Iindlela zeDelta eAtlanta zitsho kwiMetro

Kwiinyanga nje ezimbalwa emva kothethathethwano lokuthotywa kweendleko ezinkulu ukusuka kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya iDetroit Metropolitan, iDelta Air Lines Inc. ibeka uxinzelelo kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya esinesixeko saseAtlanta ukuba sichithe inkcitho okanye sibeke esichengeni sokuphulukana nenqwelomoya kwezinye iihabhu ezintandathu kuthungelwano oluxananazileyo lwenqwelomoya, kuquka iDetroit.

Ingxabano ibonakalisa i-spat edlalwa ukuwa kokugqibela e-Romulus phakathi kwe-Wayne County Airport Authority, esebenza i-Detroit Metro, kunye ne-Northwest Airlines, eyafunyanwa yi-Delta ngo-Oktobha.

I-hardball Delta edlalwe nesikhululo seenqwelomoya sase-Detroit kunye ne-Atlanta ibonisa amandla othethwano efunyenwe yinkampani yeenqwelomoya ngokufumana uMntla-ntshona kunye nee-hubs zayo ezintathu zase-US ukuba ibe yeyona nkampani inkulu yehlabathi.

"Into eyenziwa yiDelta kukuba ayinako ukugcina ukunyuka kweendleko ixesha elide, kwaye izimisele ukwenza utshintsho ukuze igcine abo bajongana nabo," utshilo ingcali yezoshishino uBill Swelbar, umhlalutyi wophando kwiMassachusetts Institute of Technology's Airline Data. Iprojekthi. “Amaziko eenqwelo-moya abonelela ngexabiso elikhulu kuluntu. Kodwa ngubani omele athwale ezo ndleko?

Isikhululo seenqwelomoya iMetro yayiyeyona ndawo inkulu yaseMntla-ntshona kwaye ngoku ikwiDelta yesibini ngobukhulu kwezisixhenxe. Amagosa e-Airline apha akhawuleza ukuchaza ukuba xa uMntla-ntshona kunye neDelta wacela ugunyaziwe wesikhululo seenqwelomoya ukuba akhuphe i-10 yezigidi zeedola ukusuka kuhlahlo lwabiwo-mali luka-2009.

Iinkampani zixelele amagosa esikhululo seenqwelomoya ukuba ukuba azinakunciphisa iindleko kwaye zinyuse ingeniso kwindawo yokupaka kunye nemvumelwano yokunciphisa iindleko zenqwelomoya ngomkhweli ngamnye, iDelta esanda kudityaniswa inokuthatha ishishini layo iye nakweyiphi na indawo yayo yasekhaya ezintandathu - eAtlanta, Memphis, Cincinnati. , New York, Minneapolis/St. Paul okanye iSalt Lake City-apho ukwenza ishishini kuya kuba nexabiso eliphantsi.

Ngoku, i-Delta ixelela iinkokheli ze-Airport ye-Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International - elona hlabathi likhulu ngokubhekiselele kwi-traffic traffic - ukuba ngaphandle kokuba iindleko zinqunyulwa apho, malunga nesibini kwisithathu seenqwelo-moya eziphuma kunye nokuphuma kwisixeko esikhulu saseGeorgia sinokufuduselwa kwenye indawo. Ileta ethunyelwe kwiveki ephelileyo kuMphathi Jikelele weSikhululo seenqwelomoya saseAtlanta uBen DeCosta nguJohn Boatright, usekela mongameli weDelta wezindlu ezithengiswayo, ngokukodwa ebizwa ngokuba yiDetroit njengendawo enye ezo nqwelomoya zinokuhanjiswa.

Iingcali zilumkisa ukuba ezo zinto zigqithiselweyo zizele yi-hyperbole ngenxa yomnqweno wesiXeko sase-Atlanta wokuhlala uyeyona ndawo iphambili yokuhamba kwihlabathi. Kodwa loo manyathelo anokuba luncedo.

E-Detroit, ubuncinane inxalenye ye-7.3 yezigidi zeerandi kwiindleko zokonga kunye nokunyuka kwengeniso efunyenwe yiDelta, eMntla-ntshona kunye nezinye iinqwelomoya ezisebenza kwiMetro zadluliselwa kubagibeli basekhaya. Iindleko zokupaka kwiNorth Terminal's Big Blue Deck zitsibe ukusuka kwi-$10 ngosuku ukuya kwi-$16 ngoNovemba, kwaye amaxabiso emihla ngemihla kwigaraji yeMcNamara Terminal kulindeleke ukuba anyuke aye kwi-20 yeedola ukusuka kwi-19 yeedola, ukuqala ngoFebruwari 1.

Isivumelwano seDelta seminyaka engama-30 kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya saseAtlanta siphezulu kulo nyaka uzayo. Ngelixa uthethathethwano olusesikweni lungekaqalisi, amagosa kwezinye iindawo ezimbini zeDelta - eMemphis naseCincinnati - abonise ukuba azimisele ukuthatha naziphi na iinqwelomoya iDelta enokuthi ihambe kwindawo yayo yasekhaya eAtlanta.

Apha eDetroit, nangona kunjalo, isithethi sesikhululo seenqwelomoya iMetro uMichael Conway uthe abasemagunyeni kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya bagxile kwiinzame zabo zokufumana inkonzo entsha kubo bonke abathwali endaweni yokuthatha izithuthi kwezinye iindawo zeDelta.

"Sithengisa indawo yethu yenkonzo kwiindleko eziphantsi kunye nabathwali benethiwekhi ngamaxesha onke," kusho uConway. "Kodwa yinto esiyenzayo ngokwethu, hayi ukukhupha ezinye ii-hubs."

USwelbar, umhlalutyi weshishini, uthe ulindele ukuba iimeko ezifanayo zidlale kuzo zonke iindawo zeDelta njengoko bethethathethana ngeekhontrakthi.

Ekugqibeleni, uthe, ngumcimbi woluntu olukhetha ukuba ixabiseke kangakanani inkonzo yomoya malunga nokuxhasa inkampani yeenqwelomoya enexabiso eliphantsi.

“Umbuzo omkhulu,” watsho uSwelbar, “ngubani ozimiseleyo ukuthabatha olo xanduva.”