US Airways yachedwetsa kutumiza ndege 54 za Airbus

US Airways ichedwetsa kubweretsa ndege zatsopano 54 za Airbus mpaka 2013 ndikuchitapo kanthu kuti awonjezere ndalama zake zosungirako mpaka kufunikira kwaulendo kubwerenso.

Ndegeyo idati Lachiwiri kuti kuyimitsa ndege kudzachepetsa ndalama zogwiritsira ntchito ndege ndi $ 2.5 biliyoni pazaka zitatu zikubwerazi.

Kampaniyo idati ngongole yatsopano ya $ 95 miliyoni kuphatikiza ndalama zina zidzakulitsa ndalama zomwe zikupezeka pafupifupi $ 150 miliyoni chaka chino ndi $ 450 miliyoni kumapeto kwa 2010, CEO Doug Parker adatero mu uthenga kwa antchito. M'miyezi yaposachedwa, akatswiri ena adaganiza kuti US Airways ikhoza kukumana ndi vuto lazachuma chifukwa idawotcha ndalama m'nyengo yozizira, yomwe ndi nthawi yoyenda pang'onopang'ono. Mwezi watha, kampaniyo idalengeza kuti idula ntchito 1,000, kusiya njira zingapo zapadziko lonse lapansi, ndikuyang'ana pafupifupi ndege zonse zaku US zowuluka pama eyapoti atatu ndi Washington.

Ikukonzekerabe kuwonjezera ndege zatsopano 28 m'zaka zitatu zikubwerazi, zomwe adazitcha kuti zikuyenda bwino panthawi yomwe makampani a ndege akugwa. Ili ndi ndalama zothandizira ndege 28, kuphatikiza $180 miliyoni pa ngongole za ndege zinayi zomwe zikubwera chaka chamawa. Ndegeyo inanenanso kuti ibweza kukhazikitsidwa kwa ntchito yake ya Airbus 350 XWB kuyambira 2015 mpaka 2017.

"Mwachidule, anthu safuna kulipira ndalama zambiri kuti azitha kuyendetsa ndege monga momwe amachitira panthawi yomwe chuma chikuyenda bwino," kampaniyo inalembera antchitowo. Inanenanso kuti ngongole za ndege zatsopanozi zinali zodula komanso zovuta kupeza.

US Airways, yomwe ili ku Tempe, Ariz., idakonzedwa kuti iwonjezere jeti 72 za Airbus A320 ndi ndege 10 za A330 pazaka zitatu zikubwerazi kuti zilowe m'malo mwa jeti akale. Tsopano ikukonzekera kutenga zinayi chaka chamawa ndi 12 pazaka ziwiri zotsatira.

Majeti amtundu wa A320 ndi akavalo apanyumba okhala ndi mipando 124 mpaka 183. Mtundu wa A330 womwe ukubwera chaka chamawa uli ndi mipando 258, ndipo US Airways imagwiritsa ntchito njira zapadziko lonse lapansi.

Ma A22 enanso 330 ndi ma A350 omwe amayenera kutumizidwa kuyambira 2015 adachedwanso mpaka 2017 mpaka 2019.

Mneneri wa Airbus, Mary Anne Greczyn, adati kusamutsidwa kwa US Airways kudakhazikitsidwa kale pakupanga ndi kutumiza kwamakampani mu 2010.

Mneneri wa US Airways a Morgan Durrant anakana kunena ngati kampaniyo ilandila zilango chifukwa chochedwetsa kutumiza.

US Airways ipangitsa kuti ndege zake ziziyenda mofanana, chifukwa zimayendetsa ndege zake kwa chaka chimodzi kapena ziwiri motalika kuposa momwe idakonzera m'malo moyika zina zatsopano.

Kuyenda kwandege kwakhala kofooka chaka chino, ndipo onyamula akuluakulu angapo aku US apeza ndalama kuti adutse nyengo yachisanu ndi yozizira. Ndalama zakhala zikuvuta kwambiri ku US Airways.

M'gawo lachitatu ndalama zake zidagwera pansi pa $ 1.5 biliyoni, gawo lochepera pa mgwirizano wake ndi Barclays, womwe umapereka kirediti kadi yamtundu wa US Airways. Barclays adatsitsa malire mpaka $ 1.35 biliyoni mpaka Okutobala. Ndipo Lachiwiri, US Airways idati Barclays idatsitsa mpaka kalekale, ngakhale sinanene kuti ndi zingati.

Kampaniyo idatinso Barclays ichedwetsa kubweza ndalama zokwana $200 miliyoni kwa miyezi 14. Barclays inapititsa patsogolo ndalamazo pamene idagula maulendo oyendayenda pafupipafupi kuchokera kwa wothandizira.

US Airways inataya $125 miliyoni m'miyezi isanu ndi inayi yoyambirira ya chaka chino pa ndalama zochepa, itataya $2.1 biliyoni chaka chatha.

"Zaka ziwiri zapitazi zakhala zovuta kwambiri kumakampani athu ndi US Airways," Parker adauza antchito. Ananenanso kuti kampaniyo inali ndi mwayi wokhala ndi mabwenzi omwe akufuna kuthandiza, koma "sitingapitirize kutaya ndalama mpaka kalekale ndikupereka ndalama zomwe tatayika chifukwa chandalama komanso thandizo la anzathu."

Katswiri wofufuza za CreditSights, Roger King, adachita chidwi ndi kuthekera kwa oyang'anira US Airways kukweza ndalama.

"Zonse zikutsutsana nawo," adatero, "ndipo akuwulukabe."