Indawo eyintandokazi yabavakashi base-Southern California honeymooners, i-Tahiti neziqhingi ezingomakhelwane bayo iphakathi kwezindawo ezimbalwa emhlabeni lapho imibhangqwana ingalala khona kuma-bungalows aphezu kwamanzi futhi ivuke izwa imisindo yolwandle olugobhozayo ngaphansi kwezinyawo zayo.
Kodwa ukuze zifike lapho, izivakashi eziningi kufanele zindize indiza encane enoxhaxha lwamabhanoyi amahlanu nje okuthi naphezu kobukhulu bayo buye kwadlula lokho okwakulindelwe yimboni nabagibeli ngokwenza okukhulu.
Ngenyanga edlule inkampani yezindiza engacacile, i-Air Tahiti Nui, igubhe iminyaka engu-10 yasungulwa, isinde ezinxushunxushwini eziningi zemboni ezithathe inqwaba yezindiza ezinkulu kakhulu.
Endleleni, inkampani ephethe i-flagship yase-Tahiti yaziwa ngokuthi "inkampani yezindiza encane engakwazi" futhi eminyakeni embalwa edlule ibekwe phakathi kwezindiza ezihamba phambili emhlabeni, ijoyina isixuku esikhethekile esinemikhumbi emikhulu ephindwe izikhathi ezingu-50. Igama elithi “Nui” egameni lalo lisho “okukhulu” ngesiTahiti.
“Yindaba eyimpumelelo,” kusho uJoe Brancatelli, ophethe iwebhusayithi yezokuvakasha kwezamabhizinisi i-JoeSentMe.com. “Ukusinda nje kuwukunqoba kubona. Iminyaka eyishumi njengenkampani yezindiza ehlonishwayo, ephephile futhi ethandwayo iyibeka esigabeni iyodwa.”
Kodwa manje inkampani yezindiza mhlawumbe ibhekene novivinyo olunzima kunawo wonke okwamanje ekuwohlokeni komnotho emhlabeni wonke okukhubaza ngisho nezinkampani ezinkulu zezindiza.
Ngesonto eledlule, i-International Air Transport Assn. uthe nakuba ukwehla kwentengo kaphethiloli kunikeze “impumuzo eyamukelekayo” ezinhlanganweni zezindiza, “ubumnyama buyaqhubeka futhi isimo sembonini sisalokhu sibucayi.”
Futhi lokhu kuqubuka kungase kube okumangalisayo eTahiti naseziqhingini ezizungezile eFrench Polynesia eziye zaba izindawo ezishisayo zabavakashile nabavakashile abasezingeni eliphezulu. Inkampani yezindiza ibhekele u-70% wezivakashi eziqhingini zasePacific. Isikhumulo sezindiza sase-Los Angeles sisebenza njengesizinda saso esikhulu sabahambi baseMelika nabaseYurophu.
“Kube unyaka onzima kithina,” kusho uNicholas Panza, iphini likamongameli we-Air Tahiti Nui emazweni aseMelika. “Sonke kuzomele silole amapensela ethu.”
Kodwa ukwehla kwamandla emali kungenza uhambo oluya eTahiti naseziqhingini ezizungezile njengeBora Bora neMoorea lungabizi kakhulu.
Ukuze kugcinwe izindiza zayo zigcwele, inkampani yenethiwekhi isiqalile ukuhlinzeka ngezindiza "zokuhlala isikhashana" ukuze bathole abahambi abaningi abavela eSouthern California kanye naseWest Coast ukuze bachithe "impelasonto ende" eTahiti. Isiqhingi sithatha cishe amahora ayisishiyagalombili ukusuka e-Los Angeles futhi sisendaweni yesikhathi esifanayo ne-Hawaii.
Imali yokugibela engu-$765 yohambo lokuya nokubuya cishe ingaphansi ngo-25% kunemali yokugibela ephansi ebikade iyinikeza. Iphakethe lezinsuku ezinhlanu elihlanganisa ithikithi lendiza lokuya nokubuya nehhotela liqala ku-$1,665 ngomuntu ngamunye. Inkampani yezindiza ithe iphinde yaqala ukunikeza iphromoshini yomndeni lapho izingane ezimbili ezingaphansi kweminyaka engu-12 ubudala zihamba mahhala nabantu abadala ababili abakhokhayo.
Izinkokhelo zakamuva ziyizindaba ezamukelekayo kubasebenzeli bezokuvakasha abathi ukuthengisa i-Tahiti bekuhlezi kubiza kakhulu.
"Kuyihlazo ngempela ukuthi ibhizinisi libheke eTahiti ngoba iyindawo enhle kakhulu," kusho uDiane Embree, umeluleki wezokuvakasha eMichael's Travel Center eWestlake Village. “Kodwa bekulokhu kubiza kakhulu kubantu abaningi - ikakhulukazi uma kuqhathaniswa nezinye izindawo. Futhi ngomnotho njengoba unjalo manje, abantu bebebheke ukuthi izindleko zabo zokuhamba zehle. ”
Kokubili okunikezwayo kusha enkampanini yezindiza futhi kuhloswe ngayo ukudonsa abagibeli engxenyeni yemakethe engazange iyiqonde ngaphambilini. Inkampani yezindiza yayigxile kakhulu “ebhizinisini lezothando” - imibhangqwana ekwiholidi labo langasemuva noma igubha iminyaka yabo yomshado.
“Sicabanga ukuthi singavuselela isidingo esisha ngezipho zethu zempelasonto ende, zokuphuma ngokushesha,” kusho u-Yves Wauthy, isikhulu esiphezulu esisebenza kule nkampani yezindiza.
Ukufuna izimakethe ezintsha kusebenze kahle enkampanini yezindiza, eyaqala ukusebenza ngo-1998 ngokuphikisana okukhulu. I-Tahiti iyindawo yaseFrance enabantu abangaba ngu-200,000. Inohulumeni wayo, owanquma maphakathi nawo-1990 ukuthi lesi siqhingi sidinga inkampani yezindiza ukuze ikwazi ukuzimela futhi iqhube ezokuvakasha. Umthwali cishe u-60% ukahulumeni waseTahiti futhi u-40% ungabatshalizimali abazimele.
“Abantu bendawo bebethi uhulumeni uyahlanya,” kukhumbula uPanza, umakadebona wenkampani yezindiza eneminyaka engu-25 owaqala umsebenzi wakhe neTrans World Airlines eyayingasekho futhi ngo-1998 wabuthwa ukusiza ukuqala inkampani yezindiza yaseTahiti.
Eminyakeni emithathu yokuqala, inkampani yezindiza ibisebenza ngendiza eyodwa, i-Airbus A340 ebanzi eyaqashwa ekuqaleni kwenye inkampani yenethiwekhi, futhi yandizisa abavakashi baseMelika isuka e-LAX iya ePapeete, eTahiti.
Ukunwetshwa okukhulu kwenkampani yezindiza kweza ngemuva nje kuka-9/11 lapho abanye abathwali beqala ukumisa izindiza, ngisho nalezo ezazisanda kuphuma efekthri. Inkampani yezindiza ngokushesha yathatha izindiza ezintathu ezintsha enguqulweni yomkhakha yokuthengisa umlilo futhi manje inomunye wemikhumbi emincane kakhulu embonini. Izindiza eziningi eziqalayo zinezindiza ezindala njengoba izindiza ezisetshenzisiwe zishibhile.
Ngezindiza ezintsha, inkampani yezindiza yaqala ukwandisa inethiwekhi eJapane naseFrance. Kodwa indiza eya eFrance yayidinga ukuma e-LAX, okwadala imakethe entsha yabahambi bebhizinisi abandiza besuka oGwini oluseNtshonalanga baya eYurophu.
Emphumeleni oxakile wesivumelwano samazwe amabili phakathi kwe-US ne-France, i-Air Tahiti Nui ingeyodwa kuphela yezindiza ezimbili ezinezindiza ezingami zisuka e-LAX ziya e-Paris. Enye i-Air France.
Cishe ingxenye yabagibeli abandiza i-Air Tahiti Nui phakathi kwe-LAX neParis bayizihambi zebhizinisi, kanti abanye abaseYurophu abavakashile balibangise eTahiti. Abanye abantu baseNingizimu California nabo bathole ukuthi iyindlela eshibhile yokuya eYurophu.
UBob Kazam, ongumhleli wezezimali futhi oyisakhamuzi sase-Agoura Hills, uthe waqala ukuhuhwa imali yokugibela ephansi yenkampani yezindiza, eshibhe ngo-30% kuya ku-40% kune-Air France. Umenzeli wezokuvakasha wayencome lowo ophethe uhambo oluya e-Europe, kodwa uKazam uthe yena nomkakhe ekuqaleni babemanqikanqika njengoba wayengakaze ezwe ngenkampani yezindiza phambilini.
"Sinqume ukuyizama futhi sathola ukuthi insizakalo yayinhle futhi izisebenzi zamukelekile," kusho uKazam, okwathi ngesonto eledlule elinde e-LAX ukuze agibele indiza ye-Air Tahiti Nui eya eParis. Ubelokhu endizela indiza eya e-Europe cishe iminyaka emine manje. “Lapho sesiyibonile inkonzo, sathi 'kungani?' futhi bebelokhu bendiza kusukela ngaleso sikhathi.”
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Indawo eyintandokazi yabavakashi base-Southern California honeymooners, i-Tahiti neziqhingi ezingomakhelwane bayo iphakathi kwezindawo ezimbalwa emhlabeni lapho imibhangqwana ingalala khona kuma-bungalows aphezu kwamanzi futhi ivuke izwa imisindo yolwandle olugobhozayo ngaphansi kwezinyawo zayo.
- It has its own government, which decided in the mid-1990s that the island needed an airline to be self-sufficient and drive tourism.
- And the fallout could be dramatic for Tahiti and the surrounding islands in French Polynesia that have served as tropical havens for honeymooners and upscale vacationers.
