I-Delta Air Lines Inc. kunye ne-Continental Airlines Inc. ziya kuqala ukuhlawulisa abathengi eyona mirhumo iphezulu kolu shishino kwiingxowa ezitshekishiwe kule veki, zibeka ezinye izithuthi ukuba zenze okufanayo.
Imirhumo emitsha isebenza kwiinqwelomoya ngaphakathi naphakathi kwe-United States, i-US Virgin Islands, iKhanada kunye nePuerto Rico. Okungabandakanywanga ziiflaya zodidi oluphezulu, iiflaya rhoqo kunye namalungu omkhosi asebenzayo wase-US.
Ngokuchacha ekukhuleni kwengeniso yabakhweli eqikelelwa ekuhambeni kwexesha kulo nyaka, iinqwelomoya zibonakala zingathathi mathuba malunga nokubakho kokusilela ngemali. Iifizi ezincedisayo, ezifana nezo zihlawuliswa imithwalo etshekiweyo, ibe ngumqhubi obalulekileyo wokukhula kwengeniso.
Ukubeka uxinzelelo kwishishini kukutsiba okutsha nje kumaxabiso akrwada ebhentshimark, abethe iinyanga ezili-15 phezulu ekuqaleni kwale veki.
"Sigxininise ngokwenene ekukhuliseni ingeniso encedisayo kwishishini lethu ukuze sibe nomsindo ngokuchasene nokuguquguquka kweshishini," kusho uRichard Anderson, umphathi oyintloko we-Atlanta-based Delta, ngexesha lentlanganiso yabatyali-mali kwinyanga ephelileyo.
U-Anderson uqikelele ukuba ingeniso encedisayo iyonke - ebandakanya iimali zemithwalo, iimali zolawulo, iinkqubo ezihamba rhoqo, iinkonzo zehlabathi kunye namashishini okuphatha umhlaba - ziya kudlula i-4 yeebhiliyoni zeedola kulo nyaka.
Ngo-2010, abahlalutyi abavotelwe nguPhando lwe-FactSet baqikelela ukuba i-Delta iya kujinga kwingeniso ye-1.13 yesabelo kwiintengiso ze-30.9 yezigidigidi zeedola, ngokomyinge, ukusuka kuqikelelo lwe-28 yeebhiliyoni zeerandi kwingeniso eyenziwe ngo-2009.
I-Continental esekwe eHouston kulindeleke ukuba ijingi kwinzuzo ye-1.36 yeedola kwintengiso ye-14 yeebhiliyoni zeedola, ukusuka kuqikelelo lwe-12.7 yeebhiliyoni zeedola kunyaka ophelileyo.
Lilonke, ishishini leenqwelomoya kwihlabathi liphela lijongene nelahleko enokubakho yeebhiliyoni ezi-5.6 zeedola ngo-2010, kodwa oku kuya kuba luphuculo olusuka kwilahleko eqikelelwayo ye-11 yeebhiliyoni zeerandi efunyenwe kulo nyaka uphelileyo, ngokwedatha enikwe nguMbutho wezoThutho loMoya waMazwe ngaMazwe.
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Ngokuchasene nale mvelaphi, i-Delta inyuse imirhumo yemithwalo ejongwe kwiveki ephelileyo ukuya kwi-25 yeedola kwibhegi yokuqala kunye ne-35 yeedola yesibini, ukusuka kwi-15 yeedola kunye ne-20 yeedola, ngokulandelanayo. I-Continental ithe ihambelana nolu lwando ngoLwesihlanu.
Ngo-Agasti, i-US Airways Group inyuse imirhumo yebhegi yayo ukuya kwi- $25 kunye ne-35 yeedola.
Kungekudala emva koko, umthwali waxelela abahlalutyi baseWall Street ukuba imirhumo yemithwalo ibangele ilahleko yabathengi abambalwa kuphela - "incinci kakhulu asinakukwazi ukuyilinganisa," uMongameli we-US Airways uScott Kirby ngexesha lenkomfa ka-Oktobha.
Abathwali banikezela ngesaphulelo esincinci kubakhweli abajonga imithwalo yabo kwi-Intanethi, kodwa iifizi ezikhutshiweyo zisephezulu kunangaphambili. I-United Airlines kunye ne-American Airlines ziya kuba ngathi zijonga le ntshukumo, njengoko zibiza nje i-20 yeedola kwibhegi yokuqala yokujonga kunye ne-30 yeedola okwesibini.
Kwikota yesithathu, iinqwelomoya zasekhaya ziye zafumana ngaphezulu kweedola ezingama-700 ezigidi kwimirhumo yebhegi etshekiweyo, inyuke nge-111% ukusuka kwangelo xesha linye ngo-2008, ngokutsho kweBureau yezoThutho.
Lilonke, iinqwelomoya ziqokelele ubuncinci i-2 yeebhiliyoni zeedola kwimirhumo encedisayo kwikota yesithathu, okanye i-6.9% yengeniso epheleleyo, kubathwali basekhaya abangama-26 ababikayo, i-arhente yatsho.
Kwi-Delta, imithetho emitsha yemithwalo isebenza kwiitikiti zeklasi yezoqoqosho ezithengiweyo okanye emva kwe-5 kaJanuwari kwiinqwelomoya eziqala ngoLwesibini. Imigaqo yelizwekazi iyasebenza kumatikiti athengwe nge-9 kaJanuwari okanye emva kohambo oluqala ngoMgqibelo.
Abathwali belifa baneyona ntlawulo iphezulu ejongwe-imithwalo kwishishini, ngokuyinxenye ngenxa yokuba bagxile ngakumbi kumhambi weshishini ohlawula i-premium kwaye hayi umhambi weholide oqaphela uhlahlo lwabiwo-mali. Abakhenkethi badla ngokukwazi ukufumana izaphulelo xa iinkampani zeenqwelo moya zingxamele ukuzalisa izihlalo ezingenabantu; Iinkampani zeenqwelo moya zona ziyakuzama ukuhlawula iintlawulo ezongezelelweyo njengemirhumo yempahla.
Yiyo loo nto abathwali bebhajethi, abaxhomekeke kakhulu kuhambo lokuzonwabisa, bahlala benemirhumo ephantsi yeebhegi. Abanye, kuquka i-Southwest Airlines Inc. kunye ne-JetBlue Airways Corp., ngononophelo baphephe iintlawulo ezongezelelweyo ngokupheleleyo, ubuncinane kwibhegi yokuqala.
Ezi nqwelo-moya nazo aziboneleli ngezaphulelo zokujonga iibhegi kwi-intanethi, kuba uninzi lwabakhenkethi bezolonwabo babhukisha amatikiti abo kwiiwebhusayithi zabathwali - endaweni yokuba basebenzise inkqubo yokusasaza yehlabathi efana neSaber okanye i-Amadeus, ezidumileyo phakathi kweeofisi zeshishini lokuhamba.
