Kubatana kunobatsira ndege; kunyara pamusoro pezvibhururuka

Kumwe kubatanidzwa kwemakambani hakuna zvakunoita pavatengi. Asi kana ndege hombe dzabatana, zvinoshandura hupenyu hwevafambi, zvichitungamira kumitengo yetikiti yepamusoro, sevhisi yehurombo uye pamwe nekuchinjira mukadhi rechikwereti raunotakura.

Kumwe kubatanidzwa kwemakambani hakuna zvakunoita pavatengi. Asi kana ndege hombe dzabatana, zvinoshandura hupenyu hwevafambi, zvichitungamira kumitengo yetikiti yepamusoro, sevhisi yehurombo uye pamwe nekuchinjira mukadhi rechikwereti raunotakura.

Kune indasitiri yendege yakaputsika, uko ndege huru pfumbamwe dzinorwa kumahombekombe-kusvika-kumahombekombe, kubvisa vakwikwidzi vakakura uye kuwanda masheji ekubhururuka kunogona kuve nzira yekurarama zvirinani nemitengo yemafuta akakwira uye kudzikira panzvimbo yekubhuroka uye kusagadzikana kwekudzikira kwekare. Ndosaka Delta Air Lines Inc. ingave ichifunga nhaurirano dzekubatanidza zviri pamutemo neUAL Corp.'s United Airlines kana Northwest Airlines Corp., uye nei vanoongorora vachifunga kuti michato mikuru yakawanda inogona kumirira mberi.

“Nekusagadzika kana kugadzira, ndinofunga zvichaitika. Kana zvikasadaro, vachadzokera mutangi zvakare, ”akadaro Gordon Bethune, aimbova mukuru weContinental Airlines anga achiraira vamwe vanoisa mari mundege nezvekubatana.

Asi kune vafambi, kubatana kukuru kwendege munhoroondo kwakareva kutemwa nemusoro. Vashandi vendege vanotsungirira shanduko uye kuodzwa mwoyo - izvo zvinogona kuvaita kuti vaite zvekugumbuka kune vatengi. Dzimwe nharaunda dzaigona kuona sevhisi yakaderedzwa kana kubatanidzwa kwakabvumira makambani endege akasanganiswa kuvhara mashandiro ehub - Delta yakabatanidzwa neNorthwest ichiri kuda hubs muCincinnati neMemphis, semuenzaniso? Mitengo yetikiti yepamusoro ingangove; ndege dzinobatana muchikamu kuitira kuti dzive nekuwedzera kwemitengo simba.

Asi njodzi huru yevatengi ibasa rakashata - kunonoka kubhururuka, mukwende wakarasika, nyonganiso panhandare dzendege, matambudziko ekutenga matikiti uye shanduko mumitemo yechirongwa chenguva dzose.

Chimbofunga zvakaitika mushure mekunge US Airways Group Inc. yabatanidzwa neAmerica West Airlines. Vatakuri vaviri ava vava netiweki yakasimba uye vaona kuwedzera kwemari yavanokwanisa kuunza kuburikidza nemitengo yepamusoro uye musanganiswa uri nani wevafambi vebhizinesi. Asi vatengi vakabhadhara mutengo wakakura kupfuura matikiti anodhura.

Apo vatakuri vaviri vakapedzisira vatamira kune imwe nzira yekuchengetedza, vatengi vakaona dzimwe nzira dzakanga dzarasika uye matambudziko emakombiyuta akatungamirira kumitsetse yakareba panhandare dzendege, kunonoka kwendege kwakapararira uye kukanganisa. Mamaneja eAmerica West, avo vakatora hombe yeUS Airways, vanetsekana kugadzirisa basa rekubata mikwende risina kukwana muPhiladelphia iro rakaburitsa mirwi yemasutukesi akarasika panguva dzekubatikana. US Airways pa-nguva kuita kwakadzika; zvichemo zvevatengi zvakakwira, sekureva kweDhipatimendi Rezvekutakurwa. Uye mutakuri wacho achiri kufanira kubata nemubatanidzwa wayo wevatyairi wakaputsika, uko vatyairi vekutanga veUS Airways vasiri kufara nezvekuti hukuru hwavo hwakakanganiswa sei nekubatanidzwa nevaimbova vatyairi veAmerica West.

"Kubatanidzwa kwendege kunobatsira vatengesi nekambani, asi kwete vatengi," akadaro Paul Hudson, director director weAviation Consumer Action Project, boka risingabatsiri.

Vafambi vaigona kuona shanduko huru muzvirongwa zvenguva dzose. Delta, semuenzaniso, ine chirongwa chayo chemamaira chakasungirirwa kuAmerican Express Co., nepo United mamaira inowanwa uchishandisa makadhi eJP Morgan Chase & Co, uye Northwest inofambirana neUS Bancorp. chinja makadhi echikwereti kuchirongwa chekambani yasara.

Makambani emakadhi-kiredhiti anogona kuita basa rakakura kupfuura zvakajairika munhaurirano dzekubatanidza sezvo akati wandei akatsigira ndege mukurongeka kwavo kwekubhuroka makore mashoma apfuura nekutenga-kare-inobhururuka mamaira kupa vatengi. American Express, semuenzaniso, yakapomba $500 miriyoni muDelta. "Plasitiki inoita chikamu chikuru mukuchinja," anodaro Randy Petersen, purezidhendi weFrequent Flyer Services, Colorado Springs, Colo., anogara achibhururuka muparidzi.

Kubatanidza kazhinji-inobhururuka zvirongwa zvinogona kuita kuti zviome kune vafambi kuwana zvigaro zvemahara uye kukwidziridzwa. Mamwe epamusoro-level anowanzo bhururuka, semuenzaniso, anogona kunge ari kuyedza kukwidziridza pane imwe ndege. Asi zvakare inovhura nzvimbo nyowani uko vafambi vanogona kuwana matikiti emahara, uye inoita kuti vepamusoro-soro vanobhururuka vashandise mabhenefiti avo sekutanga kukwira uye zvigaro zviri nani pane dzimwe ndege.

"Kutengesera uye kudiwa kunowedzera zvishoma kana zvirongwa zvakura," Mr. Petersen vakadaro.

Kubatanidzwa kunogonawo kureva ndege hombe pane dzimwe nzira kana mutakuri akasanganiswa ane mutengi mukuru achigona kutsiva saizi yakazara, jeti huru yejeti yedunhu ine zvigaro makumi mashanu. Dzimwe ndege dzepasirese uye dzepasirese dzaigona kuona ndege hombe - majeti ane muviri wakakura panzvimbo yendege dzine nzira imwechete - zvakare.

VaBethune vakati kuongororwa kweDelta-United musanganiswa wekufanotaura kuderedzwa kwe10% munharaunda-jet service kune vatengi veavo ndege mbiri, uye nezve 15 jets inokosha yekuwedzera mainline kubhururuka.

Kubatanidzwa kwakadaro kwendege kunogona kubatsira kurerutsa kutsvikinyidzana kuri mumatenga. Asi panguva imwecheteyo, kubatanidzwa kunogona kukonzera kuwanda kwakawanda panhandare dzendege dzinokura neyakasanganiswa traffic. Uye nenhoroondo, kubatanidzwa kunovhura mukana kune vatsva vanopinda uye kuderedzwa kwendege dzinozadza nzvimbo dzakasiiwa nekudzikiswa kwesevhisi uye kuwana mukana mutsva apo vakuru vanopinda vanokwidza mitengo.

Mumwe wevakanyanya kubatsirwa nekubatanidzwa kwendege kwakapfuura: Southwest Airlines Co., iyo yakawedzera mumaguta akabatwa nekubatanidzwa uye yakatora mari kunhamo dzebasa rendege nemitengo yepamusoro yematikiti. US Airways yakawana PSA uye AMR Corp.'s American Airlines yakawana AirCal kuti ivape ndege dzemukati meCalifornia, asi Maodzanyemba kwakadziva kumadokero ndiwo anotonga misika iyoyo nhasi. Mienzaniso ichangoburwa yehurongwa uhu hwekutora mukana iPhiladelphia nePittsburgh, uko Maodzanyemba kwakadziva kumadokero kwakawedzera sezvo US Airways yaita kondirakiti.

wsj.com

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