Ukuhlanganiswa okwengeziwe kwe-Airline
Ngesikhathi nje ucabanga ukuthi ukuhlanganiswa kwezindiza e-US sekuphelile - ngemuva kokuba i-US Airways ne-American Airlines iqedile ukuhlangana kwabo ngo-2015 - isivumelwano esisha sabekwa ngokomthetho. Bobabili i-Alaska Airlines yase-Seattle neJetBlue Airways yaseNew York babonise isithakazelo ekuthengeni i-Virgin America yaseSan Francisco. Kodwa ama-Alaska Airlines anqobe ngesiphakamiso sokukhokha u-2.6 billion wezigidigidi zeVirgin America .
Ekumemezelweni kwalo mayelana ne-deal, i-Alaska Airlines ithi ukutholakala kwayo kweVirgin America kuzokunikeza ukutholakala kweNtshonalanga ye-Coast, indawo enkulu yamakhasimende, kanye nesiteji esithuthukisiwe sokukhula.
Ukuhlanganisana kushada nenqaba ye-Alaska Air kanye ne-Pacific Northwest kanye ne-Alaska ngeSisekelo sase-Virgin America e-California. I-deal izovumela ama-Alaska Airlines ukuba athole isabelo esikhulu sabangaphezu kuka-175,000 abagibeli nsuku zonke abahamba ngezindiza zezindiza zaseCalifornia, ezihlanganisa iSan Francisco International neLos Angeles International.
Amakhasimende e-Virgin America azobona izindiza ezinwetshiwe ezimakethe ezikhulayo nezokubaluleka kwezobuchwepheshe eSilicon Valley naseSeattle. Enye ibhonasi yalesi sithwala yilabo abathintekayo bangakwazi ukungena ku-Alaska Airlines ukuxhumana njalo nabalingani bezindiza emhlabeni jikelele abaphuma e-Seattle-Tacoma International, eSan Francisco naseLos Angeles. Abagibeli bangaphinde bazuze izindiza ezingaphezulu ezimakethe ezibalulekile zaseBest Coast ezisezindizeni ezilawulwa yi-slot njengoRonald Reagan Washington National Airport, John F. Kennedy International Airport kanye neLaGuardia Airport .
I-Virgin America ekuqaleni yaqala njenge-brainchild ye-Virgin Atlantic uMsunguli uSir Richard Branson ngo-2004. Ufuna ukuletha uphawu lwe-Virgin e-United States, futhi uhlongoze ukudala i-Virgin USA, kodwa u-carrier othintekayo wangena enkingeni ngemuva kokuba kube nemibuzo kulabo ababambelele iningi lomnikazi wobunini.
Umthetho wase-US uvimbela abatshalizimali bangaphandle ukuba babe namaphesenti angaba ngu-25 we-carrier ase-US. Kwakunenkinga yokuthola abashayeli bezimali base-US.
Ukuze uthole ukuhamba kwezindiza, abaphathi baseVirgin America bahlela kabusha umphathi wezokuvota lapho amasheya okuvota abanjwa yi-trust evunyelwe nguMnyango Wezokuthutha we-US. Baphinde bavumelana ukuthi amalungu amabili ebhodi kuphela azovela ku-Virgin Group elawulwa yiBranson.
I-Virgin America yamemezela i- Airbus A320 encane eyayihamba ngezindiza zezindiza zayo futhi yaqala ukuhamba ngezindiza ngo-Agasti 2007. Lapho iqala ukuhamba ngezindiza, yazithandwa kakhulu yizihambi nakuba zingenayo inethiwekhi enkulu yomzila noma ama-frequencies wansuku zonke.
I-airline yayinokuqala lapho ifika kumgibeli we-passenger, ekubeni yi-carrier yokuqala yase-US ukunikeza i-Wi-Fi kuzo zonke izindiza. Ezinye izinsizakalo zebhodi zihlanganisa ama-plugs ajwayelekile kanye ne-USB kuzo zonke izihlalo, ukuxoxisana ngezihlalo zokuhlala kanye nokudla / isiphuzo ukulethwa, ukudla okunokudla kanye nokudla okudlayo nokudla okudlayo, ukukhanya kwemizwa yokugaya nokubomvu, uhlelo lwazo lokuzijabulisa olunezinkinobho ezibonisa ama-movie, i-TV ebukhoma, amavidiyo womculo, imidlalo nomtapo wolwazi womculo. Abagibeli banokufinyelela emakolishi amathathu: Main, Main Select and First Class. I-Main Class Khetha abahambayo bathola amasentimitha ayisithupha emgumbini wegumbi, ukugibela kuqala nokukhululeka kokukhetha ukudla neziphuzo.
Zombili izindiza zezindiza ziye zanconywa ngenkonzo yabo yokugibela. I-Virgin America iye yavotelwa "I-Airline Ehamba phambili Yomhlaba" kuZomklomelo Zikahle Zomhlaba Wonke Zokuvakasha + Zezokuvakasha kanye Nemiklomelo Yezincwadi zabafundi zeConde Nast Travelers kule minyaka eyisishiyagalombili elandelanayo. Futhi i-Alaska Airlines ibhekwe ngokuthi "Okuphezulu kakhulu ekugcululeni kwamakhasimende phakathi kwezintambo zendabuko" yi-JD Power iminyaka eyisishiyagalombili egijima, futhi ibekwe inombolo eyodwa yesikhathi sokusebenza ngesikhathi esiyiminyaka eyisithupha ngokulandelana yi-FlightStats.
I-airline ehlangene izoba nezindiza eziyi-1,200 zansuku zonke eziphuma e-Seattle, eSan Francisco, eLos Angeles, e-Anchorage, e-Alaska nase-Portland, e-Oregon. Lezi zimoto zizoba nezindiza ezingaba ngu-280, zifaka izindiza zesifunda.
I-airline ehlangene izohlala isekelwe e-Alaska Airlines e-Seattle. eholwa ngu-CEO uBradley Tilden neqembu lakhe lobuholi.
I-Virgin America CEO uDavid Cush uzohola iqembu eliguqukayo elizokwenza uhlelo lokuhlanganisa. Ukuhlanganiswa, okuvunyelwe ngokuvumelana ngamabhodi womabili, kuzoxhomekeka ekutholeni imvume yokulawula, ukuvunyelwa ngabanikazi bamasheya eVirgin America; ukuthengiselana kulindeleke ukuthi kugcwaliswe ngaphambi kukaJan. 1, 2017.