I-Delta Air Lines Inc. kanye ne-Continental Airlines Inc. bazoqala ukukhokhisa amakhasimende izimali eziphakeme kakhulu embonini ngezikhwama ezilayishwayo kuleli sonto, zibeke ezinye izinkampani zenethiwekhi ukuthi zenze okufanayo.
Izinkokhelo ezintsha zisebenza ezindizeni ezingaphakathi naphakathi kwase-United States, e-US Virgin Islands, e-Canada nasePuerto Rico. Okukhishiwe amapheshana e-premium-class, amaflaya avamile namalungu ezempi ase-US asebenzayo.
Ngokukhula kokukhula kwemali yabagibeli okulindeleke ukuthi kwenzeke ngasekupheleni kwalo nyaka, izinkampani zezindiza zibukeka zingathathi mathuba mayelana nokushoda ngemali. Izimali ezikhokhwayo, njengalezo ezikhokhiswa imithwalo ehloliwe, seziphenduke umshayeli obalulekile ekukhuleni kwemali engenayo.
Ukufaka ingcindezi embonini ukweqa kwakamuva kwamanani entengo aluhlaza, akhuphuke ezinyangeni eziyi-15 ekuqaleni kwaleli sonto.
"Sigxile ngempela ekukhuliseni imali etholakalayo ebhizinisini lethu ukuze senze njengentukuthelo ngokumelene nokuntengantenga kwebhizinisi," kusho uRichard Anderson, isikhulu esiphezulu se-Atlanta-based Delta, ngesikhathi somhlangano wabatshalizimali ngenyanga edlule.
U-Anderson ulinganisele ukuthi imali engenayo isiyonke - ehlanganisa izimali zemithwalo, izimali zokuphatha, izinhlelo ezihamba njalo, izinsizakalo zomhlaba wonke kanye namabhizinisi asebenza phansi - izodlula i-$ 4 billion kulo nyaka.
Ngonyaka ka-2010, abahlaziyi abavotelwa yi-FactSet Research babikezela ukuthi i-Delta izofinyelela inzuzo engu-$1.13 ingxenye ekuthengisweni kwezigidigidi ezingama-$30.9, ngokwesilinganiso, isuka emalini engenayo elinganiselwa ku-$28 billion etholwe ngo-2009.
I-Continental ezinze e-Houston kulindeleke ukuthi ifinyelele enzuzweni engu-$1.36 ngesabelo ekuthengisweni kwezigidigidi ezingu-14 zamaRandi, isuka emalini elinganiselwa ku-$12.7 billion ngonyaka odlule.
Sekukonke, imboni yezindiza emhlabeni wonke ibhekene nokulahlekelwa okungaba ngu-$5.6 billion ngo-2010, kodwa lokhu kuzoba ngcono kusukela ekulahlekeni okulinganiselwa ku-$11 billion eyakuthola ngonyaka odlule, ngokusho kwedatha enikezwe yi-International Air Transport Association.
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Ngokumelene nalokhu okwasemuva, i-Delta inyuse izimali zayo zomthwalo ohloliwe ngesonto eledlule zaya ku-$25 esikhwameni sokuqala no-$35 kwesesibili, isuka ku-$15 kanye ne-$20, ngokulandelana. I-Continental ithe ihambisana nalokhu kwenyuka ngoLwesihlanu.
Ngo-Agasti, i-US Airways Group yakhuphula izindleko zayo zesikhwama zaba ngu-$25 no-$35.
Ngokushesha ngemva kwalokho, inkampani yenethiwekhi yatshela abahlaziyi be-Wall Street ukuthi izindleko zemithwalo zibangele ukulahlekelwa inani elincane kuphela lamakhasimende - "mancane kakhulu ngeke sikwazi ukukukala," uMongameli we-US Airways uScott Kirby ngesikhathi socingo lwenkomfa ka-Okthoba.
Izinkampani zenethiwekhi zinikeza isaphulelo esincane kubagibeli abahlola imithwalo yabo ku-inthanethi, kodwa izimali ezikhokhiswayo zisaphakeme kunangaphambili. I-United Airlines kanye ne-American Airlines bazofana nokuhamba, njengoba bebiza u-$20 kuphela esikhwameni sokuqala sokuhlola kanye no-$30 kwesibili.
Ngekota yesithathu, izindiza zasekhaya zithole imali engaphezu kwezigidi ezingama-R700 ezinkokhelweni zezikhwama ezilayishwayo, ezikhuphuke ngo-111% kusukela ngesikhathi esifanayo ngo-2008, ngokusho kwe-Federal Bureau of Transportation Statistics.
Sekukonke, izinkampani zezindiza ziqoqe okungenani imali eyizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezimbili zamaRandi emalini ekhokhwayo engxenyeni yesithathu, noma u-2% wemali engenile, ekubikeni kwabathwali basekhaya abangama-6.9, kusho le nhlangano.
KwaDelta, imithetho emisha yemithwalo iyasebenza kumathikithi asezingeni eliphezulu athengwe ngoJan. 5 noma ngemva kwalokho ezindizeni eziqala ngoLwesibili. Imithetho ye-Continental iyasebenza kumathikithi athengwe ngo-Jan. 9 noma ngemva kwawo ohambo oluqala ngoMgqibelo.
Abathwali bamafa banezindleko eziphezulu kakhulu zomthwalo ohloliwe embonini, ngokwengxenye ngenxa yokuthi bagxila kakhulu kusihambi sebhizinisi esikhokha i-premium hhayi isivakashi samaholide esiqaphela ibhajethi. Abaseholidini bavame ukuthola izaphulelo lapho izinkampani zezindiza zibanga ukugcwalisa izihlalo ezingenamuntu; izinkampani zezindiza zona zizozama ukunxephezela ngezindleko ezengeziwe njengezindleko zemithwalo.
Yingakho abathwali besabelomali, abathembele kakhulu ekuhambeni kokungcebeleka, ngokuvamile banezindleko eziphansi kakhulu zezikhwama. Abanye, okuhlanganisa i-Southwest Airlines Inc. kanye ne-JetBlue Airways Corp., bagwema ukukhokhiswa okwengeziwe ngokuphelele, okungenani isikhwama sokuqala.
Lezi zinkampani zezindiza futhi azinikezi izaphulelo zokuhlola izikhwama ku-inthanethi, ngenxa yokuthi abahambi abaningi bezokungcebeleka babhukha amathikithi abo kumawebhusayithi ezinkampani zenethiwekhi - kunalokho ngokusebenzisa isistimu yokusabalalisa yomhlaba wonke efana ne-Saber noma i-Amadeus, edumile phakathi kwamahhovisi ezinkampani zokuhamba.
