CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Ndege zazikulu zikupereka malipoti mamiliyoni a madola a ndalama zatsopano kuchokera ku chindapusa choyang'ana matumba posachedwa, koma ngati mchitidwewu ungapitirire ndi funso lotseguka.
Ngakhale kuti malipirowo apindula ndi onyamula kumene agwiritsidwa ntchito, mamembala awiri a gululo akhala akutsutsa kwambiri kusunthaku. Imodzi ndi Kumwera chakumadzulo, ndege yaikulu kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi ndi chiwerengero cha okwera. Wina ndi Delta, yomwe yatsala pang'ono kukhala yonyamulira anthu ambiri potengera ndalama zonyamula anthu ataphatikizana ndi Kumpoto chakumadzulo.
Mwina ndemanga yodziwika bwino pa mlanduwu idaperekedwa ndi CEO wakumwera chakumadzulo a Gary Kelly pamsonkhano wazachuma sabata yatha. Anati osungitsa malo amamuuza funso loyamba lomwe amamva pafupipafupi kuchokera kwa makasitomala ndi, "Kodi mumalipira kuti muwone chikwama?"
Chifukwa Kumwera chakumadzulo sikutero, kukupeza okwera, akutero Kelly. Iye anati: “Sitinaganizepo zoti tingalipire ndalama poika chikwama. "Timanyamula anthu okwera kwambiri kuposa aliyense padziko lapansi, ndipo mwina makasitomala angatiwukire."
M'malo mwake, makolo a American Airlines a AMR atangotulutsa lingaliro lake lolipiritsa thumba loyamba mu Meyi, Kumwera chakumadzulo adavumbulutsa kampeni yatsopano yotsatsa yomwe idalengeza kuti "Fees Don't Fly With Us" ndi "Zikwama Zimawuluka Mwaulere."
Delta sinakhale yachidule kwambiri, koma kusowa kwake chidwi ndi koonekeratu. Atafunsidwa za chiwongola dzanja choyamba pa msonkhano wa onyamula omwe adalandirapo masabata awiri apitawo, Purezidenti Ed Bastian adayankha kuti: "Tipitiliza kuziphunzira, koma tilibe malingaliro oti tigwiritse ntchito pakadali pano."
Sabata yatha, Delta idachita zomwe sizinapangitse mochenjera kunena kuti ilibe chidwi ndi chindapusa choyamba, ponena kuti idzalipiritsa $ 50 yamakampani pa thumba lachiwiri, kuwirikiza kawiri zomwe ena ambiri amafuna, ndikubwerezanso. osalipira thumba loyamba.
"Ngakhale tikufunika kuthandiza kuthana ndi kukwera mtengo kwamafuta komwe sikunachitikepo, tikukhulupirira kuti makasitomala amayenera kuloledwa kuyang'ana chikwama komanso [kunyamula] chikwama ndi zinthu zawo kwaulere," atero a Betsy Talton. Nthawi zambiri, ndege zimati, pafupifupi 50% ya okwera amayang'ana thumba loyamba. Talton adati ochepera 20% amakasitomala a Delta amawona thumba lachiwiri.
Pakalipano, malipiro a thumba loyamba ali m'malo anayi mwa zonyamulira zazikulu zisanu ndi ziwiri. Pakati pa Julayi, Northwest idakhala yachinayi kukakamiza, kujowina American, United ndi US Airways.
Komabe, Continental imakhalabe yodikirira pomwe ikupitiliza kuwunika zomwe amalipiritsa.
"Timayang'ana momwe makasitomala amachitira," atero a CEO a Larry Kellner, pamsonkhano wazopeza ndalama mwezi uno. Makamaka, iye anati, wonyamulirayo akufuna kuwona ngati apaulendo "sakusiyanitsa pakati pa zonyamulira zolipiritsa ndi zosalipiritsa," kapena ngati amasungitsa kutali ndi onyamula omwe ali ndi chindapusa choyamba.
Ngati zoyambazo zili zoona, "sitingakwanitse kusinthanitsa mtengo wa $30," adatero Kellner, ponena za mtengo wa $15 wobwerera ndi kubwerera. Koma ngati makasitomala ayang'ana kwina, ndiye kuti mtengowo ukhoza kuthetsedwa. Continental ikhoza kusankha kusakakamiza, ndipo kuyesa kwa kumpoto chakumadzulo kumatha kutha nthawi ina kuphatikizana ndi Delta kutha. Zikatero, zingakhale zovuta kuti ndege zitatu zokha zisunge.
Kellner adatinso kulipira chikwama choyamba kumakhudza "zovuta zogwirira ntchito." Ku US Airways, yomwe idapereka chindapusa cha matikiti ogulidwa pa Julayi 9 ndi pambuyo pake, kukula kwa zovutazo sikudziwikabe. Mneneri wa ndege a Morgan Durrant akuti mpaka pano, wonyamula ndegeyo sanawonepo kusintha kulikonse pamachitidwe okwera, koma akuyembekeza kuti zowuluka zambiri zikukhudzidwa. US Airways ikukonzekera kuphunzitsa othandizira ma eyapoti kuti aziwongolera zosinthazi.
Komabe, Mike Flores, Purezidenti wa US Airways mutu wa Association of Flight Attendants, akuti zosokoneza zikuchitika kale.
"Tikuwona anthu akubweretsa zinthu zambiri zonyamulira, kapena kubweretsa ma Rollaboard awiri," akutero Flores. "Mwachiwonekere, onse sangakwane m'mabini, motero amawunjikana pansi. Izi zimakakamiza ogwira ntchito m'ndege kukhala apolisi onyamula zikwama, ndipo zimachedwetsa ngati ogwira ntchito amayenera kubwera kundege ndikulemba ma tag. "
