LONDON – Izindleko ezikhuphukayo zokuqashisa izindiza, izinkinga zokulungisa ezingalindelekile kanye nentengo kawoyela enamathela ngaphezu kuka-$100 emgqonyeni kunikeza uhlobo olusha lwezindiza ezimabhizinisi wonke uhambo olunzima.
Faka ukwanda okulindelekile emncintiswaneni wokuhamba kwe-transatlantic, isimo somnotho esiwohlokayo ngokushesha kanye nesinqumo sabadlali asebekhulile iBritish Airways kanye neSingapore Airlines sokungena engxenyeni ye-niche premium, futhi kubukeka sengathi iMaxJet Airways ingase ibe nenkampani maduze nje emathuneni iziqalo zebhizinisi kuphela ezingasebenzi. Bona ngaphakathi kwalezi zinkampani zenethiwekhi.
I-MaxJet, inkampani yenethiwekhi ezinze e-US, yaqala ukusebenza ngoDisemba, kungakapheli iminyaka emibili yethulwe, ngenxa yezindleko eziqhubekayo, ingcindezi yokuncintisana kanye nokwenza buthaka ukuzethemba kwemakethe. Ukushabalala kwayo kwavusa ukukhathazeka ngokusebenza kwemodeli yebhizinisi ebiza kakhulu kuphela.
Izinkampani ezintathu ezisele ezisasele, i-Eos Airlines yase-US, i-Silverjet yase-UK kanye ne-L'Avion yase-France, kufanele manje bafakazele ukuthi bayitholile imfihlo yokuphila isikhathi eside.
Izingqapheli zemboni, nokho, zikholelwa ukuthi kusesekuseni kakhulu ukubiza noma iyiphi yazo ngempumelelo, futhi ixwayisa ngokuthi akubona bonke laba abathwali abazosinda.
"Akekho kubo okwenze lokhu ngomqondo wokuba nenzuzo nokuthola amandla abo," kusho uRobert Cullemore wenkampani esebenza e-UK ye-Aviation Economics.
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Ingabe ikhona indlela eyodwa kuphela eya empumelelweni yalaba bathwali besigaba sebhizinisi esingu-100%?
Abathembi neze, futhi basebenzise amasu ahlukene.
Izindiza eziphakeme kakhulu, i-Eos Airlines - eqanjwe unkulunkulukazi onamaphiko wezinganekwane zamaGreki - indiza izikhathi ezine ngosuku isuka esikhumulweni sezindiza saseLondon i-Stansted iya eNew York JFK. Akuzigodlanga izindleko ukunxenxa abahambi abadinga kakhulu futhi abancishwa isikhathi, ngendiza engama-48 kuphela ngamaBoeing 757 amane. Leyo ndiza ifakwe ezindizeni eziningi zezentengiselwano ukuze ithwale abagibeli abangaba ngu-220.
Izinto ezitholakalayo zihlanganisa imibhede eyisicaba, ukugibela indiza enophephela emhlane mahhala ukusuka kuma-helipad e-Manhattan ukuya e-JFK, i-champagne kanye nokusetshenziswa kwezindawo zokuphumula zikanokusho ze-Emirates Airline. Izindiza ezibuyayo endizeni yendiza “engaminyene, engayekethisi” eya eNew York iqala kumaphawundi angu-1,500 ($2,981).
“Basebenzisa umkhiqizo osezingeni eliphezulu kunowomkhakha webhizinisi,” kusho uWebster O'Brien, iphini likamongameli enkampanini yezeluleko zezindiza ezinze e-US, i-SH&E. "U-Eos ufuna into ehluke kakhulu kulokho okwenziwa yi-L'Avion ne-Silverjet," esho.
Ixhaswe ngezimali ngasese futhi yasungulwa ngowayeyinhloko yesu e-British Airways, u-David Spurlock, i-Eos kuze kube yilapho igxile ekwengezeni imvamisa emzileni wayo wase-London-New York, kunokuba yandise inethiwekhi yayo, abahlaziyi abakholelwa ukuthi yisinqumo esifanele.
“Kufanele ube ohamba phambili emzileni okuwo ngaphambi kokuthi wandise,” kusho u-Diogenis Papiomytis, onguchwepheshe emkhakheni wezokundiza kwezentengiselwano we-Frost & Sullivan.
Ugcizelele ukuthi i-Eos izuza kubatshalizimali abazibophezele abazimisele ukuyinika isikhathi esidingekayo ukuze iphumelele. Ngenxa yalokho, inkampani yenethiwekhi ayizange isheshe ukunwetshwa kwayo.
“Ngokujwayelekile kuthatha iminyaka emibili kuya kwemithathu ukuthi inkampani yezindiza entsha ifakazelwe,” usho kanje.
Akwenzeki ukwazi kahle ukuthi i-Eos yenza kahle kangakanani, njengoba ingashicileli imininingwane yemiphumela yezimali. Kepha isinqumo sayo sakamuva sokuqala ukundizela eDubai siphakamisa ukuthi inethemba eliphusile mayelana nempumelelo yomzila wayo waseNew York.
Lesi sinyathelo siyingxenye yesu lenkampani yezindiza yokukhulisa isisekelo samakhasimende ayo adlule emhlabeni webhizinisi futhi afinyelele kubahambi abazimele abancane, abami kahle. Ezinye izinhlelo zokumaketha zihlanganisa isivumelwano esingaba khona senkampani yamahhotela kanye nokwethulwa kwezimpahla ezisezingeni eliphezulu namagajethi ebhodini.
Imbangi enkulu ka-Eos, manje njengoba iMaxJet isinyamalele, iSilverjet.
Mhlawumbe ayiyona into ewubukhazikhazi, kodwa “isadabukile kakhulu,” njengoba isiqubulo sayo sisho, inkampani yenethiwekhi indiza kabili ngosuku isuka esikhumulweni sezindiza saseLondon eLuton iya eNewark, NJ, futhi kanye ngosuku isuka eLuton iya eDubai. Ama-767 ayo amathathu afakelwa abagibeli abangu-100. Izindiza ezibuyayo ziqala kumaphawundi angu-1,099 ($2,207).
Ngokungafani ne-Eos, iSilverjet iyinkampani esohlwini. Ngakho-ke abatshalizimali bazi kahle ukuthi ukususwa kube nzima kangakanani futhi kubangele ukwehla kwentengo yamasheya. Antanta ngoMeyi 2006 ku-Aim, imakethe yase-UK yezinkampani ezisafufusa ezinemithetho embalwa yokudalula, amasheya akhuphukele ku-209 pence ngo-March 2007, kodwa selokhu ehle ngo-91% kuya ku-19 pence.
Ababebukele bathe isinqumo sokufaka ohlwini inkampani yezindiza ngaphambi kokuba yenze imali kungenzeka kube yiphutha. “Bekuwumqondo omubi ukufaka ohlwini inkampani yenethiwekhi engakabi nayo inzuzo ngoba kufanele ushicilele yonke into,” kusho uPapiomytis weFrost & Sullivan.
Nokho Isikhulu Esiphezulu seSilverjet uLawrence Hunt usalokhu enethemba. Uthe ngenyanga edlule unethemba lokuthi inkampani yezokuthutha izofinyelela inyanga yokuqala enenzuzo ngoMashi. Uthe inkampani yezindiza idinga i-load factor, noma isilinganiso sabagibeli nezihlalo ezikhona, ka-65% ukuze iphule. NgoJanuwari ibe ne-load factor engu-57%.
Izinyanga ezimbalwa ezizayo zizobaluleka kakhulu eSilverjet, kusho abahlaziyi, ikakhulukazi njengoba ithatha ezinye izindiza ezimbili kule ntwasahlobo. Ngeke isho ukuthi zizondizelaphi, nakuba ukuqagela kugxile eNingizimu Afrika, e-US West Coast nase-India njengezindawo okungenzeka zingaya kuzo.
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