Kuwonjezera Kugwirizana kwa Ndege
Pomwe munaganiza kuti ku United States kulimbikitsana kudatha - pambuyo pa US Airways ndi American Airlines adatsiriza mgwirizano wawo mu 2015 - ntchito yatsopano idalengezedwa. Maofesi onse a Alaska Airlines ndi a JetBlue Airways a New York, omwe anali ku Seattle, adayamikira kugula San Francisco-based Virgin America. Koma Alaska Airlines anapambana ndi cholinga cholipira $ 2.6 biliyoni kwa Virgin America .
Pomwe analengeza za malondawo, Alaska Airlines adanena kuti kugula kwake kwa Virgin America kudzakupatsani kukhalapo kwa West Coast, komwe kuli makasitomala akuluakulu, komanso chitukuko chowonjezeka.
Kuphatikizana kumakwatirana ndi malo otetezeka a Alaska Air ndi Seattle ku Pacific Northwest ndi dziko la Alaska ndi maziko a Virgin America ku California. Ntchitoyi idzawathandiza Alaska Airlines kuti agwire nawo mbali yaikulu ya anthu okwana 175,000 tsiku ndi tsiku akuuluka ndi kupita kunja kwa ndege za California, kuphatikizapo San Francisco International ndi Los Angeles International.
Amakhasimende a Virgin America adzawona ndege zowonjezereka kupita ku makampani akukula ndi ofunika ku teknoloji ku Silicon Valley ndi Seattle. Bhonasi ina yothandizirayo ndi yomwe imatha kugwira ntchito ku Alaska Airlines yomwe imagwirizana kwambiri ndi mabungwe apamtunda omwe amachokera ku Seattle-Tacoma International, ndege za San Francisco ndi Los Angeles. Oyendayenda angagwiritsenso ntchito maulendo ambiri kupita ku mayiko ofunika kwambiri ku East Coast m'mabwalo a ndege monga Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, John F. Kennedy International Airport ndi LaGuardia Airport .
Virgin America poyamba inayamba monga ubongo wa Virgin Atlantic woyambitsa Sir Richard Branson mu 2004. Iye ankafuna kuti abweretse chizindikiro cha Virgin ku United States, ndipo adafuna kupanga ndege ya Virgin USA Koma wogwira ntchitoyo anakumana ndi vuto pambuyo pofunsa mafunso mtengo waukulu wa eni.
Lamulo la US limaletsa amalonda akunja kuti asakhale nawo oposa 25 peresenti ya chotengera cha US. Zinalinso ndi zovuta kupeza mabungwe a US.
Pofuna kuti ndegeyo ipitirire, abwanamkubwa ku Virgin America adasintha kampaniyo pomwe magawo omwe amavota adayendetsedwa ndi chikhulupiliro chovomerezedwa ndi US Department of Transportation. Iwo adagwirizananso kuti awiri okhawo a m'bungwe angabwere kuchokera ku Virgin Group yolamulidwa ndi Branson.
Virgin America adalengeza kuti ndege za Airbus A320 zing'onozing'ono zonyamula ndege zinkakwera ndege m'mwezi wa August 2007. Zitangoyamba kuwuluka, anthu ambiri ankayendayenda ngakhale kuti analibe misewu yaikulu kapena maulendo a ndege.
Ndegeyi inali yatsopano pamene idafika pa chidziwitso cha othawa, pokhala chonyamulira choyamba ku US kupereka Wi-Fi paulendo uliwonse. Mapulogalamu ena oyenda pamtunda amaphatikizapo maulamuliro ndi ma USB omwe ali pa mpando uliwonse, kukambirana ndi mpando ndi zakudya / zakumwa zakumwa, zakudya zamakono, zakudya zamakono ndi zakudya zopangira zakudya, zakudya zopatsa thanzi komanso zofiira, mafilimu, ma TV, mavidiyo, masewera ndi makanema a nyimbo. Othawa amatha kupeza zipinda zitatu: Main, Main Select ndi First Class. Maphunziro Otsogolera Sankhani anthu oyendayenda kuti azipeza mamita asanu ndi limodzi a mzere wamanja, oyambirira kukwera ndi omasuka kusankha zakudya ndi zakumwa.
Ndege zonsezi zatamandidwa chifukwa cha utumiki wawo. Virgin America wasankhidwa "Ndege Yapamwamba Kwambiri Kwambiri" mu Mphoto Zabwino Zapadziko Lonse za Travel + Leisure's komanso Awards a Owerenga Owerenga a Conde Nast Travelers kwa zaka zisanu ndi zitatu zotsatizana. Ndipo Alaska Airlines yakhala yodziwika kuti ndi "Yopambana Pokhutira Kwa Otsatsa Pakati pa Otsatira Zachikhalidwe" ndi JD Power kwa zaka zisanu ndi zitatu akuthamanga, ndipo wakhala akuyikirapo nambala imodzi ya nthawi yomwe ikugwira ntchito zaka zisanu ndi chimodzi motsatira ndi FlightStats.
Mphepete mwa ndegeyi idzakhala ndi maulendo 1,200 tsiku ndi tsiku kuchokera ku Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Anchorage, Alaska, ndi Portland, Oregon. Zombozi zidzakhala ndi ndege pafupifupi 280, kuphatikizapo ndege zam'deralo.
Msonkhano wa ndegewu udzakhazikika ku likulu la Seattle ku Alaska Airlines. Yotsogozedwa ndi CEO Bradley Tilden ndi gulu lake la utsogoleri.
CEO wa Virgin America David Cush adzatsogolera gulu lotha kusintha lomwe lidzakhazikitsa dongosolo lophatikizana. Kuphatikizana, kuvomerezedwa palimodzi ndi mabungwe onse awiri, kudalira kulandira chilolezo chovomerezeka, kuvomerezedwa ndi azimayi a Virgin America; malondawo akuyenera kumalizidwa pasanathe kuposa Jan. 1, 2017.