Wanda ya kafa JetBlue don ƙirƙirar jirgin sama mai rahusa a Brazil

David Neeleman, wanda ya kafa kamfanin jigilar kayayyaki na Amurka JetBlue Airways Corp., ya ce zai samar da wani kamfanin jirgin sama a Brazil domin ya samu karuwar sha'awar tashi da saukar jiragen sama.

Kamfanin zai fara zirga-zirga a farkon shekarar 2009 ta hanyar amfani da jirgin Embraer mai kujeru 118, Neeleman ya fadawa manema labarai yau a Sao Paulo, inda jirgin zai kasance. Ya ce yana da kudi dala miliyan 150 kuma ya ba da odar jiragen da darajarsu ta kai dala biliyan 1.4.

"Gasar a nan tana da girma, amma kasuwa tana fadadawa sosai kuma hakan yana buɗe daki don sabon jirgin sama," in ji Neeleman.

Neeleman, ɗan asalin ƙasar Brazil, yana son yin kwafin dabarun JetBlue na jan hankalin fasinjoji ta hanyar ƴan tafiya da jiragen sama masu kujerun fata da talabijin na baya. Kusan kashi 5 cikin 50 na al'ummar Brazil ne yanzu ke tafiya ta jirgin sama, kuma farashin farashi ya haura kashi XNUMX bisa dari fiye da na Amurka.

"Kasuwancinmu shine fasinjoji miliyan 150 da ke tafiya kowace shekara ta bas mai nisa, da kuma wadanda, saboda rashin hanyar da ta dace, ba sa tafiya kwata-kwata," in ji Neeleman, mai shekaru 48, a cikin wata sanarwa.

An kori Neeleman a matsayin babban jami'in gudanarwa na JetBlue da ke New York a watan Mayu. Ya ce a yau zai so ya sauka daga mukaminsa na shugaban domin mayar da hankali kan sabon kamfaninsa. Shawarar ta rataya ne a kan hukumar JetBlue, in ji shi.

Wani sabon jirgin sama zai ƙara gasa a cikin kasuwa mai mahimmanci. TAM SA, babban jirgin saman ƙasar da fasinjoji ke ɗauka, kuma Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes SA yana sarrafa kashi 92 na tafiye-tafiyen cikin gida.

Amincewa da Dokoki

Wani sabon kamfani zai jira akalla watanni shida domin samun izinin gudanar da aiki, a cewar kakakin hukumar kula da zirga-zirgar jiragen sama ta Brazil, wadda ta ki a bayyana sunan ta, saboda manufofin gwamnati. An shirya bayyana sunan kamfanin a farkon watan Mayu.

Hannun jarin da ba na kada kuri'a na Tam ya fadi 2 centavos zuwa 34.48 reais a kasuwancin Sao Paulo. Hannun jarin ya yi asarar kashi 19 cikin dari a bana. Gol ya tashi da kashi 4.6 cikin dari zuwa 28.79 reais a Sao Paulo, wanda ya nuna raguwar sa zuwa kashi 34 cikin dari zuwa yau.

Neeleman ya ce an samu tallafin dala miliyan 150 don kafa kamfanin jirgin daga Brazil da masu zuba jari na kasashen waje. Ya ce ya ba da umarni mai ƙarfi don jiragen 36 Embraer E-195, yana riƙe da zaɓuɓɓuka don yin odar ƙarin jiragen sama 20 da sayan haƙƙin wasu 20. Jimlar odar, idan an yi amfani da duk zaɓi da haƙƙin, ana kimanta dala biliyan 3.

Embraer, ko Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica SA, shi ne na hudu mafi girma a duniya da ke kera jiragen sama.

'Yana da hankali'

Yin amfani da jet na yanki na Embraer, waɗanda ke da ikon sauka a mafi yawan filayen jirgin saman Brazil, "yana da ma'ana" ga tsarin kasuwancin Neeleman, in ji Sara Delfim, manazarcin Bear Stearns Cos. Equity a Sao Paulo.

Bukatar tashi da saukar jiragen sama a kasar ya karu da kashi 15 cikin dari a shekara tun daga shekarar 2004, a cewar hukumar kula da zirga-zirgar jiragen sama ta kasar, yayin da karuwar kudaden shiga da raguwar rashin aikin yi ke karfafawa 'yan kasar Brazil tafiye-tafiye. Tattalin arzikin dala tiriliyan 1.2 ya karu da kashi 5.4 a bara, mafi sauri tun 2004.

Bain & Co., wani kamfani mai ba da shawara kan kasuwanci na Boston, yana aiwatar da adadin fasinjojin Brazil da ake ɗauka kowace shekara zuwa sau uku a cikin shekaru 15 zuwa 20 masu zuwa.

Duk da haka, abubuwan da ake da su da kuma iyakokin da masu gudanarwa suka yi akan adadin sa'o'in da matukin jirgi za su iya tashi ya sa ya zama da wahala ga kamfanonin jiragen sama su yi aiki gwargwadon yadda suke so.

'Mafi Ƙalubalanci'

"Kasuwar jiragen sama na Brazil ta fi ƙalubale fiye da yadda ake gani lokacin da kuke kallo daga waje," Andre Castellini, manazarcin masana'antar jirgin sama a Bain a Sao Paulo. "Yana da matukar wahala a fadada da riba."

Neeleman ya ƙirƙiri JetBlue a cikin 1998 tare da dala miliyan 130 daga masu saka hannun jari gami da Soros Private Equity Partners. Tun da farko ya kafa kamfanin jirgin saman Canada mai rahusa WestJet Airlines Ltd. kuma shi ne shugaban Morris Air Corp., wanda kamfanin Southwest Airlines Co., ya samu daga 1988 zuwa 1994.

Neeleman ya yi amfani da kayan alatu, ciki har da kujerun fata da shirye-shirye masu rai a kan talabijin na sirri, don jan hankalin matafiya lokacin da JetBlue ya fara tashi a 2000. JetBlue ya sayar da hannun jari ga jama'a a cikin Afrilu 2002, kuma hannun jari ya kai dala 31.23 a kowane lokaci a ranar Oct. 9, 2003. Hannun jarin sun fadi tun daga lokacin da kashi 82 cikin dari zuwa yau daga kololuwar su.

Arzikin JetBlue ya fara canzawa a cikin kwata na huɗu na 2005, lokacin da ya ba da rahoton asararsa na farko kwata tun bayan sayar da hannun jari ga jama'a.

Hukumar ta maye gurbin Neeleman a matsayin Shugaba bayan shekaru biyu na asara kai tsaye, sokewar tashi a cikin guguwar hunturu da ta kashe dala miliyan 41, wani sake fasalin gudanarwa na ƙananan gudanarwa da glitches na software a kan jets na yankin Embraer E190.

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