Na manumalo le Republic Airways Holdings Inc. i se fa'atautu'i a le faamasinoga gaumativa e fa'atau ai le Frontier Airlines Holdings Inc., ma tauofo ai le $108.8 miliona e manumalo ai i le Southwest Airlines Co.
Na malilie foi le Republic e lafoai tufatufaga i luga o lana $ 150 miliona aʻo leʻi faia talosaga le faʻamaonia, o le tala lea a Frontier i le aso i se isi faʻamatalaga. US Bankruptcy Judge Robert Drain i Niu Ioka ma e leʻi toe iloiloina e le au pulega le faʻatau. Southwest ofo le $170 miliona Aukuso 10, a o lei amata aloaia le faatautu’i.
"Ou te tulimatai atu e faʻafeiloaʻi Frontier i lo matou aiga Republic," o le tala lea a Bryan Bedford, le pule sili o le Republic, i le aso nei i le faʻamatalaga a le kamupani vaalele.
Indianapolis-based Republic o le 11th-tele tele US vaʻa i le tausaga talu ai e faʻavae i luga o pasese feʻaveaʻi, aʻo Denver-based Frontier o 13th ma Dallas-based Southwest sa lima, e tusa ai ma faʻamaumauga tuʻufaʻatasia e Bloomberg.
O le Republic e fa'atautaia femalaga'iga mo va'alele tetele e aofia ai le Delta Air Lines Inc. ma le UAL Corp. United Airlines ma fai mai o le a fa'agaioia Frontier o se lala. O le Republic e ana le va'alele fa'aitulagi Chautauqua Airlines, Shuttle America ma Midwest Airlines, lea na maua ia Iulai 31.
Southwest, le kamupani tele fa'aitiitiga tele a le lalolagi, na faia se $113.6 miliona muamua ofo ia Iulai 30. Ona siitia ai lea o lana ofo e tusa ma le 50 pasene Aukuso 10 e taofia ai le Republic i se tau tauofo.
Frontier na faila mo le gaumativa ia Aperila 2008 ma malilie ia Iuni 22 e maua e le Malo mo le $ 108.8 miliona, aʻo leʻi faia le ofo maualuga a Southwest.
Ole mataupu ile Frontier Airline Holdings Inc., 08-11298, US Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of New York (Manhattan).
