I-United, i-Continental ithuthukisa izindiza

I-United Airlines kanye ne-Continental Airlines yenyuse imali yokugibela efinyelela ku-$50 ngohambo lokuya nokubuya ngoLwesine nangoLwesihlanu njengoba uphethiloli wejethi ukhuphuke waqopha u-$3.03 ilitha ngalinye kuleli sonto futhi imboni yezindiza kanye nabathengi ngokufanayo bayazibuza ukuthi iphezulu kangakanani.

Ingukukhuphuka okukhulu kakhulu kwemali yasekhaya okukodwa kusukela ekuhlaselweni kwamaphekula kwangomhla ka-11 Septhemba, 2001, futhi, uma ezinye izinkampani zezindiza ezinkulu zilandela lokho, kusebenzisa ingcindezi yezomnotho eyengeziwe embonini ebisimama kahle kodwa ehlangabezane nezivunguvungu ezinzima.

"Uphethiloli wejethi wamadola amathathu nangaphezulu awenzi imali yokugibela eshibhile isebenze ngokwezomnotho," kusho uHenry Harteveldt, umhlaziyi wezindiza kwaForrester Research eSan Francisco.

I-United ihambe kuqala, yathumela imali yokugibela ngoLwesine ebusuku, yase i-Continental yafanisa ngoLwesihlanu. Okhulumela ezinye izinkampani ezithwala impahla, okubalwa kuzo iAmerican Airlines neDelta Air Lines, bathe ngoLwesihlanu akukho mnyakazo abawuthathayo kodwa bayalucwaninga lolu daba.

“Izindleko zikaphethiloli ziyaqhubeka nokukhuphuka,” kusho uRobin Urbanski, umkhulumeli we-United Airlines yaseChicago. "Kumele sikwazi ukudlulisa izindleko njengoba kwenza wonke amabhizinisi."

"Sibona izindleko zikaphethiloli eziphakeme kakhulu, futhi ukukhuphuka kwemali yokugibela kungasiza ukuletha imali eningi ukuze ihambisane nezindleko zethu," kusho umkhulumeli we-Continental Airlines uDave Messing, e-Houston.

Amanani kaphethiloli alokhu enyuka ngokungakhathali kusukela ngo-2003 futhi angena esivinini kuleli sonto, njengoba intengo kaphethiloli wendiza yeqa ngamaphesenti amahlanu. Umphongolo ofanayo wamalitha angu-5 kaphethiloli wejethi obize u-$42 ngoLwesine ubize u-$139.06 ngosuku olufanayo ngonyaka odlule, kusho uTim Smith, umkhulumeli we-American Airlines eFort Worth, eTexas.

Uma sibeka enye indlela, konke ukukhuphuka kwe-$1 ezindleko zomphongolo kawoyela ongahluziwe kusho cishe izigidi ezingama-470 zamaRandi ezindleko ezengeziwe embonini yezindiza zaseMelika, kusho u-Elizabeth Merida, umphathi we-Air Transport Association, emele izindiza ezinkulu, eWashington.

Imboni yezindiza ibilokhu imangaza ngaphansi kwesisindo samanani entengo kagesi aqhubekile nokukhuphuka, kodwa kunjalo nesidingo sezindiza. Abahlaziyi nabaphathi bezindiza bayavuma ukuthi usuku lungase lufike, uma ukwehla komnotho kwehla, lapho amabhizinisi ikakhulukazi ezonciphisa kakhulu ukuhamba.

"I-United isiyekile ingcindezi ngalokhu kwanda," kusho uRick Seaney, isikhulu esiphezulu seFareCompare.com, isizindalwazi socwaningo lwamathikithi endiza eDallas. "Bengibikezela ukuthi abathengi abahamba ngendiza bazogibela izintengo zamathikithi endiza kulo nyaka futhi ngicabanga ukuthi sisanda kufinyelela esicongweni sendawo ephakeme kakhulu kule roller coaster," kusho uSeaney ngoLwesihlanu.

Uthe ukuhamba ngendiza “kuzomane kuqale ukwehla uma kuqhubeka lokhu kukhuphuka kwemali yokugibela isonto nesonto.”

Njengodaba olungokoqobo, kusho iHarteveldt yeForrester Research, amashejuli emizila yezinkampani zezindiza angase abukeke ehlukile emasontweni ezayo njengoba ekwazi ukusika amadolobha noma imizila eyenza inzuzo encane, kanye nezindiza ezonga uphethiloli kancane.

Ukwenyuka kwaleli sonto kungokwesine emasontweni amaningi ezinkampanini zezindiza ezinkulu - ezinye zikhokhiswa uphethiloli, hhayi ngemali yendiza eyisisekelo, nakuba ungekho umehluko kubathengi - emzabalazweni wokwenyuka kwentengo kaphethiloli.

Okunye ukukhushulwa kwemali yokugibela kube ku-$10. Lokhu kunyuka kuncike kubude bendiza, kusho okhulumela i-United u-Urbanski. Imali yokugibela izindiza engaphansi kwamamayela angu-500 inyusiwe isuka ku-$4 yaya ku-$10 yohambo lokuya nokubuya. Ezindizeni ezinde zamamayela angu-1,500 noma ngaphezulu, imali yokugibela ikhuphuke isuka ku-$12 yaya ku-$50 yohambo lokuya nokubuya.

Ukubeka izindleko esimweni, u-Urbanski uthe izindleko zokugcwalisa indiza enkulu ye-United Airlines, i-Boeing 747, ngendiza yamahora angu-16 isuka eChicago iya eHong Kong ingu-$173,000.

Uphethiloli weqe abasebenzi njengezindleko ezinkulu zezinkampani zezindiza onyakeni odlule noma emibili futhi intengo yokwenyuka cishe ngeke ifinyelele ophahleni izinyanga ezithile, kusho uBrian Milne, umhleli we-DTN MarketWire, insizakalo yezindaba emakethe kaphethiloli, eningizimu-mpumalanga. E-New Jersey.

Uthe i-DTN ikholelwa ukuthi i-crude izofinyelela ku-$115 umphongolo ngamunye ngefasitela kusukela manje kuze kube ngu-Agasti futhi kungenzeka ihlale kulelo banga isikhathi esithile, ngokusekelwe enkolelweni yemakethe yokuthi ukunikezwa kuncane.

Khonamanjalo, kunemibono ehlukene mayelana nokuthi ezinye izinkampani zezindiza zizohambisana yini nomthofu wokukhuphuka kwemali yokugibela e-United ne-Continental. U-Seaney, we-FareCompare.com, uthi ukwanda "kunokunamathela okuthile kukho" okuzobamba abanye.

U-Joe Brancatelli, obhala i-Joe Sent Me, i-newsletter esekelwe ku-Web eseNew York yabahambi bebhizinisi, uthe, "Angicabangi ukuthi izobambelela. Izinto ezinkulu zinomkhuba wokungasebenzi. Ngicabanga ukuthi lokhu kuzobambelela, kodwa kuphela ngokukhuphuka kwamadola ambalwa, hhayi ama- $ 50. ”

Ubuye wengeza wathi, “Banesikhathi esinzima sokunyusa ama- $5 ngesikhathi. Kungani becabanga ukuthi u-$50 uzosebenza?”

Uthe i-United Airlines "ibilokhu inephutha emananini kaphethiloli" kusukela inkampani yezindiza yaphuma ekubhujisweni ngoFebhuwari 2006. Ngaleso sikhathi, waphawula, i-United yayinohlelo lweminyaka emihlanu lukawoyela ngo-$50 umphongolo ngamunye. Ngaphezu kwalokho, i-United ayikakabiyelanga ngokwanele, noma yenza inkontileka yokuthenga uphethiloli okuthuthukisiwe ngentengo emisiwe ukuze ithunyelwe esikhathini esizayo.

“I-United yayinephutha ngesikhathi iphuma enkingeni futhi ingalungile ekuvimbeni futhi iyaqhubeka nokukhokhela amaholo amakhulu kubaphathi. Laba bantu bayiziwula. Yibona abanecala ngezinkinga, hhayi izimakethe zikawoyela.”

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