Delta vs. Mesa - nkhondo yalamulo ikupitirirabe

Delta Air Lines Inc. yapereka mlandu watsopano poyesa kuswa mgwirizano ndi mnzake wa Delta Connection Mesa Air Group Inc.

Mesa, kholo la Connection carrier Freedom Airlines, adanena m'makalata owongolera Lachisanu kuti Delta idasumira kukhothi la federal kufuna chigamulo chothetsa mgwirizanowu potengera "kuphwanya kwa ufulu," malinga ndi kusefera kwa US Securities and Exchange Commission.

M'miyezi 18 yapitayi, Delta yakhala ndi mikangano yambiri ndi mabwenzi ena a Delta Connection, ena mwa iwo adathetsedwa. Delta ndiye ndege yayikulu kwambiri yomwe ikuwuluka kuchokera ku Dayton International Airport.

Sutu, yomwe idaperekedwa pa Ogasiti 19, ndiye salvo yaposachedwa kwambiri pankhondo yamgwirizano pakati pa Delta ndi Mesa.

"Pambuyo pa miyezi yogwira ntchito mokhulupirika kuyesa kuthetsa mkangano wabilu ndi Mesa, mwatsoka takhala opanda chochitira koma kupempha khoti kuti lithetse kukana kwa Mesa kulemekeza zitsimikizo zamitengo yake," mneneri wa Delta, Kristin Baur, adatero. ndi imelo. "Tikuyembekeza kuti Mesa ndi Freedom azisunga malonjezo awo ku Delta ndi makasitomala athu, ndipo mpaka pano, akana kutero."

Mu April 2008, Delta atayesa kugula Mesa kuchokera ku mgwirizano wake, ndipo Mesa anakana, Delta inatumiza kalata ku Mesa yothetsa mgwirizanowu ponena kuti kuchuluka kwa Mesa kuchotsedwa kwa ndege kunadutsa malire a mgwirizano, kuwerengera zomwe zimatchedwa kuchotsedwa kwa mgwirizano, malinga ndi zikalata za khoti. Mesa adapambana chigamulo choyambirira choletsa Delta kuti asadutse zibwenzi, ndipo Khothi Loona za Apilo la US ku Dera la 11 lidatsimikizira chigamulo choyambirira mwezi watha.

Mlanduwu ukuyembekezeka kuzenga mlandu kumapeto kwa chaka chino.

Mesa yati ikakamizika kubweza ndalama ngati Delta iloledwa kufafaniza contract.

Akatswiri ofufuza za ndege anena kuti Delta, makamaka kuyambira pomwe idaphatikizika chaka chatha ndi Northwest Airlines, ili ndi mgwirizano ndi onyamula ma contract kuti aziwulutsa ndege zambiri zakumadera. Jeti zachigawo zimakhala zotsika mtengo pamitengo yamafuta pansi pa $50 pa mbiya.

Pakutha kwa mitengo yamafuta koyambirira mpaka pakati pa 2008, Delta idayamba kuyang'ana zomwe ingachite kuti ichepetse kuchuluka kwa omwe amanyamula ma contract. Delta idayesa kuthetsa mapangano ndi Mesa Air Group ndi Pinnacle Airlines Inc chaka chatha. Delta ndi ExpressJet Holdings Inc. onse anathetsa mgwirizano wawo mu 2008.

"Zomwe zimaganiziridwa kuti zaphwanya malamulo zikugwirizana ndi zoyesayesa za Delta zochepetsera ndalama zina pa Ufulu," Phoenix, Ariz.-based Mesa adatero Lachisanu SEC yake. "Ufulu umakhulupirira kuti zonena za Delta zilibe tanthauzo ndipo ndikuyesetsa mwachindunji kwa Delta kuti aletse lamulo loletsa Delta kuthetsa Mgwirizano wa Freedom's Connection Agreement, womwe posachedwapa watsimikiziridwa ndi Khothi Lalikulu la Apilo la 11."

Mauthenga omaliza omwe adasiyidwa kwa maloya aku Atlanta a Mesa sanabwezedwe nthawi yomweyo.

Poyankhulana koyambirira kwa mwezi uno, a Lee Garrett, loya wa a Jones Day omwe akuyimira Mesa, adati zomwe Delta idachita pankhani yonyamula ma contract zikuwonetsa kufunikira kochepetsa mtengo.

"Akuyesera kuchepetsa kuchuluka kwa anthu [ndipo] akuyesera kuchepetsa ndalama ndipo mukayang'ana zomwe alemba posachedwa sakuwona theka lachiwiri la 2009," adatero Garrett. "Ndi nkhani ya ndalama za dollar."

Monga ntchito yake yayikulu, Delta yachepetsanso mphamvu ndi ntchito m'magawo ake, Comair ndi Mesaba.

Delta ikukonzekera kuchepetsa mphamvu padziko lonse lapansi ndi 15 peresenti, ndikuchepetsa mphamvu zapakhomo ndi 6 peresenti mpaka 8 peresenti kuyambira kugwa uku, ndi ogwirizana nawo a Delta Connection mbali ya ndondomekoyi. Yalengezanso kuti ikakamizika kusiya antchito olipidwa pambuyo poti ogwira ntchito masauzande ambiri - kuphatikiza oyang'anira, oyendetsa ndege ndi oyendetsa ndege - asiya modzifunira ku Delta ndi Kumpoto chakumadzulo kuyambira pomwe zidaphatikizidwa mu Okutobala 2008.

Pafupifupi 23 peresenti ya ndalama zonyamula anthu za Delta mu 2008 zidachokera kumayendedwe apamtunda. Koma ndalamazo zidatsika ndi 8 peresenti mu 2008 chifukwa chakukwera kwamitengo yamafuta komanso kufunikira kocheperako.

Delta ili ndi kapena kubwereketsa ndege zachigawo za 287, kuphatikizapo mazana a ndege zachigawo zomwe zimayendetsedwa ndi abwenzi a m'madera, malinga ndi 10-K yake yapachaka ndi Securities and Exchange Commission.

Munkhani ina, Delta ikumenyana ndi SkyWest Inc. yomwe ili ndi kampani ya Delta ku Atlantic Southeast, pa kubweza ndalama zina zomwe zalepheretsedwa.