O le kamupani vaalele i Kalefonia, Virgin America Inc., atonu e fiafia e faʻatau ni vaalele a le Frontier Airlines 'Airbus pe a fai e manuia le Southwest Airlines i lana taumafaiga mo le kamupani vaʻa a Denver, e pei ona lipotia i se lipoti i le Aso Lua.

Na taʻu atu e le Pule Sili o Virgin America o David Cush i le Bloomberg News i se talanoaga e faapea, o lana kamupani vaalele lea e lele i vaalele a Airbus, atonu e fiafia i vaalele e 40 a le Airbus e ona ia Frontier Airlines Holdings Inc.

Na taʻua e taitai o le itu i Saute, afai e manuia le latou tau e $ 170 miliona mo le Frontier, o le a latou lafoaia loa le Frontier's Airbus. Southwest lele lele Boeing.

Na matauina e Bloomberg o le tele o vaʻalele a le Frontier e lima tausaga pe laiti atu foi, ma o masini eletise ma afi a vaalele o le a fetaui lelei ma masini a le Virgin America.

"O vaalele talu ai nei-vaalele vaalele, ma i lalo o le sao tamaoaiga, tatou te fiafia," o le tala lea a Cush ia Bloomberg. “I le aveina o vaʻalele tuai, e te vaʻai atu i le masani a. E tutusa a latou vaʻalele ma afi. Matou te fia fiafia e vaʻavaʻai atu i lena mea. ”

O le lipoti a Bloomberg na taua ai, Burlingame, Calif.-based Virgin America faalauiloa le tautua Aso Lua mai Fort Lauderdale, Florida, ma o loo vaavaai e ono faaopoopo ni auala fou i Atlanta, Dallas ma Austin, Texas, faatasi ai ma isi taulaga.

Virgin America ose US-only airline, ese mai United Kingdom-based Virgin Atlantic Airways, e ui lava latou te faʻaaogaina tutusa igoa faʻailoga.

Southwest ma Frontier tautua tagata faʻatau i le ogatotonu o New Mexico mai le Albuquerque International Sunport.