Kuwedzera kwekubatanidzwa kwemhepo
Pamwe paifunga kuti US airline consolidation yakanga yapfuura - mushure mokunge US Airways neAmerica Airlines vapedzisa kubatana kwavo muna 2015 - chibvumirano chitsva chakaziviswa zviri pamutemo. Vose Seattle-based Alaska Airlines uye New York-based JetBlue Airways vakaratidza kufarira kutenga San Francisco-based Virgin America. Asi Alaska Airlines yakakunda nechinangwa chokubhadhara $ 2.6 mabhiriyoni kuM Virgin America .
Muchiziviso chazvo pamusoro pebasa racho, Alaska Airlines yakataura kuti kuwana kwayo Virgin America kuchaipa kuve kwakapararira kweWest Coast kuvapo, iyo yakawanda yevatengi, uye inowedzera chikwata chekukura.
Kubatana kunoroora nhare yeAlaska Air ye Seattle hub uye kutonga muPacific Northwest uye nyika yeAlaska neStart America yakasimba yakasimba muCalifornia. Izvo zvichange zvichibvumira Alaska Airlines kuti iwane mugove mukuru wevanopfuura 175 000 vanofambisa zuva rega rega vachibhururuka mukati uye kunze kwezvikepe zveCalifornia, kusanganisira San Francisco International uye Los Angeles International.
Mitereji paVirgin America ichaona kuwedzerwa kwezvikepe kusvika pakukura uye kukosha kwekombiyuta misika muSilicon Valley uye Seattle. Imwe bhonasi yebasa iri mutakuri anogona kutora ku Alaska Airlines 'kakawanda kuwirirana kune vanobvumirana nemakwikwi ehurumende vanobva kunze kweSeattle-Tacoma International, San Francisco uye Los Angeles. Vafambi vanogonawo kushandisa zvakanakisa kune dzimwe ndege kuenda kumakwikwi eEast Coast emabhizimisi mune zvikwata zvinotungamirirwa nejecha seRonald Reagan Washington National Airport, John F. Kennedy International Airport uye LaGuardia Airport .
Virgin America pakutanga yakatanga sa brainchild ye Virgin Atlantic Mugadziri Sir Richard Branson muna 2004. Aida kuunza marariya Virgin kuUnited States, uye akaronga kuumba ndege yeIndaneti Virgin USA Asi iyo yakagadzirirwa inotakura yakaenda mumatambudziko mushure mekunge kune mibvunzo pamusoro paani ruzhinji rwehutanda danda.
Mutemo weUnited States unorambidza vatengi vekune dzimwe nyika kuti vasave nepamusoro pe 25 muzana ye US-based carrier. Izvo zvaivawo nekutambudza kutsvaga varimi veUSU.
Kuti vawane ndege yepamusoro uye ichimhanya, vatariri paVirgin America vakagadzirisa zvakare vatakuri apo mavoti ekuvhota akaitwa nechitendwa chinogamuchirwa neU.S. Department of Transportation. Vakabvumiranawo kuti vaviri veboka rimwe chete vaiuya kubva kuBritain-controlled Virgin Group.
Virgin America yakazivisa mirairo yeAirbus A320 shoma jets yezvikepe zvayo uye yakatanga kubhururuka munaAgasti 2007. Imwe nguva yatakatanga kubhururuka, yakava yakakurumbira zvikuru nevashanyi pasinei nokuti vakanga vasina nzira yakakura yekubatanidza kana kufamba kwezuva nezuva.
Nhandare yemhepo yaiva itsva pakasvika kune chiitiko chemufambi, kuve mutakuri wekutanga weUnited States kupa Wi-Fi pane imwe ndege. Zvimwe zvibvumirano zvinosanganisira zviyero uye USB plugs pazvigaro zvese, chigaro-ku-chigaro chat uye zvokudya / kamuwa zvinotengeswa, gourmet uye zvigadzirwa zvekugadzira uye zvinotapira, groovy mood lighting uye Red, zvigaro zvayo zvinokuvaraidza zvine mafirimu, kurarama TV, mavhidhiyo emimhanzi, mitambo uye raibhurari yemimhanzi. Vatasvi vanogona kusvika kumakamuri matatu: Main, Main Select uye First Class. Main Class Sarudza vafambi vawane mamwe masendimita matanhatu emakamuri, kutanga nekukwira uye vakasununguka kusarudza zvokudya nekumwa.
Mapoka maviri aya akaendeswa kubasa ravo. Virgin America yakambodzwa "Dzimba Dzemumusha Dzakanakisisa" mumitambo miviri yakanakisisa yeRwendo + Leisure's Annual World Cup uye Conde Nast Traveler's Readers 'Mipiro Yezvokudavira kwemakore masere anotevera akatevera. Uye Alaska Airlines yakave yakarongedzwa "Inonyanya muKugutsikana Kwevatengi Pakati Pevatakuri Venguva" neJD Power kwemakore masere ari kutarisana, uye yakave yakarongedzwa nhamba imwe yekuti-nguva inoshanda makore matanhatu mushure ne FlightStats.
Mhepo yakabatana inobatanidza ichange iine ndege 1,200 zuva rimwe nerimwe kubva kune hubs muSeattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Anchorage, Alaska, uye Portland, Oregon. Ngarava idzi dzichave dzinenge dzinenge 280 ndege, dzinosanganisira ndege dzemo.
Nhandare yakabatana icharamba iripo ku Alaska Airlines 'Seattle hukuru. inotungamirirwa naGECO Bradley Tilden neboka rake reutungamiri.
Virgin America CEO David Cush achabatanidza boka rekushandura richaita hurongwa hwekubatanidza. Kubatana, kubvumirana pamwe chete nemapuranga ose, kunobva pakuwana chibvumirano chekutonga, kubvumirwa naVirgin America vashandi; mutengesi unotarisirwa kuti upedzwe pasina nguva yakapfuura Jan. 1, 2017.