Struggling Frontier Airlines yakhazikitsa mgwirizano kuti ilandire ngongole za $ 75 miliyoni ndikugulitsa gawo lalikulu labizinesi yake, njira yayikulu yazachuma yomwe imakulitsa kwambiri mwayi wamakampani kuti atuluke mu Chaputala 11.

Pansi pa mgwirizanowu, adalengeza Lachisanu m'mawa, kampani yabizinesi yabizinesi yaku Washington, DC ya Perseus LLC ipereka ngongole ku Frontier pomwe ndege ikuyamba kugwa pang'onopang'ono.

Ngati wonyamulirayo akwaniritsa zofunikira zandalama ndi magwiridwe antchito, Perseus apereka ndalama zina $25 miliyoni pamene Frontier akutuluka pakubweza. Kampaniyo idzasintha ndalama zake zokwana madola 100 miliyoni m'ngongole ndi mabizinesi kukhala m'gulu la ndege zomwe zakonzedwanso, zomwe ndi gawo lalikulu la 79.9%.

Frontier adati akuyembekeza kutuluka mu bankirapuse kumapeto kwa masika.

"Izi zimandipangitsa kumva bwino kwambiri chifukwa chopita kugwa komanso kuthana ndi zinthu zomwe tikufunikira kuti tithane nazo," Sean

Menke, wamkulu wa Frontier, adatero poyankhulana Lachisanu ndi atolankhani.

Mgwirizanowu, womwe uyenera kulandira chilolezo cha khothi la bankirapuse, ukhoza kuthandizira kuwonetsetsa kuti chonyamulira chochokera ku Denver chilipo kwa zaka zikubwerazi. Komabe, Frontier adasiya khomo lotseguka kuti agwire ntchito zambiri komanso kuchepetsa ndege, ponena kuti ipitiliza kuyang'ana kwambiri pakuchepetsa mtengo.

Anthony Sabino, pulofesa wa zamalamulo pa yunivesite ya St. John's ku New York anati: “Ndinganene kuti mwina (Frontier) apulumuka pa 75 peresenti mpaka 80 peresenti. "Mwachiwonekere, Perseus watsimikiza kuti ino ndi nthawi yogula Frontier, kuti izi ndizotsika mtengo monga momwe zidzakhalire, kuti ndi ndalama zabwino, kuti ali ndi chidaliro kuti chuma chidzayambiranso komanso kuti Frontier akhoza kuthetsa mavuto ake. Chifukwa cha Frontier, makasitomala ake, ogulitsa, okwera ndi ogwira nawo ntchito, tiyembekezere kuti akulondola. "

Atsogoleri ammudzi ndi mabizinesi ati kupulumuka kwa kampaniyo ndikofunikira paumoyo wamakampani am'deralo. Frontier ili ngati chonyamulira chachiwiri pazikuluzikulu pa Denver International Airport, ili ndi antchito 4,788 pano ndipo ali ndi makasitomala okhulupirika.

“Anthu a m’derali amakonda kwambiri ndegeyo, ndipo antchito ake abweza zimenezo popereka chithandizo chabwino kwambiri,” anatero Tom Clark, wachiwiri kwa pulezidenti wamkulu wa Denver Metro Economic Development Corp. “Iyi ndi nkhani yabwino kwa ife. ”

Chonyamuliracho chagwedezeka m'miyezi yaposachedwa ndi kukwera kwa mitengo yamafuta komwe kwasokoneza bizinesi yonse. Frontier adanenanso kuti $ 38.5 miliyoni idatayika kuyambira pomwe idabweza koyambirira kwa Epulo mpaka kumapeto kwa Meyi,

Zotsatira zake, wonyamulirayo wakhazikitsa mapulani ochepetsera maulendo ake ndi 17 peresenti kugwa uku, kuthetsa ntchito zosachepera 569 ndi ndege zapansi.

Yachepetsanso m'njira zambiri, ndikudula pafupifupi $ 60 miliyoni mpaka $ 70 miliyoni pamitengo yapachaka kuyambira pomwe idabweza ndalama, Menke akuti. Nthawi yomweyo, wonyamulirayo akuyang'ana kuti akweze ndalama, mwa zina mwa kulipiritsa zambiri pazantchito ndi zinthu zomwe kale zinali zaulere.

Lachisanu, mwachitsanzo, kampaniyo idati iyamba kulipiritsa apaulendo kuti asinthe ndege pa tsiku lomwe akuyenda ndikusintha masiku a ndegeyo asananyamuke. Ikuyembekeza kukhazikitsa mitengo yamtengo wapatali kugwa komwe ogula atha kulipira mtengo wandege kapena mafoloko ochulukirapo pazinthu monga malo okhala ndi ma flier miles pafupipafupi.

Ogwira ntchito - omwe, pamodzi ndi akuluakulu, adachepetsa malipiro akanthawi posachedwapa - adakondwera ndi mgwirizano wandalama pambuyo pa kuvutika kwa miyezi yambiri ya nkhani zoipa.

"Sindinayambenso kugwira ntchito koma foni yanga yakhala ikuyima kuyambira m'mawa uno," a John Stemmler, wamkulu wa Frontier Airline Pilots Association, adatero Lachisanu masana. “Kupatula kutsika kwa mitengo yamafuta, iyi ndi nkhani yabwino yoyamba yomwe takhala nayo kwakanthawi. Zikuonekadi kukhala zifukwa zodzikhululukira kwakanthawi komwe tachita.”

Kupeza ndalama m'malo apano, pomwe mitengo yamafuta ikuwononga ndege komanso mabanki akubweza ngongole, ndi ntchito yokhayo, owonera adatero.

Frontier adalengeza mgwirizanowu ngati chivomerezo cha chidaliro mu bizinesi yake, koma kampaniyo idachenjeza kuti "pakadali njira yayitali" kuchoka pakubweza. Ndegeyo idati ikuyang'anabe pakukweza ndalama m'njira zina, ndipo kampaniyo idati ikhoza kulengezanso sabata zikubwerazi.

Frontier nawonso apitiliza kupeza njira zochepetsera ndalama.

"Sitinathe ndi izi," adatero Menke. “Mpikisanowu ndi wovuta kwambiri pamsika. Mafuta ndiwokwera ndipo tikuyenera kupitiliza kuyang'anira zomwe zikuchitika. ”

Perseus adati apanga mgwirizano wotchedwa Go Flip Go - Flip amatanthauza mascot a dolphin a Frontier - kuti agwire ntchitoyo. Kampaniyo idati ikuganiza kuti Frontier atha kupikisana nawo ku DIA kupita patsogolo ngakhale pali mpikisano waukulu.

"Frontier, yokhala ndi capital capital, iyenera kuchita bwino pamalopo," atero a Brian Leitch, director wamkulu wa Perseus wa Evergreen, yemwe ali ndi chidziwitso chambiri pakukonzanso ndege. "Zowona, Frontier iyenera kuwonetsa kuti ikhoza kukhala ndege yopambana. Tikukhulupirira kuti zingatheke. ”

Dongosololi likakwaniritsidwa, omwe akugawana nawo tsopano adzafafanizidwa Frontier ikatulutsa masheya atsopano atatuluka mu bankirapuse. Obwereketsa otetezedwa amalandila masheya - m'malo mwa ndalama - pazolinga zawo, ngakhale ndalama ndi mawu ake sizinadziwike. Komiti ya obwereketsa ndegeyo idzakhala ndi mwayi wowunika ndondomekoyi mu khoti la bankirapuse.

"Sitikudziwa mokwanira za mgwirizanowu," atero a Steve Stapleton, loya wa ku Dallas ndi Cowles & Thompson yemwe akuyimira wobwereketsa pamilandu ya bankirapuse ya Frontier. "Sitikudziwa kuti dongosolo la kukonzanso ndi chiyani."

Mfundo zazikulu za mgwirizano

* Pansi pa mgwirizanowu, womwe uyenera kulandira chivomerezo kuchokera ku khothi lamilandu, Perseus apatsa Frontier ngongole ya $ 75 miliyoni m'magawo awiri, kuyambira $ 40 miliyoni koyambirira kwa Ogasiti. Frontier ndiye azitha kutenga $35 miliyoni mu kugwa.

* Perseus apatsa Frontier ndalama zina za $ 25 miliyoni pamene zikutuluka mu Mutu 11 ngati wonyamulirayo akwaniritsa zofunikira zina zachuma.

* Perseus atha kusintha ndalama zokwana $ 75 miliyoni za ngongole ndi $ 25 miliyoni powonjezera ndalama kukhala Frontier stock, zomwe zikuyimira 79.9 peresenti pakampani.

Kodi yotsatira?

* Frontier ayesa kupeza chivomerezo cha khothi la bankirapuse pa gawo loyamba la mgwirizano pamlandu wa Aug. 5.

* Wonyamula katunduyo adzakumananso ndi komiti yobwereketsa kuti akambirane za dongosololi. Thandizo la gululo lidzapangitsa kuti zikhale zosavuta kukankhira ndondomekoyi kupyolera mu khoti la bankruptcy. Komiti, komabe, ikhoza kutsutsa mgwirizanowu kapena kupereka njira ina.

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On Friday, for example, the company said it will start charging travelers to switch flights on the day of their travel and to make changes on days before the flight.
“Clearly, Perseus has determined that this is the time to buy Frontier, that this is as cheap as it’s going to get, that it’s a good investment, that they are confident the economy will rebound and that Frontier can fix its problems.
It hopes to unroll an a la carte pricing structure this fall where consumers can pay a bare-bones base price for a flight or fork over more for things like seat assignments and frequent flier miles.