Inkampani yezindiza entsha eshibhile izoqala ukusebenzela amadolobha ase-US aphakathi nendawo ecabanga ukuthi abathwali abakhulu bawashiye ngemuva.
I-Clearwater, e-Fla.-based JetAmerica ithe izindiza zabagibeli ezingu-34 ezingami ngesonto zizoqala ngoJulayi 13 e-Toledo, e-Ohio; I-South Bend, Ind.; eMelbourne, Fla.; Newark, NJ; I-Minneapolis ne-Lansing, Mich. Izindiza ezingamashumi amabili nesishiyagalombili ziqala noma ziphele e-Newark Liberty International Airport. Inkampani yenethiwekhi izongeza ezinye izindiza eziyisithupha - ukusuka e-Toledo ukuya eMinneapolis - kusukela ngo-Aug. 14.
I-JetAmerica iqondise amadolobha amancane namaphakathi afana neLansing, ebone isibalo sezindiza zansuku zonke esikhumulweni sezindiza i-Capital Region International sehla sisuka ku-35 saya ku-12 eminyakeni emihlanu edlule. Ukwehla kuyingxenye yenkambiso kazwelonke ebone ukunyuka kwezindleko zezindiza kulezo zikhumulo zezindiza njengoba izindiza zansuku zonke zehlile.
URobert Selig, inhloko ye-Capital Region Airport Authority, uthe i-JetAmerica izonikeza abahambi bebhizinisi laseLansing ukufinyelela okuqondile eNew York City futhi ithwale abahambi bezokungcebeleka ibayise maphakathi neFlorida.
“Asikwazi ukufinyelela kuzo zombili njengamanje,” kusho uSelig. "Ngakho-ke, lokhu kuzovala isikhala esikhulu ohlelweni lwethu."
Ukugcwalisa leso sikhala ngeke kubize.
Izikhumulo zezindiza i-Lansing, i-South Bend, i-Melbourne ne-Toledo zixhasa i-JetAmerica nge- $ 1.4 million yezibonelelo ngonyaka wayo wokuqala, kanye ne-$ 867,000 yezindleko zesikhumulo sezindiza eziyekiwe kanye no-$ 1.1 wezigidi zosizo lokukhangisa nokukhangisa.
ISouth Bend, iToledo kanye neMelbourne bathole izibonelelo zabo kuHlelo Lokuthuthukiswa Kwesevisi Yomoya Womphakathi Wase-US, olunikeze u-$104 wezigidi kwabamukeli abangu-223 kusukela ngo-2002 emzamweni wokubuyisela isevisi elahlekile kanye nokwehlisa imali yokugibela indiza.
INewark neMinneapolis, ngayinye ekhonza abagibeli abangaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-20 ngonyaka, ayinikezi usizo kwaJetAmerica.
UJohn Weikle, isikhulu esiphezulu kwaJetAmerica, uthe uxhaso luzosiza ukuvimba inkampani entsha ethwala kanzima emananini kaphethiloli wendiza. Amanani aphezulu kaphethiloli abe nomthelela ekuhlulekeni okungenani kwezinkampani ezine ezinkulu zezindiza kusukela ngomhlaka-9/11. Abathwali abancane nabo balimele.
Ukwenyuka kwamanani kaphethiloli kusize ukuqothuka kwe-ultra-discounter i-Skybus Inc. ngonyaka odlule. U-Weikle wasungula inkampani yezindiza ezinze eColumbus, e-Ohio eyaziwa ngemali yokugibela engu-$10. Ukuqothuka kwalahlekisela abasebenzi abangu-450 imisebenzi yabo.
Uhlelo lwamanani lwe-JetAmerica luzokwabelana ngezici ezithile ze-Skybus.
Amanani azoqala ku-$9 esihlalweni futhi aphume ngo-$199. Intengo ka-$9 izosebenza ezihlalweni zokuqala eziyisishiyagalolunye kuya kwezingu-19 endizeni ngayinye. Abagibeli bazokhokha u-$15 ukuhlola isikhwama. Ukudla, iziphuzo kanye ne-TV yasendizeni nakho kuzofika ngezindleko.
Inkampani yenethiwekhi iqala nge-Boeing 737-800 eyodwa eqashiwe, ilindele ukwengeza eyesibili enyangeni yokuqala, futhi ibe nezine ngoJulayi wonyaka ozayo. Izinhlelo zebhizinisi ze-Weikle zifuna ukuthi kuqashwe enye indiza enezihlalo ezingu-189 njalo ngemva kwezinyanga ezine.
I-Boeing 737-800 ngayinye ingandiza iye emadolobheni amane ngosuku, kusho u-Weikle.
U-Weikle ulinganisele imali engenayo ye-JetAmerica engaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-50 zamaRandi ngonyaka wokuqala kanye nezigidi ezingu-$ 150 kowesibili. Uqhathanisa imodeli yakhe yebhizinisi naleyo ye-Wal-Mart Inc., eyaqala ngokusebenzela amadolobha anabantu abangaphansi kuka-50,000 ngenxa yokuthi ababeqhudelana nabo bengenasithakazelo kuwo.
IJetAmerica ihlela ukusebenzela iMelbourne, Fla., Ngezindiza okungenani eziyisithupha ngesonto. URichard Ennis, umqondisi omkhulu weMelbourne International Airport, uthe izindiza zeJetAmerica nezindlela ezingami zimncengile ukuthi aseke umthuthi. UMelbourne, umphakathi osogwini oluqhele ngamakhilomitha angaba ngu-70 eningizimu-mpumalanga ye-Orlando, uqophe ukwehla ngamaphesenti angama-45 esimithweni sezindiza saso kusukela ngo-2000 kuya ku-2008.
U-Ennis uthe abathwali abanamajethi amakhulu njenge-Boeing 737-800 bakhokhisa kancane isihlalo ngasinye, okuyinzuzo ejatshulelwa i-Orlando International Airport kanye ne-Orlando Sanford International Airport.
“Ukuphela kwendlela engingabanqoba ngayo,” kusho u-Ennis ngezikhumulo zezindiza ezingomakhelwane.
