ʻO ka hoʻolālā hou aku o kaʻahahui
I ka manawa i manaʻo aiʻoe ua hoʻopauʻia kaʻaeʻana ma ka'ahamele US - ma hope o ka pauʻana o kā lākou hui i ka US Airways a me American Airlines i ka makahiki 2015 - ua hoʻolahaʻia kekahi hana hou. Loaʻa nā manaʻoʻelua o Seattle ma Alaska Airlines a me JetBlue Airways i New York i ka makemake e kūʻai i ka Virgin Virgin Virginia San Francisco. Akā, ua lanakilaʻo Alaska Airlines me kahi noi e uku i $ 2.6 biliona no Virgin America .
Ma kona hoʻolahaʻana e pili ana i kaʻahahui,'ōleloʻo Alaska Airlines,ʻo ka loaʻaʻana o Virgin America e hāʻawi aku ia i ka hoʻonuiʻia o ke Komohana o West Coast, kahiʻoihana kūʻai nui aku, a me kahiʻoihana i hoʻonuiʻia no ka uluʻana.
Hāpai ka hui i ka puʻupuʻuʻo Seattle Hub o Alaska a lanakila i ka Pacific Pacific a me ka moku'āina o Alaska me ka hoʻokumu ikaika o ka Virgin America ma Kaleponi. Ma kaʻahahui e hāʻawi iā Alaska Airlines e loaʻa i ka nui o ka poʻe o kaʻoihana o 175,000 o kēlā me kēia lā e lele ana a ma waho o nā moku'āina o California,ʻo San Francisco International a me Los Angeles International.
Eʻike nā mea kūʻai ma nā Virgin Virgin i nā huakaʻi i hoʻonuiʻia i nāʻoihana kālepa a me ka waiwai nui i Silicon Valley a me Seattle. ʻO kekahi bonus o ka maʻamau ka hiki ke kāpili iā Alaska Airlines 'pili pinepine i nā hoaʻoihana o ke ao holoʻokoʻa e haʻalele ana iā Seattle-Tacoma International, San Francisco a me Los Angeles. Hiki i nā poʻe huakaʻi ke hoʻohana hou i nā huakaʻi holoʻokoʻa i kahiʻoihanaʻoihana o ka East Coast ma nā moku ākea e like me Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, John F. Kennedy International Airport a me ka LaGuardia Airport .
Ua hoʻomaka muaʻo Virgin Virgin ma keʻano o ke aloha o Virgin Fond Atlantic Sir Richard Branson i ka makahiki 2004. Ua makemakeʻo ia e lawe mai i ka Virgin Virgin i United States, a ua manaʻoʻo ia e hoʻokumu i ka'ahamele Virgin USA akā ua holo ka mea i hoʻonohonohoʻia i ka pilikia ma hope o ka nīnauʻana o nā mea e paʻa ana. ke kuleana nui o ke kele.
Uaʻae ke kānāwai US i nā mea kālā'ē aʻe mai ka loaʻaʻana iʻoi aku o ka 25 pakeneka o ka mea kālai'āina oʻAmelika. ua pilikia hoʻi ka loaʻaʻana o nā mea kālā o ka US.
No ka loaʻaʻana o kaʻoihana o ka mokulele a holo, ua hoʻonohonoho nā luna hoʻomalu ma Virgin America i ka mea lawe pio kahi i mālamaʻia ai nā'āpana koho e kekahi mea i'āponoʻia e ka US Department of Transportation. Uaʻae pū lākou,ʻelua wale nō lālā o ka papa e hele mai mai ka huiʻo Virgin Virgin.
Ua hoʻolaha akuʻo Virgin Virgin i nā moku mokulele Airbus A320 no kona mau'auwaʻa a hoʻomakaʻia e lele iʻAukake 2007. I ka leleʻana o ka lele, ua lilo i mea kaulana loa i ka poʻe malihini me ka loaʻaʻole o kahi ala nui a iʻole nā laina o ka holo.
He mea hou ka airline i ka wā iʻikeʻia ai kaʻike o ka poʻe e mākaʻikaʻi ana, e lilo ana i ke lawehana mua US no ka hāʻawiʻana i ka Wi-Fi i kēlā me kēia holo. ʻO nāʻoihana'ē aʻe e pili ana i nā pūnaewele maʻamau a me nā kāpili USB ma kēlā me kēia noho, noho kūpana noho a me ka hāʻawiʻana i ka meaʻai / mea inu, ka meaʻono a me ka meaʻai a me nā pōʻai, nā pāʻani a me kahi hale waihona puke. Hoʻomaʻaʻia nā mea holo iʻekolu mau moku: Main, Main Select and Class Class. Ka Papa Kūlana E koho i nā huakaʻi iʻeono mau'īniha o ka wāwae, eʻimi mua i ka hele a kohoʻole i ka meaʻai a me nā mea inu.
Ua hoʻohanohanoʻia nā mokuʻelua no kā lākouʻoihana pae moku. Ua kohoʻiaʻo Virgin Virgin "Best Domestic Airline" i nā Travel + Leʻaleʻa o nā makahiki kiʻekiʻe o ka Honua a me ka Conde Nast Trave's Readers no nā makahiki heʻewalu i hala. A ua kohoʻiaʻo Alaska Airlines "Ke kiʻekiʻe loa o nā mea kōkua ma waena o nā mea kālaihana" a JD Power e holo ai no nā makahiki heʻewalu, a ua kohoʻiaʻo ia i hoʻokahi helu no ka hana manawa lōʻihi i nā makahikiʻeono i ka laina e FlightStats.
Hiki i ka huihuʻi hui e loaʻa 1,200 mau huakaʻi o nā lā a pau mai nā hui ma Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Anchorage, Alaska, a me Portland, Oregon. ʻO ka'auwaʻa he 280 mokulele, e komo pū me nā mokulele āpana.
E hoʻomauʻia ka laina hui pūnaewele ma Alaska Airlines 'keena o Seattle. alakaʻiʻia e ke Kuhina Bradley Tilden a me kāna hui alakaʻi.
Mākaukauʻo David Cushʻo ia ke alakaʻi i kahi papa hoʻokele i ka hoʻolālā hoʻohui. ʻO ka hui, i'āponoʻia e nā papaʻelua, e hilinaʻiʻia ma ka loaʻaʻana o kaʻaeʻana i ka hoʻoponopono kānāwai,ʻaeʻia e nā mea kuleana o Virgin America; pono e hoʻopauʻia ke kūkāʻana ma mua o Jan. 1, 2017.