ATLANTA (AP) - Ina ua faʻalauiloa e le Eos Airlines Inc. ana vaʻalele muamua i le 2005, na sau le kamupani faʻataʻitaʻi ua faʻaigoaina mo se atua fafine Eleni ma tagata faimalaga faʻapisinisi femalagaaʻi e saili nisi avanoa e leʻo manatu i le mamafa o totogi mo le tautua i le isi itu o Atalani.
Na toe fetuʻunaʻi e le kamupani vaalele Boeing 757s mo le 220 pasese ma 48 nofoa e mafai ona oʻo atu i totonu o se moega atoa. O vaalele na tautuaina uaina, champagne, cocktails ma gourmet meaai. Sa i ai tagata taʻitoʻatasi DVD, ma o tiʻetiʻega helikopa i le malae vaʻalele na ofoina atu i nisi tagata faimalaga.
O le tau mo vaalele a Niu Ioka i Lonetona, lea na ofoina faalua i le aso, e amata mai i le $ 3,500 i le $ 9,000 i le toe foi atu.
O le taugata lele na oʻo i le iʻuga o le Aso Sa a o le Purchase, NY-based Eos na muta galuega ina ua maeʻa ona faila mo le bankruptcy protection, o le lata mai o se credit crunch ma se kamupani vaʻalele-leiloa kamupani na matua afaina i le maualuga o tau o suauʻu.
Sa i ai nai luʻitau o taʻavale laʻititi e faila mo le Mataupu 11 pe o ese mai pisinisi i ni nai masina ua tuanaʻi. O se tasi o tauvaga autu a Eos i le pisinisi-vasega-uma, MAXjet Airways, na taofi le lele ia Tesema. I le taimi lea, na fesiligia ai e le au suʻesuʻe le aoga o kamupani pisinisi-vasega vaalele uma.
O tamaʻi feʻaveaʻiga o loʻo feagai ma tauvaga faigata mai vaʻalele tetele-loloto na tuʻuina atu auaunaga faʻavaomalo-vasega i auala tutusa. E ui lava o pisinisi pisinisi vasega mafai ona sili ona aoga, o se maketi manifinifi foi, fai mai le au faʻapitoa vaʻalele, maitauina soʻo se leiloa o le maketi faʻasoa mafai ona faʻaleagaina i se vaʻalele e na o ofoina pisinisi vasega.
Ole lapoʻa atu o feʻaveaʻiga, i le taimi lea, o loʻo vaʻavaʻai atu i tuʻufaʻatasiga e puipui ai latou lumanaʻi. Na faalauiloa e le Delta Air Lines Inc. i le amataga o le masina nei lona faamoemoe e maua Northwest Airlines Corp. i se pisinisi-swap deal. Uma feaveaʻiga i ai se malaga i bankruptcy lalo o latou fusipau.
"E le o se mea e ofo ai," fai mai le au suʻesuʻe o kamupani vaalele a Calyon Securities, Ray Neidl e uiga i le paʻu o Eos. “Na matou vaʻaia na tupu i isi kamupani vaʻalele laiti. Lona uiga masani, e tele naua kamupani vaʻalele. Ua matou i totonu o se vaitaimi o tuʻufaʻatasia. O aliʻi ua vaivai, ma le suauʻu $ 120-a-paila, ua iʻu ina lolo atu. ”
O le faʻafitauli tele lava a Eos o le tinoitupe e faʻaauau ai.
O le kamupani vaʻalele tumaoti, faʻavaeina e le pule muamua o British Airways David Spurlock, na mauaina le $ 85 miliona i le amataga o le faʻatupeina ia Iuni 2004 mai le tele o tagata faʻatupeina, e aofia ai ma kamupani tumaʻoti Golden Gate Capital. Na mulimuli ane mauaina le faʻatupeina faʻaopopo.
O le Aso Tofi na faamoemoe e tapunia le kamupani vaalele i le $ 50 miliona i le faaopoopoga o tupe mai se tagata e leʻi faailoaina, ae o le feagaiga na paʻu i lalo, e tusa ai ma le faamatalaga Aso Sa mai le Eos. Na mafua ai le failaina o le gaumativa o le Aso Toonai.
"E faʻanoanoa lava, tusa lava pe o loʻo faʻaosofia pea le naunautaʻi o le au faipisinisi ile tatou pisinisi, ma e ui lava sa iai le matou pepa, ae na le mafai ai ona tapunia le tupe na matou manaʻomia." "Lea e tuua ai tatou ma le lava tupe i lima e faʻaauau ai galuega."
O Eos na faʻagaioia ana faigamalaga mulimuli Aso Sa mai Lonetona Stansted Malae vaʻalele i le Niu Ioka John F.Kennedy Faʻava o Malo Malae vaʻalele, mulimuli ane na fuafua e taofi galuega. O loʻo fuafua le kamupani vaʻalele e vave aveʻese galuega a le toʻatele o ana tagata faigaluega 450.
O le gaumativa faila i New York lisiina $ 70.2 miliona i aseta ma $ 34.9 miliona i aitalafu. O le Servisair LLC, lea o loʻo faʻaavanoaina auaunaga i lalo o malae vaʻalele, na lisiina o ia e ana le tagi tele a le Eos - $ 744,000. Ole Atlanta-Delta Delta o loʻo ia te ia le finauga lona fa a le tele a le $ 363,692.
Golden Gate Capital ua lisiina o le kamupani sili ona tele a latou kamupani, o loʻo umia le 47 pasene siteki. O Rizon United Corp. o loʻo ia te ia le 24 pasene o le siteki, o loʻo faʻaalia i faamaumauga a le faamasinoga.
Na taua e le kamupani i se tusi tusitusia i pasese e tatau ona latou saili isi fuafuaga mo femalagaaiga ma e tatau ona faafesootai a latou kamupani credit card poo ofisa malaga mo ni faamatalaga e uiga i le auala e maua ai se tupe toe totogi mo pasese e le o faaaogaina. Fai mai o lana polokalame masani-flier o le a le toe togiina manatu, ma faʻaopopoina o soʻo se tau e fesoʻotaʻi ma le avea ma sui o le a fuafuaina e le faʻamasinoga bankruptcy.
O le Aso Sa na ave ai e le kamupani vaalele Peretania uma, le kamupani pisinisi o Silverjet, le Eos, o le a ofaina se tau faapitoa i tagata faatau o Eos, e faataga ai latou ona oo atu i le numera faatapulaa o nofoa i luga o le Silverjet's New York i le auala i Lonetona, mo le tau lava e tasi ma le latou pepa Eos. Silverjet faʻagaioia tautua faʻalua-aso mai Newark Liberty Malae Vaʻalele i New Jersey i Lonetona Luton Malae Vaʻalele ma aso uma auaunaga mai Lonetona i Dubai.
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OA MEA E AVEA MAI LENEI TUSI:
- British all-business-class carrier Silverjet said Sunday that it would offer a special rate to Eos customers that allows them access to a limited number of seats on Silverjet’s New York area to London route for the same price as their Eos ticket.
- The carrier was expected to close this Thursday on $50 million in additional financing from an undisclosed investor, but the deal fell through, according to a statement Sunday from Eos.
- The company said in a note to passengers that they should seek other arrangements for travel and should contact their credit card companies or travel agents for information about how to obtain a refund for unused tickets.
