunonoka kwetarmac kwenguva refu hakuwanzo, uye kazhinji kunokonzereswa neyekare yeUS air-traffic control system, akadaro.
"Izvi zvinoreva kuti tichakanzura ndege dzakawanda," akadaro Smisek. “Hurumende inotirovera pasi nekuti vanoramba kuisa mari mumugwagwa mukuru wemudenga, vozotipa faindi apo, nekuda kwekusagona kwavo basa, tabatwa pasi.
Bill Mosley, mutauriri weDhipatimendi Rezvekufambiswa Kwezvifambiso muUS, akati "vatakuri vane simba rekuronga kufamba nendege zvine musoro" nekuva nendege nevashandi varipo uye kudzorerazve vafambi pane dzimwe ndege kana kunonoka kana kukanzura kusingadzivisike.
"Pasi pemitemo mitsva yebazi, vatengi vanogona kusarudza vatakuri vasina kunonoka kwetara, havawanzo kukanzura ndege dzavo uye vanozopa rubatsiro rwakakwana kune vanofamba," akadaro.
New Partners
Continental yakabatana neUnited mumubatanidzwa weStar mubatanidzwa wevatakuri gore rapfuura uye ndege mbiri dzeUS dziri chikamu chemubatanidzwa neDeutsche Lufthansa AG neAir Canada mhiri kweAtlantic. Continental neUnited vakakumbira vamiriri mvumo yekubatanidza marongero endege nemafairi mhiri kwePacific neAll Nippon Airways Co., mumwe wavo muStar.
"Tiri kuwana mibairo mikuru mumubatanidzwa weStar," akadaro Smisek. Mutakuri akasiya SkyTeam boka revatakuri, iro rinosanganisira Delta neAlitalia SpA, kuti abatane Star. "Kwave kumhanyisa kumba kwedu."
Akataura kuti ndege iyi, iri muHouston, inotakura vanhu vangangosvika 2.5 pachigaro chimwe chete nevatambi vayo veStar pane zvayakaita neSkyTeam.
