I-Singapore - Iinqwelomoya zebhajethi zase-Asiya ziya kuphumelela njengoko ukubuyiswa koqoqosho lwengingqi kubambe kwaye inqanaba eliphakathi likhula, kodwa ukunyuka kweendleko zepetroli kungonakalisa inzuzo, abaphathi abaphezulu beshishini bathi ngoLwesine.
Iinqwelomoya zexabiso eliphantsi ziqhube ngcono ngexesha lokudodobala kwezoqoqosho kulo nyaka uphelileyo kunabo bakhuphisana nabo ngenkonzo epheleleyo njengoko abantu kunye neenkampani bezijonge ukunciphisa iindleko ngokubuyisela umva uhambo olubiza kakhulu loshishino.
Kule veki iphelileyo, ophethe inkonzo epheleleyo yaseJapan Airlines Corp. ufake isicelo sokhuseleko lokungatshoni emva kweminyaka yelahleko enkulu ngelixa inkampani yeenqwelo moya yase-Singapore i-Tiger Airways enexabiso eliphantsi inyuse i-178 yezigidi zeedola kunikezelo lukawonke-wonke.
Abathwali bohlahlo lwabiwo-mali ngoku banethemba lokuba ukukhula koqoqosho lwengingqi ngokubanzi kunokunyusa uhambo lokuzonwabisa ngo-2010.
"Ubungakanani bemakethi yokuhamba kulo mmandla buza kugqabhuka njengoko uqoqosho lubuya," utshilo uGarry Kingshott, umcebisi oyintloko weCebu Pacific Air eseManila.
Ukukhula kwabemi balo mmandla, ngakumbi e-China nakwi-mpuma ye-Asia, kunye namazinga aphezulu okukhula koqoqosho abonisa kakuhle kwiinqwelomoya zeenqwelomoya njengoko izigidi zabantu base-Asiya zikhutshiwe kubuhlwempu kwaye zihambela kumazwe angaphandle okokuqala, iingcali zatsho.
"Ukwenziwa kwamakhaya akumgangatho ophakathi okokuqala kwiimarike ezikhulayo kuyaqhubeka," utshilo uYuwa Hedrick-Wong, ingcali yezoqoqosho kwi-MasterCard Worldwide eSingapore. "Ukuba ujonga iinqwelomoya zebhajethi, uhambo lohlahlo lwabiwo-mali njalo njalo, ezi ziinkonzo eziqhelekileyo ezisetyenziswa ngabakumgangatho ophakathi."
Abaphathi bemizi-mveliso bathi iindleko eziphakamileyo zepetroli zinokucutha ingeniso kwaye zijongele phantsi iingenelo zeendleko abanazo ngaphezu koontanga abasebenza ngokupheleleyo.
"Ndiqinisekile ukuba sonke asilali ebusuku sixhalabile ngamaxabiso e-jet, eyona nto ungayilawuliyo," utshilo uSam Sridharan, igosa eliyintloko lezorhwebo kwiSpiceJet yaseIndiya.
Amaxabiso e-oyile ekrwada arhwebe nge-$10 nakweliphi na icala le-75 yeedola ngomphanda kwiinyanga zamva nje emva kokubetha i-147 yeedola kwaye yaya kutsho kwi-32 yeedola ngo-2008. Uninzi lweengcali zezoqoqosho zithi amaxabiso anokunyuka kulo nyaka kwaye aphule i-$ 100 kwakhona kwiminyaka emibini ezayo, ukuxinzelela abathwali bebhajethi apho i-akhawunti ye-fuel ukuya kuthi ga kwi-40 yepesenti yeendleko zokusebenza.
“Sonke siyazi ukuba iza kuqhubeka kwaye le yenye yeengozi ezinkulu zeli shishini,” utshilo uBrett Godfrey, umphathi oyintloko weVirgin Blue yaseOstreliya.
Ukuze bahlale bekhuphisana, abaphathi bathi abathwali bexabiso eliphantsi kufuneka basebenzise itekhnoloji yamva nje ukunciphisa iindleko, basebenze ngakumbi kwaye banelise abathengi.
IJetstar Airways, eseMelbourne, eOstreliya, iceba ukuba kule nyanga izayo iqalise ukuthumela amapasi okukhwela ngomyalezo wombhalo ukunciphisa amaxesha okungena.
“Kufuneka sihlale sisenza izinto ezintsha ukuze sihlale phambili,” utshilo umphathi weJetstar uBruce Buchanan.
