Kontinenti: Mkuntho wobwerezabwereza umawononga $25M pa ndalama zomwe zatayika

DALLAS - Continental Airlines Inc. akuti mvula yamkuntho yobwerera kumbuyo yomwe inatseka malo ake a New York kawiri mwezi watha inawononga $ 25 miliyoni pa ndalama zomwe zinatayika.

Ngakhale mvula yamkuntho, ndege yachinayi pamtundu waukulu inanena kuti kuwonjezeka kwakukulu kwa magalimoto a February, ndipo akatswiri adanena kuti Continental idzapindula ndi kubwereranso kwaulendo wamalonda.

Ndege zakhala zikutaya ndalama ndikuchepetsa maulendo apandege kwa zaka ziwiri pomwe pakufunika kuyenda. Pokhala ndi maulendo apandege ochepa kunjaku, makampani a ndege tsopano ali ndi mphamvu zokweza mitengo ndi kubwerera ku phindu ngati chuma chikuyenda bwino.

Gulu lazamalonda lapadziko lonse lapansi lamakampani oyendetsa ndege linanena Lachiwiri kuti Januware kufunikira kwa maulendo apandege padziko lonse lapansi kudakwera 6.4 peresenti poyerekeza ndi chaka chapitacho. Izi zidakweza 1.6 peresenti mu Disembala. Gululi, International Air Transport Association, lati litha kuyang'ana m'tsogolo ndi "chiyembekezo chochenjera."

Mphepo yamkuntho yachisanu inachititsa kuti Continental asiye kugwira ntchito pa bwalo la ndege la Newark Liberty ku New Jersey pa Feb. 10 ndi Feb. 26, kuletsa maulendo apandege ambirimbiri.

Komabe, nthawiyi inali yamwayi ku Continental, popeza mphepo yamkuntho idawomba mwezi womwe nthawi zambiri umakhala wopanda mphamvu paulendo wandege. Continental inataya $50 miliyoni pamene mphepo yamkuntho inatseka malo ake a Houston kwa masiku oposa awiri mu September 2008.

Continental, ku Houston, inanena mochedwa Lolemba kuti ngakhale mvula yamkuntho, kuchuluka kwa magalimoto kuphatikizira ntchito zachigawo kudakwera mu February, ndipo ndalama pampando uliwonse zidakwera pafupifupi 8 peresenti poyerekeza ndi February 2009.

Mu Januwale, muyeso womwewo unatsika ndi 1.3 peresenti. Ziwerengero za February ndi umboni wowonjezereka kuti maulendo apandege akuyambiranso kugwa kwachuma, zomwe zidapangitsa kutsika kwakukulu kwaulendo wamabizinesi opindulitsa.

Zambiri mwazopindula za February zinali pazochitika zachigawo pansi pa mayina a Continental Express ndi Continental Connection. Ndalama zomwe zimaperekedwa pampando uliwonse zidakwera pafupifupi 6 peresenti pamaulendo apaulendo apamtunda apamtunda. Mipando ya makilomita imayesa mtunda wa makilomita omwe ndege imawulukira, kuchulukitsa ndi chiwerengero cha mipando, kotero amanyamuka ndi maulendo ataliatali pa jeti zazikulu.

Continental, yomwe ndi yachinayi pamakampani akuluakulu padziko lonse lapansi, idati magalimoto adakwera ndi 3.3 peresenti mwezi watha poyerekeza ndi chaka chapitacho. Apaulendo omwe amalipira adakwera ma 6.07 biliyoni mailosi, kuchokera pa 5.88 biliyoni mu February 2009.

Chiwerengero chonse chatsika ndi 3.8 peresenti kufika pa 7.81 biliyoni yomwe ilipo.

Chifukwa cha kuchuluka kwa magalimoto komanso kuchuluka kwa anthu, ndege zinali zodzaza kwambiri. Avereji okhalamo adalumpha mapointi 5.2, kufika pa 77.7 peresenti.

Pomwe mvula yamkuntho ya mwezi wa February idagwetsa ndalama za Continental, zidapangitsa kuti ndalama zandege zikwere pa kilometa imodzi, zomwe zikuwonetsa momwe ndalama zikuyendera mumakampani oyendetsa ndege.

Izi zidachitika chifukwa kuyimitsidwa kwa ndege kudasiya Continental ili ndi mipando yocheperako, komabe ndegeyo idakwanitsa kusungitsanso apaulendo ambiri paulendo wotsalira - kutenga mipando yambiri mundegezo. Zotsatira zake, ndalama pa mile yomwe inalipo zidakwera pafupifupi 1 peresenti poyerekeza ndi kuchuluka komwe kampani ikadayembekezera.

Magawo a Standard & Poor's Continental akwezedwa kukhala "Strong Buy" kuchokera ku "Buy," potengera momwe ndalama zikuyendera. Katswiri Jim Corridore adati Continental idzapindula chaka chino kuchokera pakufunidwa kwakukulu kwapaulendo, kuphatikiza apaulendo amalonda ndi oyamba.

Katswiri wa UBS Kevin Crissey adati kukonza kufunikira kwa maulendo apakampani kukubweretsa ndalama zambiri. Anati ziwerengerozi zidzawoneka bwino kwambiri mu March, pamene zotsatira zidzafaniziridwa ndi miyezi yofooka kwambiri ya kumayambiriro kwa 2009.

Crissey adaneneratu kuti ndege zamtundu wa Delta, American, United, Continental ndi US Airways - zipeza phindu la 15 peresenti kapena kupitilira apo pamtengo wa Marichi pa mile yomwe ilipo.

Continental imagwira ndege pafupifupi 2,500 patsiku ku US komanso padziko lonse lapansi. Ili ndi malo akuluakulu ku Houston, Newark ndi Cleveland.