PRESCOTT, Ariz - Kukanidwa kwa Air Midwest kunabwera mwachangu pa fax yatsamba limodzi. Wonyamulirayo sakanatha kuwulukiranso kudera lamapiri la Prescott, akuluakulu adati. Mzindawu ungofunika kupeza munthu watsopano pabwalo la ndege lake laling'ono.
"Chilichonse chinali kuyenda bwino - ndiye, bam - ndege yapita," Meya a Jack Wilson adatero akuusa moyo. "Umo si momwe umachitira bizinesi."
Ndi zokhumudwitsa zomwe zimamveka kumidzi yaku America.
Boma la federal lidatsimikizira kuti matawuni ang'onoang'ono ndi mizinda yambiri amatumiza ndege zaka 30 zapitazo pomwe adachotsa ntchito zamabizinesi. Koma kukwera kwamitengo yamafuta kwadutsa ndalama zothandizira pulogalamu ya Essential Air Service, ndipo onyamula ambiri akuyesera kukambirananso mapangano awo kapena kusiya ntchito.
Malinga ndi nthambi yowona za mayendedwe, yomwe imayang'anira ntchitoyi, mabungwe apandege apempha kuti atuluke m'mapangano a subsidy kumizinda 20 mpaka pano chaka chino. Izi zikufanana ndi mizinda 2007 ya 24. Mu 2006, oyendetsa ndege adapempha kuti asiye makontrakitala amizinda 15.
Pakadali pano, boma likukonzekera kuchepetsa bajeti yake ya Essential Air Service ya 2009 mpaka $50 miliyoni, zosakwana theka la bajeti yake mzaka zisanu ndi ziwiri zapitazi.
Jim Corridore, wofufuza ku Standard & Poor's, adati madera akumidzi akuyenera kukonzekera maulendo ochepa a ndege mtsogolomo.
"Izi si zachifundo," adatero Corridore. “Makampani apandege amachita bizinesi kuti apeze ndalama, ndipo satero. Ndipotu akutaya mabiliyoni a madola. Ndiye china chake chiyenera kudulidwa. "
Bungwe la Regional Airline Association likutsutsa. Anthu akumidzi atha kusunga ntchito zawo zamlengalenga ngati pulogalamu ya feduro idasinthidwa ndikupatsidwa ndalama zomwe zimafunikira, atero a Faye Malarkey, wolimbikitsa anthu ku bungweli.
Malinga ndi akuluakulu a ndege, vuto lalikulu la Essential Air Service ndiloti silikuwonjezera ndalama zothandizira kuti zigwirizane ndi kukwera mtengo kwa ntchito monga mafuta.
Chifukwa chake mtengo wamafuta a jet utakwera, kuwirikiza kawiri kuchokera pa $1.86 pa galoni koyambirira kwa 2007 mpaka $3.96 pa galoni imodzi mu Meyi, ndege zidatsekeredwa mu subsidy yomweyo. Ena onyamula katundu adakweza mitengo, koma izi sizikanatha kuyenderana ndi mtengo wamafuta.
"Patha zaka zambiri kuchokera pomwe tidapeza phindu," Purezidenti wa Air Midwest a Greg Stephens adatero.
Stephens adati Air Midwest idayesa kutuluka munjira zake zothandizira ku East Coast chaka chatha kuti ipulumutse ndalama, koma dipatimenti yowona zamayendedwe idaumiriza kulemekeza ena mwa mapanganowa kwa miyezi pafupifupi 14 chifukwa sinapeze chonyamulira cholowa m'malo. chatha.
Kampaniyo inapitirizabe kutaya ndalama. Panthawiyi, kholo la Mesa Air Group Inc. linakakamizika kulipira $ 52.5 miliyoni kuti athetse mlandu ndi Hawaiian Airlines Inc. Mesa adaphunziranso kuti Delta Air Lines Inc. ikufuna kuletsa mgwirizano wa $ 20 miliyoni pamwezi.
Kampaniyo sinathenso kudikira, adatero Stephens.
Mesa Air Group idaganiza zotseka Air Midwest, kuletsa ntchito kumizinda 20 m'maboma 10 kumapeto kwa Juni. Stephens adati Mesa mwina sadzabwereranso kumayendedwe apandege.
"Tinkayesa kukulitsa Air Midwest kudzera mu EAS," adatero. Koma "makasitomala ndi wofunitsitsa kwambiri kugunda msewu" ndikuyendetsa kupita ku eyapoti yayikulu, ngakhale kuti mitengo ya gasi imakhala yokwera. "Ndi zomwe timapikisana nazo."
Kampani yonyamula katundu kuchigawo ya Colgan Air Inc. nayonso ikuvutika ndi makontrakitala omwe amathandizidwa ndi boma. Inayika kutaya kwa $ 4.5 miliyoni mu 2007, mwa zina chifukwa cha kukwera mtengo kwa mafuta.
"M'malo ambiri tili ndi ntchito ya EAS, tikuyang'ana mtengo wamafuta a $ 5 ndi $ 6 galoni," adatero Joe Williams, wolankhulira makolo a Colgan Pinnacle Airlines Corp. aku Memphis, Tenn. "Palibe amene adawona izi zikubwera ziwiri. zaka zapitazo."
Kampaniyo ikuyeseranso kupeza phindu posuntha zina mwa ndege zake kuchokera ku Pittsburgh kupita ku Washington Dulles International Airport komanso popatsa apaulendo maulalo ochulukirapo kudzera mu mgwirizano wogawana ma code ndi United Airlines.
Colgan posachedwapa adapempha kuti atuluke m'makontrakitala otumikira mizinda isanu ndi umodzi ku West Virginia, Maine ndi Pennsylvania, koma akuyembekeza kubweza mapanganowo ndikupempha thandizo lalikulu kuti awonetse kukwera kwamitengo yamafuta.
Umu ndi njira yokhayo yomwe ndege ingasinthire mgwirizano wandalama zokwera mtengo wamafuta - funsani kuti muchoke paudindo wake, dikirani masiku 180 pomwe dipatimentiyo ikufunsanso pempho ndikubwezeranso mgwirizano, atero a Malarkey.
"Ndi chinthu choyipa kwambiri chomwe mungachite pautumiki," adatero. “Mwasokoneza anthu ammudzi. Sakumvetsa bwino. Ndege ikuwoneka kuti ikuwasiya. "
Regional Airline Association yapempha kuti zisinthe pulogalamu ya subsidy kwa zaka zingapo, kuti ndege zisavutike kuti ndege zakumidzi zikhale zopindulitsa. Malarkey adati dipatimenti yowona zamayendedwe iyenera kulimbikitsa ndalama zothandizira kuti pakhale phindu lalikulu komanso kupatsa ndege ndalama kamodzi kuti zilipire kukwera kwamafuta.
Mneneri wa dipatimenti ya Transportation adati bungweli likuvomereza kuti pakufunika kusintha koma silikukomera kuti pakhale ndalama zothandizira kuti ziwonetse kukwera kwa mtengo wamafuta. Yankho lake ndikuchepetsa ndalama zothandizira anthu omwe ali kutali kwambiri.
"Kusintha kwa EAS ndikofunikira kuti zitsimikizire kuti pulogalamuyi ikutumikira anthu omwe adapangidwa kuti azitumikira - omwe alibe njira zina zoyendera," atero a Bill Mosely m'mawu ake.
Pulogalamu ya Essential Air Service idapangidwa zaka 30 zapitazo makampani oyendetsa ndege atachotsedwa. Onyamula katundu sakanatha kuwulutsa njira zopanda phindu kupita kumadera ang'onoang'ono, choncho boma linavomera kulipira zina mwa ndalama zawo.
Madera tsopano amawaona ngati njira yopezera moyo. Ndege zothandizidwa ndi ndalama zimalimbikitsa mabizinesi kuti akule kunja kwa tawuni, ndipo amapatsa anthu mwayi wopeza mwachangu zipatala ndi malo ochitira ndege zapadziko lonse lapansi m'mizinda ikuluikulu.
“N’zofunika, osati zinthu zapamwamba,” anatero W. Gary Edwards, woyang’anira tauni ya Massena, NY, dera la anthu pafupifupi 11,500 pafupi ndi malire a US ndi Canada. Edwards adati Big Sky Airlines idatuluka mtawuni mu Novembala, ndipo Massena tsopano akuyembekezera ntchito yatsopano kuchokera ku Capital Air Services Inc. kuti iyambe mu Seputembala.
"Tonse tili pamwamba pa New York state," adatero Edwards. “Tilibe msewu waukulu wanjira zinayi. Misewu yathu yonse kumtunda kuno ndi misewu yakumidzi. ”
Prescott, likulu lakale la Arizona, lili pakati pa nkhalango zamtundu wa makilomita pafupifupi 100 kumpoto kwa Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport.
Yakula kukhala malo ofikira anthu olemera opuma pantchito, kuwakopa kuchoka m'mizinda ndi malonjezo ake okhala ndi mapiri, misewu yokwanira yodutsamo komanso mpweya wabwino. Pafupifupi anthu a 129,000 tsopano akukhala pamtunda wa makilomita 20 kuchokera ku Prescott Airport - zokwanira kuyembekezera ndege yabwino, adatero Gary Buck, pulezidenti ndi CEO wa kampani yaukadaulo ya masomphenya mumzindawu.
"Pakadali pano, muli ndi mwayi wosankha kukwera bwalo la ndege kupita ku Phoenix, kapena mutha kuyendetsa molunjika," adatero Buck. Zimatenga pafupifupi maola awiri kupita kulikonse. Ndi ululu basi.”
Kampani ya Buck, Visual Pathways Inc., imafuna kuti azituluka mu mzindawu kanayi pamwezi ndikubweretsa makasitomala kawiri kapena katatu pamwezi. Ankakonda kuwuluka Air Midwest, ngakhale kuti ntchitoyo inali yosadalirika. Nthawi yomaliza yomwe Buck anapatsa wonyamulirayo mapulani ake oyenda, adabweranso pabasi.
Iye anati: “Ananena kuti zinali zolakwika. "Nthawi zonse amatero."
Buck adati Prescott akuyenerera zonyamulira zosiyanasiyana, aliyense akupikisana ndi bizinesi.
Chimenecho chingakhale chiyembekezo chakutali, chifukwa cha mtengo wamafuta ndi mkhalidwe wamakampani oyendetsa ndege. Koma akuluakulu a Prescott adati asunga mapulani awo okulitsa njanjiyo ndikufunsa ena onyamula madera kuti awuluke mu eyapoti.
Great Lakes Aviation yaperekanso m'malo mwa Air Midwest, ndipo mu Seputembala, Horizon Airlines ikuyembekezeka kubweza ndege zamalonda ku Prescott ndi ntchito ku Los Angeles International Airport.
Popanda ndege, "kodi anthu azikhala kuno?" Meya Wilson adatero. “Ayi. Ngati titaya ndege, timayamba kutaya anthu. Timatayanso mabizinesi. ”
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