I-CHICAGO - Iinqwelomoya ezibika ukuthuthwa kwabahambi ngo-Agasti ukuza kuthi ga ngoku zifakwe kwiinkampu ezimbini: abathwali bexabiso eliphantsi njenge-US Airways Group (LCC) bathi umfanekiso uyaphucuka, kodwa abathwali abakhulu bamazwe aphesheya, kubandakanya iBritish Airways, basabuhlungu ngenxa yokuhla kweshishini. ukuhamba, owona mthombo wabo wengeniso.
I-US Airways ngoLwesine yathi ukuthuthwa kwabakhweli kwe-Agasti kwehle nge-3.9%, malunga nokuhambelana ne-3.8% ye-airline yokunciphisa umthamo wezihlalo. Imeko yomthwalo wabakhweli, okanye inani lezihlalo ezigcwalisiweyo kwinqwelomoya nganye, yayiphantse yafana nonyaka odlulileyo, kuma-85%. Ngelixa ingeniso yabakhweli ngekhilomitha nganye yokuhlala, umlinganiselo wengeniso yeshishini eliqhelekileyo, wehle nge-15% ukusuka kulo nyaka uphelileyo, umongameli uScott Kirby uthe i-US Airways "iyakhuthazwa ukuba iindlela zokubhukisha zakutsha nje kunye neendlela zokuphucula isivuno ziyaqhubeka ngoSeptemba."
IBritish Airways ibike ukuba ukugcwala kwabakhweli kukonke kwehle nge-0.7% ngo-Agasti, kunye ne-premium traffic yehle nge-11.9%. Izithuthi zolonwabo zinyuke nge-1.3%, ikakhulu zikhuthazwa ziintengiso zexabiso lokukhwela. Iimeko zentengiso zihlala zingatshintshi, i-airline yase-Bhritane yatsho ngoLwesine, iphawula ukuba isivuno, okanye inzuzo ngomkhweli ngamnye, iza phantsi koxinzelelo oluvela kwi-fuel ephantsi kunonyaka ophelileyo.
Ixabiso eliphantsi iRyanair Holdings Plc ithe izithuthi zabakhweli zitsibe i-19% ngo-Agasti, kumthwalo we-90%. Omnye umthwali we-European no-frills carrier, i-Easyjet, uthe i-traffic inyuke nge-4.8% kwinyanga ephelileyo, kwaye yathi isacwangcisa ukukhula komndilili wexesha elisondele kwi-7.5% ngonyaka.
NgoMvulo, i-Continental Airlines Inc., i-carrier yokuqala yamazwe ngamazwe ukunika ingxelo yeziphumo, iqikelelwa ukuba ingeniso ye-abagibeli ye-Agasti yehla phakathi kwe-16.5% kunye ne-17.5%. Inkampani yeenqwelomoya ithe imiba yomthwalo ibikumanqanaba erekhodi enyanga, kunye nokuhamba kwehle nge-3.9% ngokuncipha kwe-6% kumthamo wezihlalo, xa kuthelekiswa nonyaka ophelileyo.
I-Standard & Poors icuthe ukureyishwa kwayo kwityala elingakhuselekanga le-Continental kule veki ukuya “kuqikelelo olukhulu,” ngembono engalunganga. I-arhente yokulinganisa isekelwe kwisigqibo sayo ekwehleni kwamaxabiso eenqwelomoya, okubangelwa kukudodobala kweenqwelomoya zehlabathi.
I-S&P ithe ilindele ukuba ishishini lenqwelomoya lijongane nemeko yokuhamba ebuthathaka ixesha elide. Nangona imfuno yabakhweli iphucuka, abathwali bahlangabezana nokunyuka kwamaxabiso epetroli, kwaye bambalwa abakwazi ukwenza ingeniso.
