Ukudayiswa kohambo lwebhizinisi namathikithi ezihlalo eziphambili kwehlile. Isidingo sesisonke sibuthakathaka. Futhi amanani kaphethiloli ayenyuka - futhi. I-punch eyodwa-two-three ingaba izindaba ezimbi kubathengi kulokhu kuwa, njengoba izinkampani zezindiza zibhekene nengcindezi yokunyusa imali yokugibela noma ukunciphisa umthamo owengeziwe ukuze zikhokhe izindleko zazo.
Abaphathi ezinkampanini zezindiza eziningana, okuhlanganisa iDelta, iSouthwest, US Airways, Continental kanye neMelika, banikeze umbono ongemuhle ngoLwesine ngesikhathi kunengqungquthela yabatshalizimali eNew York, futhi kwaba nenkulumo encane evela kunoma ngubani ongase abe nesikhathi esifushane. I-AirTran inikeze indawo ekhanyayo phakathi nezinkinga zemboni, njengoba isikhulu sayo sezezimali sithe inkampani ephethe izaphulelo ilindele ukuba "nonyaka omuhle kakhulu emlandweni wenkampani."
Ukwenyuka kokuntuleka kwemisebenzi kanye nokushaya abantu baseMelika kuye kwaba nenani lemizi yabo, kuhambisana nokuwohloka kwezimakethe zezimali, kubangele ukwehla okukhulu kokuhamba ngendiza. Izinkampani zezindiza nazo zilahlekelwe yibhizinisi ngenxa yomkhuhlane wezingulube, obangele ukuthi abanye abantu bakhansele izinhlelo zokuya eMexico.
Amaphrojekthi we-Delta Air Lines Inc. ase-Atlanta azothatha imali eyizigidi ezingu-125 kuya kwezingu-150 zamaRandi engxenyeni yesibili ngenxa yomthelela wokuhamba ngendiza kusuka kugciwane le-swine flu. Ikota iphela ngoJuni 30. Ukwethuka komkhuhlane wezingulube nakho kulimaze ukudayiswa kwe-Delta kumakhasimende ase-Asia, okungenzeka akhathazeke ngokuhamba ngenxa yokuqubuka kwe-SARS ngo-2003.
Ukwehla okuphelele kwesidingo kuhambisane nokwenyuka kwamanani kaphethiloli kwakamuva, okusho ukuthi ukuthengiswa okuphansi - esinye isikhulu sithe imali etholwa ngabagibeli bemboni yehle cishe ngamaphesenti angama-20 ezinyangeni ezine zokuqala zonyaka - ihlangabezana nezindleko eziphakeme.
Uma amanani kaphethiloli eqhubeka nokukhuphuka ekwindla, izinkampani zezindiza zizoba ngaphansi kwengcindezi yokwenyusa amanani noma zinciphise umthamo owengeziwe ukuze zihlangabezane nezindleko zazo, kusho uMengameli wakwaDelta u-Ed Bastian. I-Delta yenze isinqumo sokuthi "ingabeki izihlalo emakethe uma singakwazi ukubuyisa izindleko zaleso sihlalo," esho.
Ochwepheshe bathi abalindele ukuthi ukuthengiswa kwemali yokugibela kuphele maduze, ngenxa yesidingo esibuthakathaka sokuhamba ngendiza.
Izihlalo ezimbalwa emoyeni zihumusha zibe izinketho ezimbalwa zabahambi, ngendlela yemizila engasanikezwa inkampani yezindiza noma inkampani yezindiza endizisa izindiza ezincane endaweni okuyiwa kuyo noma ukunciphisa inani lezindiza eziya endaweni. Imizila enqamula i-Atlantic kulindeleke ukuthi ibe nomthelela omkhulu.
I-Delta ithe ngoLwesine izophuca izihlalo ezengeziwe emoyeni futhi yaxwayisa ngokuthi izinzuzo ezingaphezu kwezigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-6 zamaRandi ezilindele amanani aphansi kaphethiloli, ukuhlanganiswa kwayo neNorthwest Airlines kanye nokwehliswa kwamandla kwangaphambili kuzozuzwa ukwehla kwemali engenayo. I-American Airlines, iyunithi ye-Fort Worth, i-AMR Corp. eseTexas, nayo imemezele ukuncishiswa kwamandla amasha.
"Ngicabanga ukuthi kuwumsangano ukucabanga nokubheja ngezinto ezithuthukayo noma nini maduze," kusho isikhulu esiphezulu seSouthwest Airlines Co. uGary Kelly eBank of America-Merrill Lynch Global Transportation Conference.
I-Delta ithe izokwehlisa amandla esistimu ngamaphesenti ali-10 kulo nyaka uma kuqhathaniswa no-2008.
I-Delta nayo izokwehlisa umthamo wamazwe ngamazwe ngamaphesenti angu-15, kusukela ohlelweni lwangaphambili lokuyinciphisa ngamaphesenti ayishumi.
IDelta ithe ukuncishiswa kwamandla kuzoqala ngoSepthemba.
Ukwehliswa okwengeziwe kwabasebenzi kusho ukuthi amazinga abasebenzi azobuyekezwa, kusho uDelta.
I-Delta ithe amazinga abasebenzi azobe ehle ngaphezu kwe-8,000 imisebenzi ekupheleni kuka-2009 uma kuqhathaniswa nentwasahlobo ka-2008. Umkhulumeli wesifazane uthe lesi sibalo sibonisa ukwehliswa kwemisebenzi osekuvele kubalwe ngezinhlelo zokuzithandela, kanye nengxube yemisebenzi evulekile engagcwalisiwe kanye nokwehliswa kwemisebenzi yokuphatha. ehlotshaniswa nokuhlanganiswa kweDelta neNyakatho-ntshonalanga.
U-American uthe ukubhuka kusengaphambili kuze kube sekupheleni kwehlobo kwehlile kusukela ngonyaka odlule, futhi kuzonciphisa izindiza eziningi. Isikhulu esiphezulu uGerard Arpey uthe iMelika izonciphisa umthamo wayo wonyaka wonke ka-2009 cishe ngamaphesenti angama-7.5. Lokho kusuke kumgomo wangaphambilini wokunciphisa amaphesenti angu-6.5, futhi kuzodinga ukuncishiswa kwamaphesenti angu-2 ezindizeni engxenyeni yesibili yonyaka.
Ukwehliswa kuzoqala ekupheleni kuka-Agasti.
U-Arpey uthe ukubhukha kusengaphambili ngo-Agasti kwehle ngamaphesenti ama-2 kusukela ngonyaka odlule.
“Kuyangethusa kakhulu lokho kimi,” esho.
UKelly waseNingizimu-ntshonalanga uthe yisikhathi esinzima kakhulu embonini yezindiza, futhi umholo uzocindezelwa kakhulu kuze kube yilapho umnotho ushintsha.
Uhambo lwebhizinisi luhlala luntekenteke, okunciphisa inani lamathikithi ahamba ngomzuzu wokugcina, amathikithi okugibela agcwele kanye nethrafikhi emizileni emifushane, kusho uKelly.
I-Dallas-based Southwest iphendula ngokunciphisa izindiza ezingenanzuzo, ukwengeza izinkokhelo zezingane ezingaphelezelwa nezilwane ezifuywayo, nokunikeza izikhuthazo kubasebenzi ukuthi bashiye inkampani yezindiza.
INingizimu-ntshonalanga ilahlekelwe yimali kumakota amathathu edlule.
I-Continental Airlines Inc. ezinze e-Houston icindezela amakhasimende ayo ezinkampani ukuthi anyuse uhambo lwawo, kusho i-Chief Executive u-Larry Kellner.
"Sisebenzela uhlangothi lwethu lwebhizinisi (isihambi) kanzima ngoba kusobala ukuthi yilapho singabona khona ukululama ngokushesha okukhulu uma singabuyisa isiminyaminya sezindiza ezindizeni," esho.
I-Tempe, i-US Airways Group Inc. esekelwe e-Ariz. ithe ukwehla kwemali engenayo yabagibeli ngesikhathi sokwehla komnotho kubi kakhulu kunokwehla okwenzeka ngemuva kukaSepthemba 11. Umongameli wayo, uScott Kirby, uthe umbono walo nyaka awuqinisekile kakhulu. Uthe i-US Airways ibuyise inhlawulo kaphethiloli yasekhaya ngoLwesithathu ebusuku, yase inyusa isamba sayo sikaphethiloli ezindizeni eziwela i-Atlantic.
Bekungezona zonke izindaba ezimbi ezinkampanini zezindiza ngoLwesine.
I-AirTran CFO u-Arne Haak uthe i-AirTran ilindele ukwenza inzuzo unyaka wonke. Akazange anikeze ukuqagela okuthile. Uphinde wagcizelela izinhlelo zenkampani zokunciphisa umthamo walo nyaka ngamaphesenti ama-4, okuyisilinganiso esincane kunezinye izinkampani zezindiza. I-AirTran Airways, iyunithi ye-Orlando, Fla.-based AirTran Holdings Inc., izuze esakhiweni sayo sezindleko eziphansi kakhulu. U-Haak uthe izindleko ze-AirTran zicishe zibe uhhafu walokho okukhona kwe-Delta ngokwesisekelo sobude besiteji.
Ukuqhathaniswa phakathi kwabathwali kuthinteka kakhulu ngebanga elindizayo. Ukulungiswa kobude besiteji kuklanyelwe ukuqhathanisa imiphumela njengokungathi abathwali ababili bandiza izindiza ezifanayo.
