ExpressJet Holdings, Inc. yalengeza lero kuti, pamene ikupitiriza kufufuza njira zake zonse, yalowa mgwirizano watsopano wazaka zisanu ndi ziwiri ndi Continental Airlines, Inc. Mgwirizano watsopano, womwe uyamba kugwira ntchito pa July 1, 2008. adzalola ExpressJet kupitiriza kuwuluka ndege 205 panopa ku Continental kwa tsogolo lodziwikiratu pamene kupereka Continental ufulu patatha chaka chimodzi kunyamuka mpaka 15 ndege.
Pangano latsopanoli likusintha kwambiri maulamuliro a Continental pansi pa mgwirizano woyambirira, kuphatikiza kuchepetsa zoletsa zosintha pa ExpressJet, kuchepetsa zoletsa za ExpressJet kuwuluka mubwalo la ndege la Continental, ndikuchotsa gawo lomwe limakondedwa kwambiri, kulola ExpressJet kutsata zowuluka. zonyamulira zina ndi kuganizira njira zina njira. Pangano latsopanoli limachotsanso kuthekera kwa Continental kuthetsa mgwirizano popanda chifukwa.
Mgwirizano watsopanowu umachokera pamitengo yokhazikika ya ola limodzi yomwe imaphatikizapo ndalama zosiyanasiyana zodutsa, monga kubwereketsa ndege, mafuta, kuyendetsa ndege ndi ndalama zokwerera. Miyezo ya maola osasunthika ndiyotsika kwambiri kuposa mitengo yomwe ili pansi pa mgwirizano wapano ndipo izikhala ndi kusintha kwapachaka kogwirizana ndi mitengo yamitengo ya ogula. Kampaniyo ikufuna kubwerera ku Continental mpaka ndege za 39 zomwe zidatulutsidwa kale kuchokera ku mgwirizano wogula mphamvu ndikuchepetsa kwambiri ndalama m'miyezi ikubwerayi potsatira mgwirizano watsopano ndi Continental komanso mavuto azachuma omwe akukumana nawo makampani onse oyendetsa ndege.
"Tikuzindikira zovuta zomwe makampani onse a ndege akukumana nazo ndipo tikuyenera kuchitapo kanthu mwachangu pazovutazi," atero a Jim Ream, Purezidenti ndi Chief Executive Officer wa ExpressJet. "Ngakhale kuti mgwirizano watsopanowu ndi Continental umachepetsa kusatsimikizika kokhudza mbali yayikulu ya kampani yathu, ukuwonetsa momwe magwiridwe antchito apano komanso kusinthika kwa ubale pakati pamakampani akuluakulu ndi ndege zakumadera. Izi zati, ndife okondwa kukhala ndi mwayi wopitilizabe kupereka chithandizo chosasokonekera, chosasokonekera kwa Continental ndi makasitomala awo. ”
Kampaniyo isunga ndege 30 zomwe zidatulutsidwa kale ku mgwirizano wapano wa maphwando pamitengo yotsika yobwereka kuti igwiritse ntchito momwe ikufunira.
ExpressJet ndi Continental adachitanso mgwirizano wothetsera vutoli ndikutulutsa zodandaula zonse zamagulu okhudzana ndi zolipira zomwe zili pansi pa mgwirizano woyambirira wogulira mphamvu, kuphatikiza mikangano yonse yomwe idavumbulutsidwa m'mbuyomu kuti ingatheke.
Monga zidalengezedwa kale, kampaniyo idapereka chikalata choyambirira chamsonkhano wapadera wa eni masheya womwe udzachitike pa Juni 30, 2008 kuti ivomereze kuperekedwa kwa magawo owonjezera a katundu wake wamba mogwirizana ndi udindo wawo wowombola pa Ogasiti 1 pansi pa zolemba zake zosinthika. , komanso kusinthidwa kwa satifiketi yake yophatikizika ndikuwonjezera kuchuluka kovomerezeka kwa magawo wamba. Kampaniyo ikupitilizabe kugwira ntchito ndi alangizi ake azachuma ku Goldman, Sachs & Co.
ZOMWE MUNGACHITE PA NKHANIYI:
- The company intends to return to Continental up to 39 aircraft previously released from the original capacity purchase agreement and to aggressively reduce costs in the coming months in response to the new agreement with Continental and the economic difficulties facing the entire airline industry.
- As previously announced, the company has filed a preliminary proxy statement for a special meeting of stockholders to be held on June 30, 2008 to approve the potential issuance of additional shares of its common stock in connection with its August 1 repurchase obligation under its convertible notes, as well as an amendment to its certificate of incorporation increasing the authorized number of shares of common stock.
- The new agreement significantly changes Continental’s governance rights under the original agreement, including easing change-in-control limitations on ExpressJet, reducing restrictions on ExpressJet flying into Continental’s hub airports, and removing the most-favored-nation clause, allowing ExpressJet to actively pursue flying for other carriers and to consider other strategic alternatives.
