Pafupi ndi maimelo ndi mabanki apa intaneti, mwayi waukulu kwambiri wa nthawi ya intaneti ndi ndege zotsika mtengo.
Uwu ndi msika wabwino ku South Africa wokhala ndi kulula.com, 1Time, Nationwide ndi Mango wopezeka mukangodina kamodzi.
Sabata yatha, ndinasankha 1Time ulendo wopita ku Cape Town. Kuthawirako kunali zonse zomwe ndinkafuna: zotsika mtengo komanso zosunga nthawi. Bhonasi inali yoti zidakhala zomasuka kuposa magulu azachuma amakampani omwe ndimagwira ntchito zonse omwe ndakhala nawo. Tikiti yotsika mtengo ya 60 peresenti imapatula chakudya chandege - koma ndizabwino kwambiri ngati mumadana ndi zinthuzo.
Nditakhutitsidwa ndi ntchito ya 1Time, ndidakhalanso ndi malingaliro ochepera pa chisankho changa nditakhala m'mawa muofesi ya kulula.com bwana Gidon Novick.
Ndinazindikira kuti ndikadayenda ndi kulula.com ndikadachoka ku Lanseria osati OR Tambo, yomwe ikadatsika ola limodzi kuchoka paulendo wonse. Ndipo, monga membala wa Discovery Vitality, ndikadalandira kuchotsera pakati pa 15 peresenti ndi 30 peresenti - ndipo ndikadakwera ndege yatsopano ya Boeing 737-400.
Novick ndi wamkulu wamkulu wa JSE-listed Comair, yomwe imagwiritsa ntchito mitundu iwiri ya ndege kumwera kwa Africa: British Airways yogwira ntchito zonse ndi no-frills kulula.com.
Ndi phindu la R17-miliyoni pa ndalama zokwana R2.2 biliyoni chaka chatha, Comair ndi imodzi mwa ndege zitatu zopindula kwambiri za kukula kwake padziko lonse lapansi.
Ili ndi njira yochepetsera kupitilira apo. Gawo lalikulu la izi ndikusintha kuchoka pa ndege zobwereketsa za MD82 kupita ku Boeing 737-400s. Kukhazikika pa ndege imodzi kumathandizira kuchepetsa mtengo wophunzitsira ndi kuwongolera.
Malinga ndi Novick, ndege zaposachedwa kwambiri zimapatsa Comair maubwino angapo ampikisano. Ndizosawotcha mafuta komanso zimapatsa zovuta zochepa zaukadaulo.
Comair yayika ndalama zoyeserera ndege ziwiri za 737 kuti akhazikitse sukulu yophunzirira zapanyumba. Izi zasintha kuphunzitsa oyendetsa ndege a 737 a ndege zakunja kukhala bizinesi yapambali.
Novick anati: “Ndinatenga mwana wanga wamwamuna wazaka zisanu n’kumuika m’ndege yoyeserera ndege ndi kum’ulukira kuzungulira Table Mountain. Ndizowona kwambiri, sanamvetse kuti sitinanyamuke. Kenako anafunsa mkazi wanga kuti: ‘Amayi, tinadutsa bwanji khoma’?”
Comair ikuyika ndalama mu ndege za 24, zomwe 60percent zimaperekedwa ku BA, ngakhale zimanyamula anthu okwera mofanana ndi kulula.com. Mtundu wantchito zonse umapereka maulendo apandege ochulukira omwe amakhala ochepa kuti atsimikizire mitengo yokwera ya matikiti.
Novick adati: "Pamene tidayambitsa kulula.com zaka zisanu ndi chimodzi zapitazo panali mantha kuti zitha kutenga okwera kuchokera ku BA. Zimenezo sizinachitike. Ndege zotsika mtengo zachulukitsa msika kuwirikiza kawiri kukula kwake komwe kunalipo panthawiyo. "
Malinga ndi Novick, msika wotsika mtengo waku South Africa ndi wotseguka komanso wampikisano kuposa waku Australia, womwe uli ndi ndege ziwiri zotsika mtengo: Quantas's JetStar ndi Virgin Blue.
Mpikisano pano wayendetsa zatsopano. Chimodzi mwazifukwa zanga zosankha 1Time chinali choti ndimafunikira galimoto yobwereka, ndipo tsamba la 1Time lidapereka mgwirizano ndi Avis.
"Tili ndi mgwirizano wofanana ndi Imperial, womwe tidayambitsa zaka ziwiri 1Time isanachitike," adatero Novick, akulemba kuti awonetsetse mgwirizanowu momveka bwino patsamba la kulula.com.
Kugula malo ogona ku hotelo, magalimoto aganyu ndi matikiti a ndege ngati mtolo umodzi pa intaneti kukuchulukirachulukira. kulula adayesa msikawu pogulitsa tchuti ku Mauritius, ndipo ali mkati mopeza mahotela ang'onoang'ono odziyimira pawokha olumikizidwa ndi tsamba lake.
"Takula kuchoka pakukhala malo oyendera ndege kukhala malo oyendera," adatero Novick.
kulula.com ali kale pa nambala ya e-tailer yayikulu ku South Africa.
Comair ikuyang'ana kumpoto kuti ikule. Idapeza ufulu wowulukira ku London posachedwa, zomwe idzataya pokhapokha ngati italandira ntchitoyo pakatha chaka.
Maukonde ake akuphatikiza mizinda yambiri yakumwera kwa Africa ndipo akufuna kukulitsa kufikira kumayiko ena onse.
Novick adati: "Vuto ndilozungulira chitetezo cha mayendedwe apamlengalenga. Apa takhala tikulandira yankho labwino kwambiri kuchokera ku boma lathu. M'mbuyomu, panali chitetezo chochuluka cha SAA. Tsopano tikuwona ndondomeko yomasuka kwambiri. "
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