ISouthwest Airlines Co, esona sesaphulelo sikhulu, ikhokele ezinye iziphathamandla ezinkulu zase-US ekunikezeleni ngeendleko zendlela enye ephantsi njenge- $ 30 yokuvelisa ibango xa ixesha lokuhamba laseMelika liphela ngoSeptemba. Ukuthengiswa kokona kuncitshiswa kukazwelonke kumzantsi-ntshona kwiminyaka eli-13.
I-Delta Air Lines Inc., i-American Airlines, i-United Airlines, i-Continental Airlines Inc., i-JetBlue Airways Corp kunye ne-US Airways Group Inc. bajoyine uMzantsi-ntshona ekunikezeleni amaxabiso entengiso namhlanje nangomso kuhambo ngo-Septemba 9 ukuya ku-Novemba 18. Amaxabiso zii-30 zeedola indlela nganye yeenqwelomoya ukuya kuthi ga kwiimayile ezingama-400 (iikhilomitha ezingama-644), iidola ezingama-60 ezingama-400 ukuya kuma-750 eekhilomitha kunye ne- $ 90 ngaphezulu kweekhilomitha ezingama-750.
I-air traffic yase-US yehlile kwisiqingatha sokuqala sika-2009 njengoko amashishini anciphisa ukuhamba kwezoqoqosho. Iinqwelo-moya zisebenzise izaphulelo ukurhwebesha abakhweli, kwaye i-Amerika ithe eli shishini linokunyuka kuphela kwemali yokuthenga kwilizwe lonke kulo nyaka.
"Ngelixa amaxabiso etikiti lenqwelomoya azinzile kutsha nje ukusuka ekuweni kwawo simahla, iinqwelomoya aziphumi ehlathini njengoko amaxabiso eoyile ahlala engazinzanga kwaye efuna ingozi," utshilo uRick Seaney, igosa eliyintloko kwindawo yokuthenga iFarecompare.com, utshilo imeyile.
I-Delta, inqwelomoya enkulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni, engu-2 waseMelika, iyunithi ye-AMR Corp. kunye nezinye izinto ezihamba nazo zilingana nexabiso kwiindlela ezikhuphisanayo, batsho njalo. Intengiso igubungela uninzi lweemephu zendlela yesixeko ese-Dallas ezingama-68, utshilo uSeaney.
'Ndiyadana noko'
Intengiso yo Mzantsi-ntshona "iyadanisa kuba ibonisa ukuba ukubhukisha emva koSuku lwaBasebenzi kubuthathaka kunokuba kungathathwa njengesiqhelo ngeli xesha lonyaka," utshilo uHelane Becker, umhlalutyi ozinze eNew York eJesup & Lamont Securities Corp. kubatyali mali. Ubeka umzantsi-ntshona "ubambe".
Amaxabiso okuthengisa eMzantsi-ntshona aquka i $ 90 ngandlela nganye phakathi kweChicago neHouston okanye iLas Vegas ukuya eProvidence, eRhode Island; Iidola ezingama-60 ukusuka eBaltimore ukuya eNew Orleans, okanye eBurbank, eCalifornia, ukuya eSt. kunye ne- $ 30 yeAlbuquerque, iNew Mexico, ukuya eDenver naseBaltimore eNew York. Amaxabiso awavumelekanga ngolwesiHlanu nangeeCawa.
"Injongo yale ntengiso kukonyusa ukubhukisha kwethu kwangaphambili ukuwa," utshilo u-Ashley Rogers, isithethi sase Mzantsi-ntshona. "Kubalulekile ukuqala kwangoko ukuwa kwimeko enzima yezoqoqosho ngelixa usomeleza umfanekiso wethu ophantsi."
Sesona saphulelo sikhulu semali ukusukela uMzantsi-ntshona wanikezela ngeetikiti ezingama-25 eedola ngo-1996 ukubhiyozela iminyaka engama-25, utshilo. Inqwelo moya yazisa ngexabiso eliphantsi lokuya kuyo yonke inqwelo moya engamisiyo phakathi kwe-19 Agasti ne-Okthobha 31.
Amaxabiso e-jet-fuel ekuhanjisweni kwizibuko laseNew York anyuke ngeepesenti ezingama-41 ukusukela ngoMatshi 2. UMzantsi-ntshona namhlanje uthe ukugcwala kwabo, okanye iimayile eziqhutywa ngabahlawuli abahlawulayo, zehle nge-2.1 yepesenti ngoJuni kunye neepesenti ze-2.2 kwiinyanga ezintandathu zokuqala zika-2009.
Umzantsi-ntshona wehla ngeesenti ezili-12 ukuya kwi-6.48 yeedola nge-4 ntambama kwi-New York Stock Exchange, njengoko urhwebo lwamalungu ali-13 eBloomberg US Airlines Index yehla nge-1.7 yepesenti.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- “It's important to get a head start on the fall in a difficult economic environment while reinforcing our low-fare image.
- carriers in offering one- way fares as low as $30 to generate demand when the peak U.
- The rates are $30 each way for flights as far as 400 miles (644 kilometers), $60 for 400 to 750 miles and $90 for more than 750 miles.
