Sekukonke izinhlelo zayo zokukhula zingase zimisiwe, kodwa iSouthwest Airlines Co. ithe ngoLwesithathu izofuna ukuthenga izindawo eziyi-14 zokusuka nezihlala esikhumulweni sezindiza i-LaGuardia, ezimele uhambo lokuqala lwenkampani yenethiwekhi ebiza kancane olungena eNew York City.
Inkampani yezindiza yase-Dallas ithumele ibhidi lika-$7.5 million enkantolo yokuqothuka yase-Indianapolis engamele ukuthengiswa kwezimpahla zozakwethu wangaphambili webhizinisi waseSouthwest, i-ATA Airlines. Inkantolo yayithe izozidayisa lezi zindawo.
"Kuyinhloso yethu, ngokuphetha ngempumelelo kokuthengiselana, ukwenza izinhlelo zokuqalisa isevisi evela eLaGuardia," kusho uGary Kelly, usihlalo waseNingizimu-ntshonalanga kanye nesikhulu esiphezulu, esitatimendeni esilungisiwe. "Ngisho nakulesi simo esishubile, sithe kumele siqaphe isimo sokuncintisana futhi siwasebenzise ngokunenzuzo amathuba emakethe ahlakaniphile."
INingizimu-ntshonalanga ayinalo uhlelo lwezikhathi lokuthi isevisi ingase iqale nini noma imaphi amadolobha azothola isevisi ukuya nokubuya e-LaGuardia. Uma iNingizimu-ntshonalanga iwina indali, inkampani yezindiza ayikwazi ukuthatha izikhala kuze kuqedwe ukuhlelwa kabusha kokuqothuka kwe-ATA.
Isevisi eya eDolobheni laseNew York izovumela iNingizimu-ntshonalanga, okuyinkampani enkulu ethwala abagibeli basekhaya, ukuthi inikeze izindiza eziningi ezixhumayo ezivela emakethe yebhizinisi enkulu kunazo zonke e-US Ikakhulukazi, kuzonikeza iNingizimu-ntshonalanga ukuba khona kwedolobha elibhekwa njengesango lokuya eYurophu. INingizimu-ntshonalanga ayindizi ngaphandle kwase-US, kodwa isanda kusayina amadili okwabelana ngekhodi ukuze isebenze e-Canada nase-Mexico.
“Sekuyisikhathi eside sibheka imakethe yaseNew York,” kusho umkhulumeli waseNingizimu-ntshonalanga uBeth Harbin. "Siyazi ukuthi amakhasimende ethu afuna le sevisi." Ngaphambilini, iNingizimu-ntshonalanga yayinesivumelwano sokwabelana ngekhodi ne-ATA esasivumela amakhasimende enye yezinkampani zezindiza ukuthi athenge amathikithi kunkampani yenethiwekhi yozakwethu.
EDolobheni laseNew York, iNingizimu-ntshonalanga izobhekana ngqo nabathwali abakhulu bamazwe ngamazwe, nakuba ngendlela encane. "Inkonzo yaseNingizimu-ntshonalanga izokwengeza e-LaGuardia imele izindiza ezilingana nesango elilodwa," kusho umeluleki wezindiza u-Bob Mann. “Umbuzo wangempela uwukuthi, bayikhulisa kanjani insiza ifinyelele ezindizeni ezingaba ngu-30 ngosuku. Ngemva kwalokho, qaphela.”
Kulungile ukuthi iNingizimu-ntshonalanga ikhule kancane, kusho uMann. “Basebenzise ubudlelwano babo ne-ATA njengommeleli ukuze baqonde izimakethe ezintsha ngaphambi kokuthi baqale ukundiza lapho. Yilokhu abakwenzile eLaGuardia, futhi bakulungele nokukhula eBoston naseWashington, DC”
Nakuba ukuhamba kwabagibeli bezindiza emhlabeni wonke kulindeleke ukuthi kwehle ngo-2009, ngenxa yokuwohloka komnotho emhlabeni wonke, iLaGuardia nezinye izikhumulo zezindiza zaseNew York City zisalokhu ziminyene.
UHarbin, umkhulumeli wesifazane, uthe iNingizimu-ntshonalanga "izothola indlela" yokwenza izikhathi zokushintsha ngokushesha ezikhombise uhlelo lwayo lwendiza. “Sikwenze ePhiladelphia naseSan Francisco, okuyinselelo,” kusho yena.
Uthe izikhala ngeke zithintwe wuhlelo lukahulumeni wobumbano lokuthengisa ezinye izindawo zaseNew York City ngonyaka ozayo.
Ngasekuqaleni konyaka, iSouthwest ithe izoqala ukusebenza ngo-2009 ukuya eMinneapolis, okuyisizinda sasekhaya saseNorthwest Airlines, esanda kuhlangana neDelta Air Lines Inc.
Kepha, uHarbin uthe, iNingizimu-ntshonalanga ngeke idinge ukungeza emikhumbini yayo ngonyaka ozayo. Kunalokho, njengoba yengeza izindiza ezimakethe ezintsha kuzosusa izindiza ezimakethe ezinenzuzo encane.
