CHICAGO, IL - UAL Corporation, kampuni inayoshikilia ambayo kampuni yake kuu ni Shirika la Ndege la United, leo imetangaza kuuza na kukodisha shughuli ambayo imeongeza takriban Dola za Kimarekani milioni 150 za pesa kwa ukwasi wa kampuni hiyo bila vikwazo.
Kampuni hiyo iliuza ndege 15 za Boeing 757 kwa East Shore Aircraft, LLC, kampuni tanzu inayomilikiwa kabisa ya Wayzata Fursa Fund II, LP, kwa takriban Dola za Marekani milioni 150. United Airlines itakodisha ndege hizi kutoka East Shore Aircraft, LLC na itaendelea kuendesha na kudumisha ndege hiyo.
Kwa kukamilika kwa shughuli hii, United imekusanya zaidi ya Dola za Marekani milioni 250 ya Dola za Kimarekani milioni 300 za ukwasi wa ziada kampuni hiyo imesema inatarajia kupata katika robo ya nne ya 2008, juu ya karibu dola bilioni 1.4 za kampuni hiyo robo ya tatu ya mwaka huu.
"Tunafurahi kufanikiwa kufanikisha shughuli nyingine ya ufadhili licha ya soko kubwa la mikopo. Katika mazingira haya magumu ya kiuchumi, tunachukua hatua sahihi, na fedha hizi na pesa kubwa United imekusanya katika robo za awali mwaka huu, kuhakikisha tunapata ukwasi unaofaa, ”Kathryn Mikells, CFO wa United. "Wakati huo huo, tunatiwa moyo na kushuka kwa bei kubwa ya mafuta - gharama yetu kubwa - ambayo itaweka nafasi nzuri kwa United wakati tunafanya kazi kurudi faida mwaka ujao."
NINI CHA KUONDOA KATIKA MAKALA HII:
- With the completion of this transaction, United has raised more than US$250 million of the US$300 million of additional liquidity the company has said it expects to raise in the fourth quarter of 2008, on top of nearly US$1.
- In this challenging economic environment, we are taking the right steps, with this financing and the significant cash United has raised in prior quarters this year, to ensure we have appropriate liquidity,”.
- UAL Corporation, the holding company whose primary subsidiary is United Airlines, today announced a sale and leaseback transaction that added approximately US$150 million of cash to the company’s unrestricted liquidity.
