Ukuhlanganiswa kwamanye amazwe
Kanye nje xa ucinga ukuba ukudibanisa kwe-airline yase-US yayiphelile - emva kokuba i-US Airways kunye ne-American Airlines zigqibe ukuhlanganiswa kwazo ngo-2015-isivumelwano esitsha saziswa ngokusemthethweni. I-Alaska Airlines kunye ne-New York-based JetBlue Airways babonise umdla wokuthenga iSan Francisco-based Virgin America. Kodwa iAlaska Airlines iphumelele ngesiphakamiso sokuhlawula i-$ 2.6 billion kwiVirgin America .
Kwisaziso sayo malunga ne-deal, i-Alaska Airlines ithi ukufumana kwayo iVirgin America kuya kunika ubungqina beNxweme eNtshona-ntshona, isiseko esikhulu samakhasimende, kunye nesicwangciso sokwandisa.
Ukudibanisa ukutshata kwinqaba yase-Alaska Air kunye ne-Seattle hub nokulawula kwi-Pacific Northwest kunye ne-Alaska ne-Virgin America isiseko esomeleleyo eCalifornia. Le ntsebenzo iza kuvumela iAlaska Airlines ukuba ifumane isabelo esikhulu sabangaphezu kwe-175,000 abahamba ngeentsuku zonke ezijikelezayo nakwii-airports zase-California, kuquka iSan Francisco International kunye neLos Angeles.
Abathengi kwiVirgin America baya kubona iindiza ezandisiweyo kwiimakethe zeteknoloji ezikhulayo kunye ezibalulekileyo eSilicon Valley naseSeattle. Enye ibhonasi yenkampani yinkampani inokuthi ifake kwi-Alaska Airlines ngokuqhagamshelana namaqabane angamazwe ngamazwe aphuma ngaphandle kwe-Seattle-Tacoma International, ii-San Francisco naseLos Angeles. Abahambahamba nabo bangawasebenzisa ngokunxulumene neenqwelo ezininzi kwiimarike zoshishino zase-East Coast kwiipropati ezilawulwa ngotywala njenge-Airport yeRonald Reagan Washington, i- John F. Kennedy Airport kunye neLaGuardia Airport .
Intombi yaseMelika yasekuqaleni yaqala njengengqondo ye-Virgin Atlantic uMsunguli uSir Richard Branson ngo-2004. Wayefuna ukuzisa i-Virgin brand eUnited States, kwaye wacetywa ukudala i-Virgin USA. ininzi yobunini.
Umthetho wase-US uvimbela abatyali-mali bamanye amazwe ukuba babe ne-25 engama-25 ekhulwini lomphathiswa wase-US. Kwakhona kunenkathazo yokufumana abatyalo-mali be-US.
Ukuze ufumane i-airline phezulu kwaye isebenza, abaphathi baseVirgin America bahlengahlengisa umphathiswa apho izabelo zokuvota ziqhutywe yi-trust egunyazwe yiSebe lezokuThutho lase-US. Baye bavumelana ukuba amalungu amabhodi amabini kuphela ayeza kuvela kwiQela leVirgin elilawulwa yiBranson.
I-Virgin America yamemezela i- Airbus A320 i-airbody encane ye- fleet yayo kwaye yaqalisa ukuhamba-moya ngo-Agasti ka-2007.
Inqwelo yeenqwelo-moya yayinokuqala xa kufike kumava omgibeli, kuba ngumthutha wokuqala wase-US ukunikezela nge-Wi-Fi kuyo yonke indiza. Ezinye iinkonzo ezisemgangathweni ziquka i-plugs standard kunye ne-USB kuzo zonke izihlalo, i-chat-to-seat chat kunye nokutya / isiphuzo, ukutya kunye nokutya, kunye nokutya, kunye nokutya, kunye ne-Redo, isimiso sayo sokuzonwabisa esikhatywayo esinamafilimu, i-TV, iividiyo, imidlalo kunye nelayibrari yomculo. Abagibeli banokufikelela kwiikhabhi ezintathu: eziphambili, eziKhethekileyo kunye neeKlasi zokuQala. I-Main Class Khetha abahambi bafumana iisentimitha ezili-6 zegumbi, ukuhamba ngebhodi kunye nokukhulula ukutya nokusela.
Zazi zombini iinqwelo-moya ziye zanconywa ngenkonzo yabo yokugibela. Intombi yaseMelika evotelwe "I-Airline yaseMelika ehamba phambili" kwiiNkcazo eziPhambili zeHlabathi zoLondolozo zeeNkcazo kunye neConde Nast Travelers's Award's Choice Awards kwiiminyaka ezisibhozo ezilandelelanayo. Kwaye iAlaska Airlines iye yafakwa kwi-"Highest in Customer Satisfaction Among Carriers Carriers" ngo-JD Power iminyaka eyi-8 eqhuba, kwaye ibekwe kwinqanaba elilodwa lokusebenza kwangexesha eliyiminyaka emithandathu ngokulandelana nge-FlightStats.
I-airline edibeneyo iya kuba neenqwelo-moya zemihla ngemihla eziyi-1,200 e-Seattle, eSan Francisco, eLos Angeles, e-Anchorage, e-Alaska nase-Portland, e-Oregon. Le nqanawa iya kubalwa malunga neenqwelo-moya ezingama-280, zibandakanya iinqwelo-moya zengingqi.
I-airline edibeneyo iya kuhlala isekelwe kwi-Alaska Airlines yase-Seattle. khokelwa ngu-CEO uBradley Tilden kunye neqela lakhe lobukhokeli.
I-Virgin America CEO uDavid Cush uya kubambisana iqela lokutshintsha eliza kuphuhlisa isicwangciso sokudibanisa. Ukuhlanganiswa, kuvunywe ngokubambisana ngamabhodi amabini, kuya kuxhomekeka ekufumaneni imvume yesigunyaziso, kuvunywe yi-Virgin America abanini-mabelo; ukuthengiselana kulindeleke ukuba kugqitywe kungadlulanga umhla kaJan. 1, 2017.