I-BANGKOK (eTN) - NgoLwesibini odlulileyo ibonise ukuphela kwexilongo lokuthengisa ukuba i-AirAsia yayifake uphawu ngaphezu kweminyaka emibini. NgoNovemba ka-2008, iqela le-AirAsia ngokuzingca libhengeze ukususa intlawulo yepetroli kwitikiti labakhweli. Emva konyaka iphinde yathatha isigqibo sokurhoxisa imirhumo yolawulo. Isibhengezo saba nempembelelo enkulu kubahambi ababecinga ukuba baya kuhlawula kuphela ixabiso letikiti.
Kodwa - "iqhinga okanye unyango" - ngoMeyi 3, 2011, i-Air Asia yaphinda yabuyisela intlawulo yayo yamafutha. Kunxibelelwano olusemthethweni, umphathiswa ubonisa ukuba umlinganiselo ungowexeshana kuphela ukuphelisa amaxabiso anyukayo e-jet fuel. Ngexesha leenyanga ezi-6, amafutha ejethi afikelele kubude obutsha, phantse aphindeke kabini ukusuka kwinqanaba eliphakathi kwe-2010 le-US $88 ukuya ngaphezulu kwe-US$140 ngomphanda kwiveki ephelileyo.
Intlawulo yamafutha eyongezelelweyo ngumba obuthathaka kwiipatheni zokuhamba zaseAsia njengoko inokuba likrele elintlangothi-mbini. Ukunyuka kweentlawulo zepetroli ezivela kubathuthi abashiyekileyo kusenokwenzeka ukuba kuphembelele ukwanda kwemfuno evela kudidi oluphakathi lwaseAsia basazimisele ukuhamba ngokukhetha abathwali bebhajethi ekugqibeleni endaweni yeenqwelomoya ezinenkonzo epheleleyo. Ngaphandle kokwazisa iintlawulo zamafutha ezongeziweyo, imirhumo yabathwali bohlahlo lwabiwo-mali iya kuhlala isezantsi kunezo zibizwa ziinqwelo-moya zelifa.
Nangona kunjalo, nakuphi na ukonyuka kwexabiso elipheleleyo elithathwayo ekugqibeleni linokuba nefuthe kumthengi waseAsia. Abathwali bebhajethi baba ziindlela ezinomtsalane zothutho lwendlela ukuya kwabakumgangatho ophakathi - kubandakanywa necandelo elisezantsi. Intlawulo yamafutha eyongeziweyo inokuthoba ngokukhawuleza imfuno kumazwe anesiqingatha esikhulu saloo mivuzo iphantsi. Mhlawumbi iyasichaza isizathu sokuba i-AirAsia igqibe ekubeni inganyanzelisi intlawulo yamafutha kwiinqwelomoya zasekhaya ngaphakathi e-Indonesia naseThailand kodwa eMalaysia kuphela, apho abantu abakumgangatho ophakathi basenokukwazi ukuhlawula umrhumo omncinci owongezelelweyo. Emva kokuchaza ukugcina umgaqo-nkqubo we-zero ye-fuel surcharge ekupheleni kukaJanuwari, i-Cebu Pacific eseManila yagqiba ekubeni iphinde ibuyisele intlawulo yamafutha phakathi ku-Matshi kwiinkonzo zamazwe ngamazwe, ichaza ukuba ayikwazi ukuxhasa iintlawulo ezikhulayo. Kwanyanzeleka ke emva kweentsuku ezili-10 ukuba kufakwe nexabiso eliphantsi lamafutha kwiinqwelomoya zasekhaya, phakathi kwe-P. 50 (i-US $ 1.07) kunye ne-P. 200 (i-US $ 4.30) ngecandelo ngalinye. Ukuthetha namajelo asekuhlaleni, uCebu Pacific uSekela Mongameli weNtengiso uCandice Iyog wachaza ukuba useza kubonelela ngezona ntlawulo ziphantsi kuzo naziphi na iinqwelomoya kwiiPhilippines, kuquka nentlawulo yamafutha.
Iinqwelomoya zaseMalaysia zasekhaya nezamazwe ngamazwe ezifikelela kwiiyure ezi-2 zibonisa ukusuka ngoku intlawulo eyongezelelweyo yamafutha e-RM 10 ngesegmenti (malunga ne-US$3.30), inyuka nge-RM 10 ngayo nayiphi na iyure eyongezelelweyo yokubhabha ukuya kwiiyure ezi-4. Kwi-AirAsia X, intlawulo eyongezelelweyo iqala kwi-RM 50 ukuya kwi-RM 90 (malunga ne-US$17 ukuya kwi-US$31). Iqela leenqwelomoya zohlahlo lwabiwo-mali likhawuleza ukuba lithembise ukuphinda liyiphelise intlawulo eyongezelelweyo nje ukuba amaxabiso ehle. Umrhumo obizwayo uhlala uphantsi. I-AirAsia ibonisa ukuba ukukhula kweengeniso ezincedisayo - ukutya, umrhumo wemithwalo, ukungena kwangaphambili okanye isabelo sokuhlala, ukuthengwa kwe-intanethi okanye i-inshurensi - kunceda ukuphelisa imiphumo yokunyuka kwamaxabiso amafutha. Kwingxelo yemali, iqela lenqwelomoya liqikelela ukuba i-RM 1 (U$30) nganye echithwe ngumkhweli ibonelela malunga ne-US$1/ibhari yesithinteli.
I-Tiger Airways ayikahlawulisi mali ezongezelelweyo ngokunyuka kwamafutha. Inkampani yeenqwelomoya ibonisa ukuba idibanise amaxabiso epetroli adityanisiweyo kuqikelelo lwayo. Iinkonzo ezincedisayo kumthwali sele zifikelele kwi-20% yengeniso epheleleyo yeTiger kwaye zinefuthe le-buffer kumatikiti omoya. Ngeli xesha, inqwelomoya ibonisa ukuba yonyuse kancinane umndilili wokukhwela inqwelo-moya ukuya kwibhalansi yokunyuka kweendleko zamafutha ejethi.
Kuzo zombini i-AirAsia kunye ne-Tiger Airways, i-fuel inesabelo esiphezulu kwinkcitho iyonke: kwikota yokuqala ye-FY 2011 ye-AirAsia, i-avareji ye-38.2% - kunye ne-39.3% ye-Indonesia AirAsia - ngelixa i-Tiger Airways, yayimi kwi-38.1% yazo zonke. inkcitho kwikota yesithathu ka-2010-11. KwiQela leQantas – apho i-brand yexabiso eliphantsi i-Jetstar idityanisiwe – iindleko zepetroli ngeyunithi nganye bezimi kuma-31.6% kwisiqingatha sokuqala sonyaka we-FY ka-2011.
Elona themba likhulu kubakhweli liya kuba sisiphelo kwiingxabano eziqhubekayo kuMbindi Mpuma, ezinokuzisa isiqabu sexeshana ekunyukeni kwamaxabiso epetroli. Kodwa njengoko iingcali zisitsho rhoqo, imfuno yeoli iya kuqhubeka ikhula ngokukhawuleza kunokubonelela, amaxabiso aphezulu kunye nentlawulo eyongezelelweyo yepetroli kunokwenzeka ukuba ibe ziimpawu ezisisigxina zothutho lomoya. Kungcono uqhelane nayo ngoku!
