ATLANTA - Zotsatira zandalama za AirTran Airways zikupindula ndi kutsika mtengo kwa wonyamula katunduyo komanso kuyang'ana kwa laser panjira zapakhomo komwe imakhulupirira kuti ikhoza kupanga ndalama, ndipo ikufuna kukula mu 2010 pomwe onyamula ena akuluakulu ali ndi mapulani osamala.
Kampani yake ya makolo ku Orlando, Fla. inanena Lachitatu phindu la $ 10.4 miliyoni lachitatu, kapena masenti 8 gawo, ngakhale kuti malonda adatsika kuposa 11 peresenti. Chaka chapitacho idanenanso kuti idatayikanso $94.6 miliyoni, kapena masenti 81 pagawo.
Zotsatira za Julayi-Seputembala zikuwonetsa phindu la AirTran mgawo lachitatu motsatizana pomwe onyamula akuluakulu aku US akuvutikira pakati pa kufunikira kofooka kwamabizinesi ndi maulendo apadziko lonse lapansi.
Ndalama zatsika kufika pa $597.4 miliyoni kuchokera pa $673.3 miliyoni pachaka chapitacho.
Kupatulapo zinthu zanthawi imodzi, ndalama zake zosinthidwa kwa miyezi itatu zinatha Sept. 30 inali masenti 8 gawo, mogwirizana ndi ziyembekezo zochepetsedwa pang'ono za akatswiri. Ndalama zomwe amapeza zinali zocheperapo pang'ono poyerekeza ndi zomwe akatswiri anena za $ 600.5 miliyoni.
Oyang'anira adati pamsonkhanowu ndi akatswiri kuti AirTran ikuyembekeza kuwonjezera mphamvu 2 peresenti mpaka 4 peresenti chaka chamawa. M'mwezi wa Marichi komanso mu Julayi, ndegeyo idati kuchuluka kwake, monga momwe amayezera ndi malo okhalapo, kudzakhala kophwanyika mu 2010.
Mtsogoleri wamkulu a Bob Fornaro adatero poyankhulana ndi The Associated Press atayimba foni kuti AirTran idatenganso ndege zina ziwiri kumapeto kwa Seputembala zomwe sizinakonzekere m'mbuyomu.
"Ndikuganiza kuti zimagwirizana ndi zomwe tikuwona pamsika, tikumva bwino pakuchita kwathu phindu," adatero Fornaro. Ananenanso kuti 34 peresenti ya mafuta a AirTran a 2010 ali ndi mipanda, kuteteza ndege kuti zisakwere mitengo yamafuta.
Magulu ena akuluakulu onyamula katundu akupitilizabe kutayika, ngakhale ang'onoang'ono nthawi zina, ndipo akusamala ndi mapulani awo chaka chamawa popeza chuma changowonetsa kusintha.
"Sindinganene kuti tili pamalo apadera, koma takhala ndi chaka chabwino kwambiri kuposa ena onse omwe timapikisana nawo," adatero Fornaro. "Ndife opindulitsa kwambiri."
AirTran yakhala ikuyesera kuti isinthe malingaliro ake kuchoka panjira zopanda phindu kupita ku zopindulitsa, komanso yakhala ikuyesetsa kuwonetsetsa kuti ili ndi ndalama zokwanira kuti ipitilize kuthana ndi kuchepa kwa mayendedwe.
Mu Ogasiti, AirTran idati ikukonzekera kusiya kuwuluka kupita ndi kuchokera ku Newark, NJ, Lamlungu loyambilira, ndikupereka malo ake onyamuka ndi kukatera kumeneko ku Continental Airlines Inc. yochokera ku Houston posinthana ndi mipata ya Continental pa LaGuardia Airport ku New York ndi Reagan National. Airport ku Washington. Continental ili ndi malo ku Newark Liberty International Airport, yomwe imagwiritsidwa ntchito ndi apaulendo ambiri popita kapena kuchokera ku New York City.
Pokhala ndi kadulidwe ka nthawi yomwe ndege imatha kunyamuka kapena kutsitsa ndege yake pa eyapoti. Mipata, makamaka nthawi zokwera kwambiri masana komanso m'makonde otanganidwa ngati Kumpoto chakum'mawa, ndi ofunika kwa ndege.
AirTran, yomwe ili ndi malo ake ku Atlanta, ili ndi maulendo opitilira 700 tsiku lililonse kupita kumalo 67.
ZOMWE MUNGACHITE PA NKHANIYI:
- AirTran yakhala ikuyesera kuti isinthe malingaliro ake kuchoka panjira zopanda phindu kupita ku zopindulitsa, komanso yakhala ikuyesetsa kuwonetsetsa kuti ili ndi ndalama zokwanira kuti ipitilize kuthana ndi kuchepa kwa mayendedwe.
- A slot is an interval of time during which an airline can takeoff or land its aircraft at an airport.
- Mtsogoleri wamkulu a Bob Fornaro adatero poyankhulana ndi The Associated Press atayimba foni kuti AirTran idatenganso ndege zina ziwiri kumapeto kwa Seputembala zomwe sizinakonzekere m'mbuyomu.
