Delta Air Lines Inc., yomwe ndi yachitatu ku United States yonyamula katundu, yati yatenga ngongole ya $ 1 biliyoni yozungulira kuti ikweze ndalama zake pamene ikukonzekera kugula Northwest Airlines Corp. pakutha kwa chaka.
Delta idabwereka ndalama zonse za revolver yake ya $ 1 biliyoni, Chief Financial Officer Ed Bastian adatero mu memo kwa antchito. Wonyamulayo anali ndi ndalama zokwana $ 3.7 biliyoni kumapeto kwa Julayi.
Ndalamazi zithandiza kugwirizanitsa Northwest, adatero Bastian pambuyo pake. Kuphatikizika ndi Northwest, ndege yachisanu ndi chimodzi ku United States yayikulu, ipitilira AMR Corp.'s American Airlines ngati ndege yayikulu kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi chifukwa cha kuchuluka kwa magalimoto.
"Izi ndikupereka kusinthika kwakukulu kwachuma pakuphatikiza kwathu komwe kukubwera, osati kungophatikiza ndalama komanso kufunikira kogwirizanitsa mapangano a ngongole" a ndege zonse ziwiri, Bastian adatero.
Delta anali atakonzekera kale kuti agwire mfutiyo mu theka lachiwiri la 2008, adatero Bastian. Ndege "sikuchita izi ngati njira yodzitetezera" kuti ipeze ndalama zothandizira ntchito.
Kujambula mitengo yamafuta a jet kunathandiza kuti Delta iwononge ndalama zonse mwa magawo atatu apitawa, zomwe zinayambitsa kufunafuna mnzanu ndikuyembekeza kuti wonyamula katundu adzatha kuthana ndi zowonongazo.
Ndege yophatikizana ya Delta-Northwest idzasunga dzina la Delta ndi likulu la Atlanta, ndi malo akumadzulo ku Salt Lake City International Airport.
