Tare da kariyar kamfaninsa na jirgin sama daga hauhawar farashin man fetur wanda ke kawo cikas ga abokan hamayyar Amurka Gary Kelly na son fadadawa.

A cikin durkushewar masana'antar jirgin sama, Gary Kelly, babban jami'in kamfanin Southwest Airlines Co., ya riga ya shirya kwas don haɓakar zirga-zirgar jiragen sama na gaba.

Yayin da jiragen saman United da American Airlines ke kiliya, suna ja da baya daga birane da korar ma'aikata, Kudu maso Yamma na ta tashi sama. Da yake neman cin gajiyar raunin masu fafatawa, Kelly yana siyan jiragen sama da dama don ɗaukar manyan lodin fasinja tare da tsara faɗaɗa mai jigilar kasafin kuɗi na farko a ƙasashen waje.

Chicago ita ce tushe mafi girma na biyu na Kudu maso Yamma amma zai iya zama babbar cibiyar gudanar da ayyukanta yayin da Kelly ke jagorantar jigilar kayayyaki na Dallas zuwa Kanada, Mexico, Hawaii da Caribbean, kuma daga ƙarshe Turai da Asiya, ta hanyar kawancen tallace-tallace. Fitowar za ta kasance na farko a Kudu maso Yamma a wajen Amurka a cikin tarihin shekaru 37.

Kelly, mai shekaru 53, yana da babban fa'ida akan takwarorinsa: kusan dala biliyan 2 da Kudu maso Yamma za ta samu a bana daga hadadden shingen hada-hadar kudi da ya sanya don rage tsadar farashin mai. Yayin da farashin man fetur ya shiga tsaka mai wuya, larurar Kudu maso Yamma na ci gaba da karuwa, yayin da kamfanonin jiragen sama da ba su da shinge iri-iri ke fama da matsalar kudi.

Matsin yana kan Kelly don kada ya busa shi. Kuma alhakin shi kadai ne a yanzu da Herb Kelleher, mai shan taba sigari wanda ya tsara Kudu maso Yamma sama da shekaru kusan arba'in, ya yi ritaya a matsayin shugaban hukumar a watan Mayu.

"Dole ne ya inganta kamfanin jirgin sama da sauri fiye da yadda Herb ya taba yi saboda canjin kasuwa, canza farashi da kuma canza farashin mai," in ji Capt. Carl Kuwitzky, shugaban kungiyar matukan jirgi na Kudu maso Yamma.

Kelly, ɗan Texan mai rauni, ana aunawa kuma da gangan, yayin da Kelleher ya kasance mai faɗa da son rai, in ji mutanen da suka san mutanen biyu. Amma yana raba ikon Kelleher don haɗawa da ma'aikata da kuma yin amfani da mafi kyawun gasa.

Daga cikin abokan aiki na dogon lokaci, Kelly an san shi da barkwanci mai amfani da mania na guitar, wani lokacin yana fitar da "Smoke on the Water" a jam'iyyun kamfanoni. Yana shiga cikin bukuwan Halloween na Kudu maso Yamma, koli na shekara-shekara na al'adar motsa jiki wanda ke sa ma'aikatanta su kasance masu fa'ida a cikin masana'antar. Tashi na Kelly a bara: Edna Turnblad, halin John Travolta a cikin fim din "Hairspray," cikakke tare da aski kafafu da takalma mata.

Kelly kuma babban mai fafatawa ne. A cikin watanninsa na farko a matsayin Shugaba a cikin 2004, Kelly ya ƙirƙira wata yarjejeniya don karɓar ƙofofin ATA Airlines masu matsala a filin jirgin saman Midway, wanda ya tabbatar da rinjayen Kudu maso Yamma a can. Daga baya ya kaddamar da hari a filin jirgin sama na Denver, cibiyar jiragen sama na United da Frontier.

Kamar yadda Ba'amurke, United da sauran dillalan jigilar kayayyaki ke daidaita jadawalin jirage saboda hauhawar farashin mai da tattalin arziƙin tattalin arziƙin, ƙungiyar Kelly na neman buɗaɗɗen buɗe ido don kama hannun jarin kasuwa. Kwana daya bayan United ta ce tana shirin dakatar da tashi zuwa Ft. Lauderdale a karshen watan Yuni, Kudu maso Yamma ya kara jiragen sama guda biyar zuwa wurin hutu na Florida.

"Su ne mafarkin kowane kamfanin jirgin sama a can," in ji masanin balaguro Tom Parsons.

Kelly na tsammanin fadada kudu maso yammacin Midway yayin da manyan kamfanonin jiragen sama biyu na kasar suka ja baya a O'Hare. Amurka na shirin rage yawan zirga-zirgar jiragenta a filin jirgin saman da ke cike da cunkoso da kashi 13 cikin 20 a wannan faduwar; Ana sa ran United za ta yanke irin wannan matakin yayin da take yin kasa da kashi 18 cikin dari na rundunarta cikin watanni XNUMX masu zuwa.

"Abin da ke faruwa a O'Hare zai yi tasiri ga Midway sosai," Kelly ya annabta. "Idan kun ga raguwa a O'Hare, wanda nake tsammanin, to tabbas za mu sami damar girma Midway."

Ba shi da niyyar kafa wurin zama a babban filin jirgin sama yayin da sauran masu jigilar kayayyaki ke ja da baya, amma ba zai kawar da yiwuwar hakan ba.

Nasarar 'yaƙin halaka'

Kelly na ganin matakan da masu fafatawa ke yi don rage jiragen ruwa da kashi 10 zuwa kashi 15 a matsayin motsa jiki na banza wanda zai gaza ba su ikon yin farashi don rage hauhawar farashin mai.

"Bai isa ba," in ji shi.

Yana daga cikin dalilin. Masu fashin baki sun ce karancin kudin da ake yi a Kudu maso Yamma, wanda ke samun tallafi daga katangar man fetur din, ya sa abokan hamayya ke da wahala wajen kara farashin.

Vaughn Cordle, Shugaba kuma babban manazarci na AirlineForecasts LLC, wani kamfanin bincike na kasuwa na Virginia ya ce "Wannan dala biliyan 2 ya ba da damar [Kudu maso Yamma] ya ci gaba da rage farashin farashi fiye da yadda ake so. “Wannan wata dabara ce ta yanke shawara wacce ke tilasta wa sauran kamfanonin jiragen sama daidaita farashin farashi da asarar makudan kudade, ko ja da baya. Don haka Kudu-maso Yamma ta yi nasara a yakin da ake yi.”

Dabarar ba ta cin nasarar Kelly kowane sabon abokai a cikin takwarorinsa ba. Wani babban jami'in gudanarwa a wani babban kamfanin jirgin sama, wanda ya nemi a sakaya sunansa, ya bayyana Kudu maso Yamma a matsayin "babban rugujewa a masana'antar."

Idan wasu dillalai suka yi kasala, Kudu maso Yamma za su leka a hankali don saye. Kelly ya ce a shirye yake don siyan wani kamfanin jirgin sama, ko da yake yana tunanin yiwuwar faruwar hakan ya yi kadan.

"Za mu kasance a buɗe don siyan ɗimbin jiragen sama daga masu fafatawa, tare da wasu kofofi? To, eh. Ina ganin hakan ba shi da haɗari sosai, ya fi dacewa a yi tunani a kai, ”in ji shi.

A karon farko a cikin tarihinta, Kudu maso Yamma na shirin yin kasuwanci a wajen Amurka, zuwa Kanada, ta hanyar kawancen tallace-tallace da za a sanar da wannan bazara, in ji Kelly. Manazarta sun caccaki WestJet, wani jirgin ruwa na Kanada wanda aka tsara bayan Kudu maso Yamma, a matsayin abokin tarayya mafi kyawu.

Kakakin Kudu maso Yamma Brandy King za ta ce kawai, "Muna magana da dillalai da yawa game da damammakin raba lambobin."

Na gaba: Mexico, Caribbean da Hawaii, ba lallai ba ne a cikin wannan tsari, ta hanyar yarjejeniyar raba lambobin da za a yi amfani da su a shekara ta gaba kuma mai yiwuwa a cikin 2010. Bayan haka, Kelly zai nemi haɗin gwiwar da ke dauke da fasinjoji na kudu maso yammacin Turai da Asiya. Kudu maso Yamma kuma za ta binciko nata guntun jirage na kasa da kasa.

Chicago tana da girma a cikin tsare-tsaren fadada Kelly. Ya ce Midway zai zama kofa ga abokin tarayya na Kanada na Kudu maso Yamma, wanda zai ba da sabbin jiragen sama zuwa cikin birni da kuma hanyar sadarwar Kudu maso Yamma.

"Yana da tasiri mai kama da cibiya, ba tare da muna da dukkan tarko da rashin inganci na tsarin magana ba," in ji Kelly. "Don haka za ku iya samun ƙarin wurare da yawa waɗanda abokan haɗin gwiwa ɗaya ko biyu za su ƙara zuwa Midway."

Hadarin nasara

Kelly yana ƙoƙarin canza tsarin kasuwanci wanda Kudu maso Yamma ya yi aiki zuwa kusa da kamala, yana mai da riba kowace shekara tun shekara ta uku a cikin kasuwanci, ba tare da lalata ta ba. Rangwamen da aka taɓa sani da tallan tallan sa na zany yanzu shine mafi girman dillalan cikin gida, yana neman hanyoyin haɓaka tallace-tallace da kuma haɗawa da abokan cinikin da ke ɓacin ransu da sauran kamfanonin jiragen sama.

Kelly ya shiga kamfanin a 1986 kuma an nada shi babban jami'in kudi bayan shekaru uku, yana da shekaru 34. Ya shawo kan hukumar dakon kaya ta fara siyan shingen mai a jajibirin yakin Gulf na Farisa na farko a 1991, sannan ya rungumi shinge masu tsada amma mafi inganci. yayin da farashin mai ya fadi a karshen wannan shekaru goma.

Yayin da Kudu maso Yamma ke cin gajiyar shingen da ya kai dalar Amurka biliyan 5, Kelly dole ne ya kula da kada ya shimfida albarkatu, ruguza riba ko haifar da tsarin mulki wanda ke kashe kirkire-kirkire ko kuma tauye al'adun Kudu maso Yamma, al'adun da abokin ciniki ke kokawa, in ji manazarta.

"Hadarin Kudu maso Yamma iri daya ne kamar yadda ya kasance ga kowane kamfanin jirgin sama da ya fara karami: wuce gona da iri," in ji Aaron Gellman, farfesa a Cibiyar Sufuri ta Jami'ar Arewa maso Yamma.

Yayin da wasu ke ra'ayin cewa ribar hannun jarin Kudu maso Yamma ba a fassara zuwa mafi girman riba ga masu hannun jari ba, Kelly ya ki yin watsi da dabarar da ke jaddada burin dogon lokaci kan ribar hannun jari.

"Ba zai faru da sauri ba," in ji shi. "Ba ma neman afuwar hakan."

Hannun jarin Kudu maso Yamma ya karu da kashi 7 cikin dari a bana, yayin da kididdigar kamfanonin jiragen sama na Dow Jones ya fadi da kashi 46.5 cikin dari. Amma duk da saurin bunƙasa Kudu maso Yamma a cikin wannan shekaru goma, hannun jarinsa har yanzu yana cinikin kusan dala 10 ƙasa da kololuwar su na Janairu 2001.

Kelly na shirin ranar da amfanin man fetur na Kudu maso Yamma zai ɓace, ko dai a kan lokaci ko kuma idan farashin mai ya ragu da sauri kamar yadda ya tashi. A ƙarshe, sauran masana'antar za su farfaɗo. Wadanda suka tsira daga hargitsi mai yiwuwa za su kasance masu rarrafe da yunwa da barazana ga Kudu maso Yamma.

Amma tare da shinge a wurin har zuwa 2011, Kudu maso Yamma yana da shekaru don inganta dabarunsa. Sauran kamfanonin jiragen sama na Amurka ba su da wannan alatu.

"Mun sayi lokacin, kuma sauran ba su samu ba," in ji Kelly. "Zasu yi tafiya da sauri da sauri, kuma yana haifar musu da haɗari mai yawa."

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