Kuphatikizana kwina kwamakampani sikukhudza makasitomala. Koma ndege zazikulu zikaphatikizana, zimasintha moyo wa apaulendo, zomwe zimatsogolera kumitengo yokwera ya matikiti, ntchito zosauka komanso mwinanso kusinthana kwa kirediti kadi yomwe mumanyamula.
Kwa makampani osokonekera oyendetsa ndege, komwe ndege zazikulu zisanu ndi zinayi zimalimbana ndi gombe kupita kugombe, kuchotsa omwe akupikisana nawo akulu ndikuwonjezera maulendo apaulendo atha kukhala njira yopulumutsira mitengo yokwera yamafuta ndi kutsika kwachuma m'malo mosokonekera komanso kusokonekera kwazomwe zidachitika kale. Ichi ndichifukwa chake Delta Air Lines Inc. ikhoza kuganizira zokambilana zophatikizana ndi UAL Corp.'s United Airlines kapena Northwest Airlines Corp., ndi chifukwa chake akatswiri akuganiza kuti maukwati akuluakulu angapo ali kutsogolo.
"Mwachikhazikitso kapena kupanga, ndikuganiza kuti zichitika. Ngati sichoncho, abwereranso mu thanki, "atero a Gordon Bethune, wamkulu wakale wa Continental Airlines yemwe wakhala akulangiza anthu oyendetsa ndege akuluakulu kuti agwirizane.
Koma kwa apaulendo, kulumikizana kwa ndege zazikulu m'mbiri yakale kumatanthauza mutu. Ogwira ntchito m'ndege amapirira kusintha ndi kukhumudwa - zomwe zingawapangitse kuchita zinthu mwankhanza kwa makasitomala. Madera ena amatha kuwona ntchito zocheperako ngati kuphatikizika kungalole ndege zophatikizika kutseka ntchito - kodi Delta yophatikizidwa ndi Kumpoto chakumadzulo ikadafunikanso malo ku Cincinnati ndi Memphis, mwachitsanzo? Mitengo yamatikiti apamwamba ndizotheka; ndege zimaphatikizana pang'ono kuti zikhale ndi mphamvu zambiri zamitengo.
Koma chowopsa chachikulu kwa ogula ndi ntchito zosauka - maulendo apandege mochedwa, katundu wotayika, chisokonezo pa eyapoti, zovuta zamatikiti komanso kusintha kwa malamulo owuluka pafupipafupi.
Tangoganizirani zomwe zidachitika US Airways Group Inc. itaphatikizana ndi America West Airlines. Onyamula awiriwa tsopano ali ndi maukonde amphamvu ndipo awona kukwera kwa ndalama zomwe angapeze kudzera pamitengo yapamwamba komanso kusakanikirana kwabwino kwa apaulendo abizinesi. Koma ogula alipira mtengo waukulu kuposa matikiti okwera mtengo.
Pamene onyamulira awiriwa adasamukira kumalo amodzi osungitsa malo, makasitomala adapeza kuti njira zina zidatayika ndipo zovuta zamakompyuta zidapangitsa kuti pakhale mizere yayitali pama eyapoti, kuchedwa kwa ndege komanso kusokoneza. Ma manejala aku America West, omwe adalanda ndege yayikulu ya US Airways, avutikira kukonza zonyamula katundu ku Philadelphia zomwe zidapanga milu ya masutukesi otayika panthawi yotanganidwa. US Airways pa nthawi yogwira ntchito yatsika; Madandaulo amakasitomala adakwera, malinga ndi dipatimenti yowona zamayendedwe. Ndipo wonyamulirayo akuyenerabe kuthana ndi mgwirizano wake wosweka, pomwe oyendetsa ndege oyambilira a US Airways sakukondwera ndi momwe ukalamba wawo udakhudzidwira ndikuphatikizana ndi omwe kale anali oyendetsa ndege aku America West.
"Kuphatikizana kwa ndege kumathandiza eni ake ndi kampani, koma osati ogula," adatero Paul Hudson, mkulu wa bungwe la Aviation Consumer Action Project, gulu lopanda phindu.
Apaulendo amatha kuwona kusintha kwakukulu pamapulogalamu owuluka pafupipafupi. Delta, mwachitsanzo, ili ndi pulogalamu yake yolumikizana ndi American Express Co., pomwe United miles imapezedwa pogwiritsa ntchito makhadi a JP Morgan Chase & Co., ndipo Northwest imagwirizana ndi US Bancorp. sinthani ma kirediti kadi kupita ku pulogalamu ya ndege yomwe yatsala.
Makampani a kirediti kadi atha kutengapo gawo lalikulu kuposa momwe amachitira nthawi zonse pakuphatikizana popeza angapo adathandizira ndege pakukonzanso kwawo ndalama zomwe zidasokonekera zaka zingapo zapitazo pogula kale mailosi oyenda pafupipafupi kuti apatse makasitomala. Mwachitsanzo, American Express inaponya $500 miliyoni mu Delta. "Pulasitiki imathandizira kwambiri kusintha," akutero Randy Petersen, Purezidenti wa Frequent Flyer Services, ku Colado Springs, Colo., Wofalitsa pafupipafupi.
Kuphatikiza mapulogalamu owuluka pafupipafupi kungapangitse kuti pakhale zovuta kuti apaulendo azipeza mipando yaulere ndi kukweza. Mwachitsanzo, anthu osankhika omwe amawuluka pafupipafupi, mwina akuyesera kuti akwezedwe paulendo wina wake. Koma imatsegulanso malo atsopano kumene apaulendo angapeze matikiti aulere, ndipo amalola owuluka apamwamba kuti agwiritse ntchito zopindulitsa zawo monga kukwera msanga komanso kukhala bwino pamaulendo ambiri apa ndege.
"Kupereka ndi kufunikira kumatuluka pang'ono mapulogalamu akakula," adatero a Petersen.
Kuphatikizika kungatanthauzenso ndege zazikulu m'njira zina ngati chonyamulira chophatikizana chokhala ndi makasitomala okulirapo chingalowe m'malo mwa jeti yayikulu, yayikulu m'malo okwana mipando 50. Ndege zina zapadziko lonse lapansi komanso zapadziko lonse lapansi zimatha kuwona ndege zazikulu - ma jeti okhala ndi thupi lonse m'malo mwa ndege zanjira imodzi - nawonso.
Bambo Bethune adati kuwunika kwa zolosera za Delta-United kuchepetsedwa kwa 10% kwa ntchito zamajeti am'deralo kwa makasitomala a ndege ziwirizo, komanso pafupifupi ma jets 15 okwera ndege owonjezera.
Kuphatikizika kwa ndege koteroko kungathandize kuchepetsa kusokonekera kwina kwa mlengalenga. Koma nthawi yomweyo, kuphatikizika kungayambitse kusokonekera kochulukira pama eyapoti ena omwe amakula ndi kuchuluka kwa magalimoto. Ndipo m'mbiri, kuphatikiza kumapereka mwayi kwa omwe alowa kumene komanso kuchotsera ndege zomwe zimadzaza mipata yomwe yatsala chifukwa cha kuchepa kwa ntchito ndikupeza mwayi watsopano pamene akuluakulu akukweza mitengo.
M'modzi mwa omwe adapindula kwambiri pakuphatikizika kwa ndege zam'mbuyomu: Southwest Airlines Co., yomwe yakula m'mizinda yomwe yakhudzidwa ndi kuphatikizika ndipo yapeza ndalama zambiri pazantchito zandege zazikulu komanso mitengo yokwera ya matikiti. US Airways idapeza PSA ndi AMR Corp.'s American Airlines idapeza AirCal kuti iwapatse maulendo apandege apakati pa California, koma Kumwera chakumadzulo kumalamulira misikayi lero. Zitsanzo zaposachedwa za njira yopezera mwayi ndi Philadelphia ndi Pittsburgh, komwe Kumwera chakumadzulo kwakula pomwe US Airways idachita mgwirizano.
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