Mafayilo a Mesa Air Group achitetezo cha bankirapuse

Woyendetsa ndege zaku US kudera la Mesa Air Group Inc adasumira kuti atetezedwe ku bankirapuse Lachiwiri, ndipo adati ichepetsa zombo zake zazikulu ndikukhala ngati kampani yamphamvu.

Mesa ili ndi ndege 130 - pafupifupi 52 mwa ndegezi sizikugwiritsidwa ntchito - ndipo idati m'mapepala a khoti ikukonzekera kupumitsa ndege zina 25 zomwe sizikufuna.

Mesa adati kutsitsako kudzachotsa ndalama zambiri zomwe zimakhudzana ndi kusunga, kukonza ndi kusunga ndege zochulukirapo.

"Kampani yathu ili ndi ndalama zokwanira zodzithandizira panthawiyi ndipo tili ndi chidaliro kuti tidzatuluka mu Chaputala 11 kugwira ntchito mwamphamvu kwambiri," atero a Jonathan Ornstein, wamkulu wa Mesa.

Mesa adasuma mlandu wotetezedwa ku Chaputala 11 ku US Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of New York.

Mesa imapereka chithandizo chachigawo ku US Airways Group Inc, Delta Air Lines ndi zonyamulira zina, ndipo yakhala ikuyesera kupezerapo mwayi pazachuma pomwe ikukwera mitengo yamafuta osasinthika komanso kuchepa kwa mayendedwe.

Kampaniyo, yomwe imalemba anthu pafupifupi 3,400, idati ipitilizabe kugwira ntchito ngati yanthawi zonse panthawi yokonzanso. Mesa sanalengeze za kudulidwa ntchito Lachiwiri.

M'mapepala a khoti, Mesa adatchula chuma cha $ 975 miliyoni ndi ngongole za $ 869 miliyoni kuyambira pa Seputembara 30. Kampaniyo sinapereke chidziwitso cha nthawi yomwe ikuyembekezeka kutuluka kuchokera ku bankirapuse.

"Ndizochita za obwereketsa ndege komanso momwe alili okonzeka kukambirana zomwe zichitike pa ndegeyo, ndikuganiza kuti pamapeto pake zidzatsimikizira momwe kufiyiraku kukuyendera komanso kuchuluka kwake," adatero mlangizi wandege Doug Abbey.

Mesa's Hawaiian inter-island, okwera mtengo ogwirizana nawo ndege, go!-Mokulele, si gawo lazolembazo ndipo apitiliza kugwiritsa ntchito nthawi yake yonse yoyendetsa ndege, kampaniyo idatero.

Mesa adatinso chitetezo cha bankirapuse chithandiza kuti afikire "panthawi yake" pamilandu yake ndi Delta. Kampaniyo ikufuna chiwonongeko choposa $70 miliyoni pamlanduwo, Delta itathetsa mgwirizano wake ndi gulu la Mesa mchaka cha 2008, ponena kuti inalibe mitengo yabwino yomaliza.

Mesa adatsutsa kuti izi zidachitika chifukwa cha ganizo la Delta loyendetsa ndege za Mesa kuchokera pa eyapoti yapadziko lonse ya John F. Kennedy ku New York ndipo ndegeyo sinawalole.

Chaka chatha, khothi la apilo ku US lidavomereza chigamulo cha khothi laling'ono kuti aletse Delta kuthetsa mgwirizano wowuluka ndi Mesa.

Mesa pakadali pano ili ndi maulendo pafupifupi 700 onyamuka tsiku lililonse kupita kumizinda 127 ku United States, Canada ndi Mexico.

Kwa chaka chandalama chomwe chinatha Sept. 30, 2009, Mesa inali ndi ndalama zokwana $968 miliyoni. Pafupifupi 96 peresenti ya ndalama zake zophatikizika zonyamula anthu zidachokera ku mapangano a "chitsimikizo cha ndalama" ndi US Airways, unit ya UAL Corp ya United Air Lines Inc ndi Delta.

Magawo a Mesa adatsika ndi 55 peresenti kufika pafupifupi masenti 5 pakugulitsa masana. Nthawi zambiri, magawo atsopano amaperekedwa kampani ikatuluka mu Mutu 11.

Mlangizi wamkulu wa Mesa, Brian Gillman, adati posachedwa kunena ngati Mesa ipereka magawo atsopano.