Ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ngemva kokuxoxisana ngokuncishiswa kwezindleko ezinkulu kusukela e-Detroit Metropolitan Airport, i-Detroit Air Lines Inc. ifaka ingcindezi enkundleni yezindiza ephethwe yidolobha lase-Atlanta ukuthi inqume ukuchitha noma ibeke engcupheni yokulahlekelwa izindiza eziya kwamanye amahabhu ayisithupha kunethiwekhi esabalele yenkampani yezindiza, okuhlanganisa ne-Detroit.
Ingxabano ifana nengxabano egcine ukubonakala e-Romulus phakathi kwe-Wayne County Airport Authority, esebenza i-Detroit Metro, ne-Northwest Airlines, eyatholwa yi-Delta ngo-Okthoba.
I-hardball Delta edlalwe nesikhumulo sezindiza i-Detroit ne-Atlanta ibonisa amandla okuxoxisana inkampani yezindiza eyazuza ngokuthola i-Northwest kanye namahabhu ayo amathathu ase-US ukuze ibe inkampani yezindiza enkulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni.
“Okucaciswa yiDelta ukuthi ngeke ikwazi ukumelana nokunyuka kwezindleko isikhathi eside, futhi izimisele ukwenza izinguquko ukuze ilawuleke labo,” kusho uchwepheshe wemboni uBill Swelbar, umhlaziyi wocwaningo eMassachusetts Institute of Technology's Airline Data. Iphrojekthi. “Izindawo zezindiza zinikeza inzuzo enkulu emiphakathini. Kodwa ubani okufanele athwale lezo zindleko?”
I-Metro Airport bekuyisizinda esikhulu kunazo zonke eNyakatho-ntshonalanga futhi manje isingeyesibili ngobukhulu e-Delta kweziyisikhombisa. Izikhulu zezindiza lapha zasheshe zakuveza lokho ngenkathi iNorthwest kanye neDelta icela abaphathi besikhumulo sezindiza ukuthi bahlukanise amaRandi ayizigidi eziyi-10 kusabelomali sawo sonyaka wezimali ka-2009.
Izinkampani zitshele izikhulu zesikhumulo sezindiza ukuthi uma zingakwazi ukunciphisa izindleko futhi zikhuphule imali yokupaka kanye nezivumelwano zokwehlisa izindleko zendiza ngomgibeli ngamunye, i-Delta esanda kuhlanganiswa ingayisa ibhizinisi layo kunoma yiziphi ezinye izikhungo zayo eziyisithupha zasekhaya - e-Atlanta, eMemphis, eCincinnati. , New York, Minneapolis/St. Paul noma Salt Lake City - lapho ukwenza ibhizinisi kungaba ishibhile.
Manje, i-Delta itshela abaholi besikhumulo sezindiza i-Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport - enkulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni mayelana nethrafikhi yabagibeli - ukuthi ngaphandle uma izindleko zincishiswa lapho, cishe izingxenye ezimbili kwezintathu zezindiza ezingena futhi eziphuma edolobheni elikhulu laseGeorgia zingahanjiswa kwenye indawo. Incwadi ethunyelwe ngesonto eledlule kuMphathi-Jikelele Wesikhumulo Sezindiza sase-Atlanta u-Ben DeCosta ngu-John Boatright, iphini likamongameli we-Delta wezindawo ezithengiswayo, eqanjwe ngokukhethekile ngokuthi i-Detroit njengendawo eyodwa lezo zindiza ezingahanjiswa ngayo.
Ochwepheshe baxwayisa ukuthi lezi zimo zigcwele ihaba uma kubhekwa isifiso seDolobha lase-Atlanta sokuhlala liyindawo ehamba phambili yezokuthutha emhlabeni jikelele. Kodwa ukunyakaza okunjalo kungase futhi kuphumelele.
E-Detroit, okungenani ingxenye yezigidi ezingu-7.3 zamaRandi okonga izindleko nokukhuphuka kwemali engenayo etholwe yiDelta, Northwest kanye nezinye izinkampani zezindiza ezisebenza kwaMetro yadluliselwa kubagibeli bendawo. Izindleko zokupaka eNorth Terminal's Big Blue Deck zeqe zisuka ku-$10 ngosuku zaya ku-$16 ngoNovemba, futhi izintengo zansuku zonke egaraji leTheminali yaseMcNamara kulindeleke ukuthi zikhuphuke ziye ku-$20 zisuka ku-$19, kusukela ngomhlaka-1 Feb.
Inkontileka yeminyaka engu-30 yeDelta esikhumulweni sezindiza i-Atlanta izophela ngonyaka ozayo. Yize izingxoxo ezisemthethweni zingakaqali, izikhulu zakwaDelta hubs ezimbili - eMemphis naseCincinnati - ziveze ukuthi zizimisele ukuthatha noma yiziphi izindiza iDelta engase isuke endaweni yayo e-Atlanta.
Nokho, lapha e-Detroit, umkhulumeli wesikhumulo sezindiza iMetro uMichael Conway uthe iziphathimandla zesikhumulo sezindiza zigxile emizamweni yazo yokuthola isevisi entsha kubo bonke abathwali esikhundleni sokuthatha izimoto kwezinye izindawo ze-Delta.
"Simaketha indawo yethu yesevisi kubathwali bezindleko eziphansi kanye nenethiwekhi ngaso sonke isikhathi," kusho uConway. "Kodwa lokho yinto esiyenzayo ngokuzikhandla kwethu, hhayi ukuphuca amanye ama-hubs."
USwelbar, umhlaziyi wemboni, uthe ulindele ukuthi kube nezimo ezifanayo kuzo zonke izizinda zeDelta njengoba bexoxisana ngezinkontileka.
Ekugcineni, uthe, kuyindaba yokuthi imiphakathi ikhethe ukuthi isevisi yezindiza inala kangakanani mayelana nokweseka inkampani yezindiza enesakhiwo esinezindleko eziphansi.
"Umbuzo omkhulu," kusho uSwelbar, "ukuthi ubani ozimisele ukuthwala lowo mthwalo wemfanelo."
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Ekugcineni, uthe, kuyindaba yokuthi imiphakathi ikhethe ukuthi isevisi yezindiza inala kangakanani mayelana nokweseka inkampani yezindiza enesakhiwo esinezindleko eziphansi.
- Parking costs at the North Terminal’s Big Blue Deck jumped from $10 a day to $16 in November, and daily prices at the McNamara Terminal’s garage are expected to increase to $20 from $19, beginning Feb.
- The companies told airport officials that if they couldn’t cut costs and raise revenue from parking and concessions to lower the airline’s cost per passenger, the newly merged Delta could take its business to any of its six other domestic hubs —.
