Maulendo otsika mtengo: kodi kuwirako kwatsala pang'ono kuphulika?

Zizindikiro zonse zimasonyeza kuti ulendo wotchipa ukupita kumapeto. Koma musaiwale tchuthi cha chaka chino, akutero Nick Trend: ukhoza kukhala mwayi wanu womaliza wopuma pamtengo wokwanira.

"Simunayambe mwakhalapo nazo zabwino kwambiri": umenewo unali mutu wathu wa tsamba loyamba pa gawoli patangopita chaka chimodzi chapitacho pamene ndinali kuwunikira phindu labwino kwambiri lokhala ndi apaulendo amitundu yonse.

Mitengo ya ndege, zombo zapamadzi ndi njanji, mtengo wobwereketsa galimoto, ngakhale ndalama za inshuwaransi - zonse zinali zotsika kwambiri kuposa mitengo yomwe takhala tikulipira zaka khumi zapitazo. Ngakhale mitengo yosinthira ndalama zakunja inali yowoneka bwino nthawi ino chaka chatha: mapaundi anali ofunika € 1.41 ndi US $ 1.92, kotero mahotela ambiri ndi ma villas ku Continent anali otsika mtengo kwambiri kuposa ofanana nawo ku Britain, ndipo United States idapereka ndalama zabwino kwambiri.

Mitengo inali isanakhalepo yotsika kwenikweni, ndipo apaulendo anali asanasangalalepo ndi mwayi wambiri komanso zosiyanasiyana. Kwa zaka 10 zochititsa chidwi tinali titazolowera mitengo yandege yomwe, nthawi zina, inali yotsika kuposa mtengo waulendo wopita ku masika Iliyonse tinali kupatsidwa mwayi wosankha kopita ku eyapoti kwathu komweko. Ndipo tinali ndi mgwirizano watsopano wodziyimira pawokha, kukopeka ndi intaneti komanso lingaliro loti titha kusunga ndalama zambiri podula wogwiritsa ntchito ndikusungitsa mwachindunji.

Koma kodi nthawi zabwino zatsala pang'ono kutha? Kodi takhala tikuvina moledzeretsa pa sitima ya Titanic yopita kumalo oundana?

Zikuwoneka kuti mwayi wathu watha. Pakali pano pali zambiri zotsika mtengo, koma chilimwechi ukhoza kukhala mwayi wathu womaliza kusangalala ndi maholide abwino, kusanachitike kukwera kwamitengo yamafuta ndi mapaundi ofooka kugunda makampani oyendayenda. Chifukwa chake, ngati mungakwanitsebe, musawononge mapulani anu chaka chino - pindulani nawo.

Mitambo yamkuntho yakhala ikusonkhana kwa miyezi ingapo yapitayi. Choyamba, mtengo wa paundi unayamba kutsika. Kuyambira nthawi ino chaka chatha, idatsika pafupifupi € 1.20, zomwe zikutanthauza kuti, kwa apaulendo aku Britain, mitengo ku EU idakwera pafupifupi 20 peresenti. Dola yakhalabe yamtengo wapatali kwambiri, koma tsopano pali nsomba ina.

Mtengo wa mafuta mwadzidzidzi wayamba kuwononga kwambiri ndalama zoyendayenda - makamaka pamtengo wopita kumalo akutali monga United States. Zikuwoneka kuti pali kuwonjezeka kwatsopano sabata iliyonse. Virgin yawonjezera mafuta owonjezera katatu kuyambira Meyi 7. Ndalama zonse zobwerera (kuphatikiza chitetezo ndi inshuwaransi) zakwera kuchokera pa £ 111 (£ 133 paulendo wandege wa maola opitilira 10) mpaka $ 161 (£ 223 ngati maola opitilira 10) .

Okwera pazachuma komanso apamwamba ayenera kulipira zochulukirapo - mpaka £271 kubweza zowonjezera pamaulendo apandege opitilira maola 10 ku Upper Class. Masiku awiri apitawo, British Airways idakwezanso mafuta owonjezera - kukwera kwaposachedwa kumawonjezera ndalama zokwana £60 kumitengo yamaulendo apamtunda wautali.

Makampani apamadzi ndi apaulendo agundidwanso. Lachisanu Lachisanu lapitalo SpeedFerries adakweza mitengo pa ntchito yake ya Dover-Boulogne ndi 50 peresenti - kuchokera pa £ 36 mpaka £ 54 kubwerera, kutchula kukwera kwa mtengo wa mafuta ake kuchokera ku 10p mpaka 60p lita imodzi monga chifukwa. Ndipo pamene timapita kukasindikiza Oceania Cruises adawonjezera mtengo wake wamafuta mpaka £7 pa mlendo patsiku pakusungitsa zonse zatsopano kuyambira Juni 16.

Koma kukwera kwamitengo kumeneku kumangokhazikitsidwa pamasungidwe atsopano. Ngati mwagula kale tikiti yanu, simuyenera kulipira zambiri. Izi sizili choncho ndi tchuthi cha phukusi. Chiwerengero cha ogwira ntchito zokopa alendo omwe akukonzekera kuti awonjezere ndalama m'chilimwechi chikukwera pang'onopang'ono. Mamembala 26 a Association of British Travel Agents and Tour Operators afunsira kale kuti ayambe kulipiritsa makasitomala omwe adasungitsa kale ndi kulipirira tchuthi chawo.

Mutha kukakamizidwa kulipira ndalama zambiri, kapena kutaya tchuthi chanu chonse. Pansi pa malamulo a EU oyendera alendo amaloledwa kulipiritsa makasitomala mpaka 10 peresenti yowonjezera patchuthi chawo ngati ndalama (zamafuta apaulendo wandege kapena ndalama zakunja, mwachitsanzo) zikwera tchuthi litasungidwa. (Akhoza kutero mochedwa masiku 30 asananyamuke bola atalandira magawo awiri oyambirira a chiwonjezekocho.)

Pokhapokha ngati woyendera alendo ayesa kukweza mtengowo ndi 10 peresenti m'pamene muli ndi ufulu woletsa tchuthi chanu ndikubwezeredwa ndalama zonse. Kupanda kutero, pansi pamikhalidwe yosungitsa, mutha kukakamizidwa kulipira kapena kutaya.

Ndalama zina zakhala zikukwera mozemba, chifukwa apaulendo amawonedwa ngati njira zosavuta zomwe maboma ndi ma eyapoti akufuna kupeza ndalama zotsimikizika.

BAA, mwachitsanzo, yaloledwa kuonjezera ndalama zomwe imapanga pa ndege (zomwe, ndithudi, zimaperekedwa kwa okwera ndege monga gawo la ndege) ku Heathrow ndi 23.5 peresenti kuyambira chaka chatha. Izi zimatengera mtengo wokwera pa £12.80. Idzaloledwanso kuonjezera malipiro ake ndi 7.5 peresenti pamwamba pa inflation pazaka zinayi zikubwerazi.

BAA imateteza izi ponena kuti ndalamazo ndizofunika kuti pakhale ndalama zoyendetsera bwalo la ndege komanso mtengo wachitetezo.

Trailfinders, katswiri wa zandege, akunena kuti ndalama zomwe zimakwera nthawi zonse zimakhala misonkho ndi zolipiritsa. Zinandipatsa chitsanzo cha mtengo wobwerera wapano wa £385.70 womwe ukupereka ku New York ndi British Airways. Mtengo wandege wokha ndi $136 chabe, koma pofika nthawi yomwe ndalama zokakamiza 10 zidawonjezedwa - kuphatikiza ndalama zokwana £40 zantchito yapaulendo waku UK, £15.60 ya msonkho wapaulendo waku US, £19.70 yamitengo ya eyapoti yaku UK ndi £161 yamafuta ndi ndalama zowonjezera zachitetezo - ndalama zomaliza zomwe wokwerayo amalipira zakwera pafupifupi katatu.

Ndege zopanda-frills sizimagwiritsa ntchito ndalama zowonjezera mofanana; amasankha kusintha mtengo wawo pofika ola limodzi malinga ndi ndalama zawo komanso kufunikira kwa mipando. Koma m’chaka chathachi ayamba kupangitsa kuti kuyenda pandege kukhale kokwera mtengo kwambiri kwa aliyense amene akufuna kuyenda ndi katundu, kutsimikiza kukhala pansi ndi achibale awo kapena anzawo oyenda nawo, kapena amene sangathe kufufuza pa intaneti.

Mwachitsanzo, paulendo wobwerera ku Marseilles ndi Ryanair misonkho ya £45 ndipo zolipiritsa zaphatikizidwa kale paulendo. Mulipiranso £24 ina (kuphatikiza chindapusa cholowera ku eyapoti) ngati mukufuna kuyang'ana chikwama pamiyendo yonse, £ 8 ina yokwerera patsogolo, ndi £6.40 ina kwa wokwera aliyense ngati mulipira ndi kirediti kadi.

Sitikuvutika kokha chifukwa cha kuchuluka kwa ndalama. Zikuwoneka kuti kusankha ndi kusiyanasiyana kwa zomwe zaperekedwa zitha kukhala pachiwopsezo. Njira zina zayamba kale kupita. Masabata awiri apitawa a DFDS adalengeza kuti ithetsa ntchito yake yapamadzi ku Newcastle-Norway mu Seputembala, ponena za kukwera mtengo kwamafuta komanso kuchepa kwachuma ngati zifukwa zazikulu. Kenaka Ryanair inalengeza kuti, ngakhale ikufuna kupitiriza kukulitsa njira zake, idzakhazikitsa ndege za 20 m'miyezi yachisanu yachisanu, chifukwa zinali zotsika mtengo kuzisunga zosagwiritsidwa ntchito kuposa ntchito.

Ku United States, komwe nthawi zambiri kumakhala koyezera zomwe zichitike kuno, Continental Airlines yangolengeza kuti ikuchepetsa mphamvu ndi 11 peresenti, pomwe United Airlines ikukhazikitsa ndege zake 100.

Masiku khumi apitawo, Giovanni Bisignani, mkulu wa bungwe la IATA (International Air Transport Association), ananeneratu kuti makampani oyendetsa ndege adzataya US$2.3 biliyoni m’chaka chandalama chomwe chilipo.

Ananenanso kuti, padziko lonse lapansi, ndege 24 zidawonongeka m'miyezi isanu ndi umodzi yapitayo, ndipo akuyembekeza kuti zambiri zichitike.

Ndege zisanu ndi imodzi mwa ndegezo zinali zaku Britain kapena zidawulukira ku mabwalo a ndege aku Britain. Anaphatikizapo zonyamulira "zamalonda" MAXJet ndi Eos, ndi ndege ya Oasis yochokera ku Hong Kong yochokera ku Hong Kong.

Sitinawonepo njira zazikuluzikulu zomwe zatsitsidwa ndi ndege zopanda ndalama. Koma iwo adzamva bwino kutsina. Mlungu watha, Ryanair adanena kuti inali yabwino kwambiri komanso yabwino kwambiri yolimbana ndi mitengo yamafuta. Koma idavomerezanso kuti, ngati mitengo yamafuta ikadakwera, chaka chamawa chitha kukwera pafupifupi pafupifupi 5 peresenti ndipo ndege sizingachite bwino kuposa kupumula.

Ndiye zinthu zitha kukhala zovuta bwanji? Nthawi yomaliza kugwa kwakukulu kwachuma kunachitika mu 1991, m'modzi mwa oyendetsa kwambiri alendo - Intasun - komanso ndege yayikulu kwambiri - Air Europe - idasiya bizinesi. Anthu okwera zikwizikwi anasoŵa kunja kapena kutaya ndalama.

Ngakhale kuti mmene zinthu zilili masiku ano n’zosiyana ndi zimene zikuchitika, zizindikiro zake si zabwino. Titha kukhala ndi mwayi - mwina mtengo wamafuta ubwerera m'mbuyo, kapena kupikisana kwakukulu komanso kothandiza kwa ndege zambiri zaku Britain kupangitsa kuti onse oyendetsa ndege apulumuke. Koma iwo ayenera kuyang'ana mozama kuti ndi njira ziti zomwe ziyenera kusungidwa, ndi zomwe ziyenera kusiyidwa.

Ndipo chinthu chimodzi ndi chotsimikizika - ngati mitengo yamafuta ikhalabe yokwera, pounds imakhalabe yofooka ndipo chuma chikugwedezeka, tidzawona kutha kwa maholide ambiri ogulitsa komanso maulendo ambiri otsika mtengo omwe takhala nawo m'zaka khumi zapitazi.

Zoyipa kwambiri zikadali m'tsogolo. Mpaka pano sitinathe kukhudzidwa ndi kukwera mtengo kwamitengo chifukwa makampani ambiri oyendayenda amagula mafuta ndi ndalama pasadakhale. Pamene oyendetsa ndege ndi ogwira ntchito akuyenera kukambirana mapangano atsopano, akukumana ndi ndalama zambiri.

Ndipo zimenezo zingatanthauze chinthu chimodzi chokha kwa ife. Monga momwe zimapwetekera tsopano nthawi iliyonse mukadzaza galimoto, zidzapweteka kwambiri mukamasungitsa tchuthi cha chaka chamawa.

Chifukwa chake pindulani bwino mu 2008.

telegraph.co.uk