Air Tahiti Nui ndiye ndege yaying'ono yomwe imatha

Malo omwe amakonda kupita ku Southern California honeymooners, Tahiti ndi zilumba zoyandikana nawo ndi ena mwa malo ochepa padziko lapansi omwe maanja amatha kugona m'mabwalo amadzi ndikudzuka ndi phokoso la nyanja yomwe ili pansi pa mapazi awo.

Koma kuti akafike kumeneko, alendo ambiri amayenera kuyendetsa ndege yaing'ono yokhala ndi ndege zisanu zokha zomwe ngakhale kukula kwake kwaposa zomwe anthu amayembekezera pochita zazikulu.

Mwezi watha, ndege yosadziwika bwino, Air Tahiti Nui, idakondwerera zaka 10, itapulumuka zovuta zingapo zamabizinesi zomwe zatenga ndege zazikulu zambiri.

M'njira, ndege yonyamula mbendera ku Tahiti idadziwika kuti "ndege yaying'ono yomwe ingathe" ndipo kwa zaka zingapo zapitazi yakhala pagulu la ndege zabwino kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi, kujowina gulu la anthu osankhika omwe zombo zake ndi zazikulu kuwirikiza 50. “Nui” m’dzina lake amatanthauza “wamkulu” m’Chitahiti.

"Ndi nkhani yopambana," atero a Joe Brancatelli, omwe amayendetsa tsamba lazamalonda a JoeSentMe.com. “Kupulumuka ndi chigonjetso kwa iwo. Zaka XNUMX monga ndege yolemekezeka, yotetezeka komanso yokondedwa, imaika gululo palokha."

Koma tsopano oyendetsa ndege akukumana ndi mayeso ake ovuta kwambiri ngakhale pakugwa kwachuma padziko lonse lapansi komwe kukuvutitsa ngakhale ndege zazikulu kwambiri.

Sabata yatha, International Air Transport Assn. adati ngakhale kutsika kwamitengo yamafuta kwapereka "mpumulo wolandirika" kwa oyendetsa ndege, "chisoni chikupitilirabe ndipo mkhalidwe wamakampaniwo udakali wovuta."

Ndipo kugwaku kungakhale kochititsa chidwi kwambiri ku Tahiti ndi zilumba zozungulira ku French Polynesia zomwe zakhala ngati malo otentha kwa anthu opita kukasangalala ndi ukwati ndi tchuthi chapamwamba. Ndegeyo imayang'anira 70% ya alendo obwera kuzilumba za Pacific. Los Angeles International Airport ndi malo ake akuluakulu apaulendo aku America ndi ku Europe.

"Chakhala chovuta kwa ife," adatero Nicholas Panza, wachiwiri kwa purezidenti wa Air Tahiti Nui ku America. "Tonse tikuyenera kunola mapensulo athu."

Koma kutsikako kukanapangitsa ulendo wopita ku Tahiti ndi zisumbu zozungulira monga Bora Bora ndi Moorea kukhala zotsika mtengo.

Kuti ndege zake zikhale zodzaza, wonyamulirayo wayamba kupereka maulendo apaulendo "ofupika" kuti apaulendo ambiri ochokera ku Southern California ndi West Coast akakhale "kumapeto kwa sabata lalitali" ku Tahiti. Chilumbachi chili pamtunda wa maola asanu ndi atatu kuchokera ku Los Angeles ndipo chili m'dera la Hawaii.

Mtengo wa $765 paulendo wobwerera ndi pafupifupi 25% wotsika kuposa mtengo wotsika kwambiri womwe umapereka. Phukusi la masiku asanu lomwe limaphatikizapo tikiti yaulendo wobwerera ndi hotelo imayambira pa $1,665 pamunthu. Ndegeyo idati idayambanso kukweza mabanja momwe ana awiri osakwanitsa zaka 12 amawuluka kwaulere ndi akulu awiri omwe amalipira.

Mitengo yaposachedwa ndi nkhani zolandirika kwa ogwira ntchito paulendo omwe akuti kugulitsa Tahiti kwakhala kokwera mtengo kwambiri.

"Ndizomvetsa chisoni kuti bizinesi ili ku Tahiti chifukwa ndi malo abwino kwambiri," adatero Diane Embree, mlangizi wapaulendo wa Michael's Travel Center ku Westlake Village. "Koma nthawi zonse zakhala zokwera mtengo kwambiri kwa anthu ambiri - makamaka poyerekeza ndi malo ena. Ndipo ndi momwe chuma chilili tsopano, anthu akhala akuyang'ana kuti achepetse ndalama zoyendera. ”

Zopereka zonse ziwirizi ndizatsopano kwa oyendetsa ndege ndipo cholinga chake ndi kukokera okwera kuchokera kugawo la msika lomwe silinayang'anepo kale. Ndegeyo idangoyang'ana kwambiri za "bizinesi yachikondi" - maanja pa tchuthi chawo chaukwati kapena kukondwerera tsiku lawo laukwati.

"Tikuganiza kuti titha kuchititsa kuti anthu azifuna zinthu zatsopano chifukwa chakumapeto kwa sabata yayitali, zothawirako mwachangu," atero a Yves Wauthy, wamkulu woyendetsa ndege.

Kufunafuna misika yatsopano kwathandiza bwino ndege, yomwe idayamba kugwira ntchito mu 1998 ndi mikangano yambiri. Tahiti ndi dera la ku France komwe kuli anthu pafupifupi 200,000. Ili ndi boma lake, lomwe lidaganiza m'ma 1990s kuti chilumbachi chimafunikira ndege kuti ikhale yodzidalira ndikuyendetsa zokopa alendo. Chonyamuliracho ndi pafupifupi 60% ya boma la Tahiti ndi 40% ndi osunga ndalama.

"Anthu akumaloko anali kunena kuti boma ndi lopenga," anakumbukira Panza, msilikali wazaka 25 pakampani yandege yemwe adayamba ntchito yake ndi Trans World Airlines yomwe idasowa ndipo mu 1998 adalembedwa kuti athandizire kuyambitsa ndege ya Tahiti.

Kwa zaka zitatu zoyambirira, ndegeyo inkagwira ntchito ndi ndege imodzi, gulu lalikulu la Airbus A340 lomwe poyamba linabwerekedwa kuchokera ku chonyamulira china, ndikuwulutsa alendo aku US kuchokera ku LAX kupita ku Papeete, Tahiti.

Kukula kwakukulu kwa ndegeyo kudabwera posachedwa pa 9/11 pomwe onyamula ena adayamba kuyimitsa ndege, ngakhale zomwe zidangotuluka kumene mufakitale. Ndegeyo idagwira mwachangu ndege zitatu zatsopano pakugulitsa kwamoto ndipo tsopano ili ndi imodzi mwazombo zazing'ono kwambiri pantchitoyi. Ndege zambiri zoyambira zimakhala ndi zombo zakale chifukwa ndege zogwiritsidwa ntchito ndizotsika mtengo.

Ndi ndege zatsopanozi, ndegeyo idayamba kukulitsa maukonde ku Japan ndi France. Koma ndege yopita ku France idafunikira kuyima pa LAX, zomwe zidapanga msika watsopano kwa apaulendo abizinesi akuuluka kuchokera ku West Coast kupita ku Europe.

Pazotsatira zoyipa za mgwirizano wapakati pa US ndi France, Air Tahiti Nui ndi imodzi mwa ndege ziwiri zomwe zili ndi maulendo osayimitsa kuchokera ku LAX kupita ku Paris. Wina ndi Air France.

Pafupifupi theka la anthu omwe amakwera ndege ya Air Tahiti Nui pakati pa LAX ndi Paris ndi apaulendo abizinesi, ndipo ena onse aku Europe omwe ali patchuthi amapita ku Tahiti. Anthu ena aku Southern California apezanso kuti ndi njira yotsika mtengo ku Europe.

Bob Kazam, wokonza zandalama komanso wokhala ku Agoura Hills, adati adakopeka koyamba ndi mitengo yotsika yandege, yomwe inali yotsika mtengo ndi 30% mpaka 40% kuposa Air France. Wothandizira maulendo adalimbikitsa wonyamulirayo ulendo wopita ku Ulaya, koma Kazam adati iye ndi mkazi wake poyamba sankafuna chifukwa anali asanamvepo za ndegeyo.

"Tidaganiza zoyesera ndipo tidapeza kuti ntchitoyo inali yabwino ndipo ogwira nawo ntchito anali olandiridwa bwino," adatero Kazam, yemwe sabata yatha anali kuyembekezera ku LAX kuti akwere ndege ya Air Tahiti Nui kupita ku Paris. Iye wakhala akuwulutsa ndege ku Ulaya kwa zaka zinayi tsopano. “Titangoona utumikiwo, tinati, 'Bwanji? ndipo akhala akuwuluka kuyambira pamenepo.”