Ukumanyelwa kwengqungquthela yangoLwesibini malunga nezenzo zabathengi beenqwelomoya zinokubonisa intetho eninzi kwimiba efana nokubhukisha ngokugqithisileyo kunye nembuyekezo yabakhweli, kodwa umba omnye ophambili usisiseko seengxaki eziphambili zamvanje: ukhetho olunciphayo kwindawo yentengiso yenqwelomoya.
Enye yeenqwelomoya ezine ezinkulu zasekhaya (iMelika, iDelta, iSouthwest kunye ne-United) okwangoku ilawula ngaphezulu kwe-50 yepesenti yendawo yokuhlala kwiinqwelomoya eziphuma kwizikhululo zeenqwelomoya ezili-155 zase-US-kwaye i-74 yazo i-100 ipesenti ilawulwa yenye yezo moya, ngokwedatha ekhutshiweyo. NgoMvulo yi-US Travel Association.
Le meko ikhoyo ayiniki iinkampani zeenqwelo moya inkuthazo yokuphatha abathengi babo ngenkathalo nangentlonipho ngamaxesha onke, ubonisa ukuba uSekela Mongameli oLawulayo we-US Travel Association kwiMicimbi yoLuntu u-Jonathan Grella.
“Kangangexesha elide, i-fox engumzekeliso ibiphethe umgaqo-nkqubo we-henhouse,” utshilo uGrella. “Iinqwelomoya ezinkulu ziza eWashington, zibongoza ubuthathaka bezemali kwaye zifuna ukuba banikwe lonke uncedo, emva koko baye eWall Street baxele umvuzo.
"Sonke kufuneka sifune ukuba iinqwelomoya zase-US zibe sempilweni kwaye zibe nengeniso, kodwa ixesha elide belawula ukwenziwa kwemigaqo-nkqubo yezomoya ngeendleko zoluntu oluhambahambayo, kwaye ixesha lokubuyisela umva lo mkhwa ufikile ngokucacileyo."
Kwilizwe lonke, iinqwelomoya ezine ezinkulu zilawula phantse iipesenti ezingama-69 zezihlalo zasekhaya. Kumazwe ngamazwe, abathwali belifa le-Big Three base-US (i-American, i-Delta ne-United) kunye namaqabane abo oshishino oludibeneyo balawula i-82 yepesenti yomthamo wezihlalo kwiinqwelomoya ezidlula i-Atlantiki.
Ngeli xesha, phantse iipesenti ezingama-60 zezikhululo zeenqwelomoya zase-US ziphulukene neendlela kule minyaka ilishumi idlulileyo.
Uhambo lwase-US lukhuphe uhlalutyo lwesikhundla saso phambi kovavanyo lwangoLwesibini lweKomiti yeNdlu yase-US yezoThutho kunye neZiseko zoPhuhliso apho uninzi lwabaphathi beenqwelomoya kulindeleke ukuba banike ubungqina.
Idatha iyinxalenye yesicwangciso somgaqo-nkqubo wezohambo wezohambo we-US ozayo, oza kusebenzisa uphando olunzulu ukuchonga iingxaki kwimarike ye-Aviation yabakhweli base-US kunye nokucebisa izisombululo zomgaqo-nkqubo ukuzilungisa.
Uninzi lwezikhululo zeenqwelo moya ezilawulwa yinkampani enye ezikhankanyiweyo kwidatha yokuHamba yase-US ziphakathi okanye zijikeleze izithili ezimelwe ngamalungu eKomiti yezoThutho neZiseko.
UGrella wathi: “Iziganeko ezilusizi zamvanje ziye zanikel’ ingqalelo kuluntu nasekumiseleni umgaqo-nkqubo kwintsika ebalulekileyo yoqoqosho lwaseUnited States—inkqubo yokuhamba ngenqwelo-moya—ekudala ibonisa iintanda ezothusayo. Abaqulunqi bomthetho kufuneka baqonde ukuba banako ukuyilungisa eminye yale miba ngorhwebo lwasimahla, uhlaziyo oluxhasa ukukhula kunokuba babeke imithetho emitsha, kwaye sinethemba lokuba yile nto ityhilwa yile ndibano.
Phakathi kwezindululo zomgaqo-nkqubo woHambo lwase-US zokuphucula ukhuphiswano:
• Khusela kwaye wandise izivumelwano ze-US Open Skies, kwaye ugcine imithetho karhulumente ingekho kwindawo yentengiso. Ukwenza oko kuye kwathoba iintlawulo ngeepesenti ezingama-32 kwaye konga abahambi imali eyongezelelweyo eyi-4 yeebhiliyoni zeerandi ngonyaka.
• Uphononongo olungqongqo noluqhubekayo lokungathembeki okunikwe iinkampani zeenqwelo-moya ukuqinisekisa ukuba le migaqo-nkqubo inceda abahambi kwaye ikhuthaza abantu abatsha abangena kwimarike yezophapho yase-US.
• Tyala imali kwiziseko ezingundoqo zesikhululo seenqwelomoya kwaye ubuyisele ulawulo lwasekhaya lweeprojekthi zokwandiswa kwesikhululo seenqwelomoya ngokuvumela abasemagunyeni kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya ukuba bamisele iirhafu zeNdawo yoMkhweli weNdawo yoMkhweli, okwangoku ezibekwe kwi-4.50 yeedola kwaye azizange zitshintshwe ukususela ngo-2000. Ukwenza oko kuvumela izikhululo zeenqwelo-moya ukuba zande njengoko zifuneka kwaye zenza ezinye iinqwelo-moya ukukhuphisana kuloo marike.
• Vumela izikhululo zeenqwelo moya zisebenzisane ngokuthe ngqo neendawo ekuyiwa kuzo kunye neenqwelomoya ukuthengisa nokuphuhlisa iindlela ezintsha zenkonzo yomoya. Imithetho ye-Federal ngoku iyakuthintela izikhululo zeenqwelo moya ekusebenziseni iingeniso zazo ukuze zisebenze ekwandiseni inkonzo yomoya ngokuthengisa indawo ekusingwa kuyo kunye nenkuthazo yemali kwiinkampani zeenqwelomoya. Abaqulunqi bomthetho kufuneka bavumele izikhululo zeenqwelo moya ukuba zisebenzisane ngokuthe ngqo neendawo ekuyiwa kuzo kunye neenqwelomoya ngokwazo ukutsala iinketho ezininzi zenqwelomoya.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- airlines to be healthy and profitable, but for too long they’ve dominated aviation policymaking at the expense of the traveling public, and the moment to reverse that trend has clearly arrived.
- One of the four biggest domestic airlines (American, Delta, Southwest and United) currently controls over 50 percent of seat capacity on flights out of 155 U.
- • Rigorous and consistent review of antitrust immunity granted to airlines to ensure these policies are benefiting travelers and encouraging new entrants into the U.
