Delta Air Lines Inc. idzagulitsa $ 1 biliyoni pazaka zitatu ndi theka zikubwerazi kuti zithandizire makasitomala, kukonzanso ndege zomwe zilipo komanso kuwongolera mafuta m'malo mogula ndege zatsopano monga ena mwa omwe akupikisana nawo.
Ngakhale ndege zomwe zikuyenera kuwonjezera ndege zatsopano m'zaka zingapo zikubwerazi zitha kuchedwetsa mayendedwe ngati chuma chikuyenda bwino komanso kuyenda kwandege sikukuyenda bwino. Mitengo yamafuta yakweranso m'miyezi yaposachedwa, zomwe zikuwonjezera kusatsimikizika.
Delta, ndege yayikulu kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi, idati Lolemba idzawononga ndalama zokwana $300 miliyoni pachaka mpaka pakati pa 2013 kuti iwonjezere zosangalatsa m'mabwalo ophunzitsira, mipando yabodza yamakasitomala apadziko lonse lapansi, malo opumira a VIP ndi zina zowonjezera makasitomala.
Zina mwa ndalamazi zithandizanso kuti mafuta aziyenda bwino.
Delta, yomwe ili ku Atlanta, inanena kuti m'malo mogulitsa ndege zatsopano, ikufuna kugwiritsa ntchito ndalama kuti ipititse patsogolo kugwirizana kwa ntchito zoperekedwa kwa magulu osiyanasiyana a makasitomala. Ndegeyo ikutenga ndege zinayi zokha chaka chino, malinga ndi wolankhulira, yemwe adati mapulani a Delta kupitirira 2010 adzawululidwa pambuyo pake.
Mosiyana ndi zimenezi, United Airlines inanena mu December kuti ikuyitanitsa ndege zatsopano 50 zomwe zili ndi mndandanda wamitengo yoposa $ 10 biliyoni. Chigawo cha UAL Corp., chochokera ku Chicago, sichidzatenga maulendo aliwonse a ndege mpaka chaka cha 2016. Ilinso ndi ufulu wochuluka wolepheretsa madongosolo.
American Airlines ikukonzekera kutumiza ndege zatsopano 45 za Boeing 737 chaka chino ngati gawo la zoyesayesa zake zosintha zina mwa ndege zake zakale. Gulu la AMR Corp., lomwe lili ku Fort Worth, Texas, lidatenga ma 31 atsopano 737 mu 2009. Lati lidzipereka kubweretsanso zina zisanu ndi zitatu mu 2011.
Onse a United ndi America apanganso kusintha kwamakasitomala m'zaka zaposachedwa. United idatero mu Okutobala 2007 kuti idzawononga pafupifupi $4 biliyoni pazaka zisanu zikubwerazi pakusintha kwamakasitomala ndi antchito omwe cholinga chake ndi kupanga ndalama komanso kuchita bwino. American yakonza zamkati mwandege ndikukweza mipando yamabizinesi pamaulendo apadziko lonse lapansi.
Delta idati idzamaliza kukonzanso ndege 269 zomwe zidaphatikizidwa ku Northwest Airlines kuti zikhale ndi mipando yachikopa ya Delta yabuluu, kuyatsa kosinthidwa ndikuwonjezera malo a bin pamwamba, komanso zinthu zina.
Delta idzakhazikitsanso mapiko - zipsepse zokhazikika zokhazikika kuchokera kunsonga za mapiko a ndege - pa ndege zopitilira 170 Boeing 767-300ER, 757-200 ndi 737-800 kuti ziwonjezere kuchuluka kwa ndege ndikuwongolera mafuta ochulukirapo ndi 5 peresenti.
Purezidenti wa Delta, Ed Bastian, adati ndalama zomwe kampaniyo ikuchita pokonzanso ndege zomwe zidalipo kale zili m'gulu la ndalama zomwe Delta idalemba kale.
Delta, yomwe idagula Kumpoto chakumadzulo mu Okutobala 2008, ikuyenera kutulutsa zotsatira zachuma za kotala lachinayi ndi chaka chonse cha 2009 Lachiwiri. Akuyembekezeka kutumiza kutayika kotala lachinayi komanso 2009.
