Tom Parsons: Manyan abokan gaba uku ga kamfanonin jiragen sama a yau sune farashin mai, Intanet da Kudu maso Yamma

SAN FRANCISCO - Koma na ɗan lokaci zuwa 1981 da wayewarwar lalatawar jirgin sama: People Express ta ƙaddamar da sabis ɗin ba tare da ɓata lokaci ba tare da $ 29 na yanki guda ɗaya da $ 99 daga bakin teku zuwa bakin teku mai arha isa ga kusan kowa ya tashi.

Don rage farashin farashi, mai rangwame yana barin abinci a cikin jirgin kuma yana cajin cent 50 na sodas da $2 don fakitin ciye-ciye na salami, cuku da busassun. Yana samun lakabin "People's Republic Express" yayin da fasinjoji ke cinkoson ababen hawa masu dauke da duk wani nau'in kayan dakon kaya gajerun kaji don gujewa biyan dala $3 ga kowane jakar da aka duba.

Tsallake gaba zuwa tsakiyar 2008: Masu tafiya har yanzu suna iya yin jigilar tafiye-tafiye zuwa bakin teku don $ 198 (idan kawai kun daidaita jigilar jirgin sama na 1981 don hauhawar farashin kayayyaki a cikin shekaru zai zama kusan $ 500 a yau) kuma ƙarin ƙarin kudade yanzu masana'antu ne. al'ada. Ba abin mamaki ba ne kamfanonin jiragen sama suna matsi yayin da muke biyan cent 40 akan dala kusan shekaru talatin bayan haka.

Kira shi kasuwa mai 'yanci ya hadu da azzaluman talakawa da ke dauke da fasaha. Masu cin kasuwa suna son farashi mai arha, Intanet ta ba mu hanyoyin da za mu bi don gano su nan take, kuma a yanzu takurewar mu ya kawo wata muhimmiyar masana'antu zuwa ga rugujewa.

Hatta masu bayar da shawarwarin mabukaci sun yarda da rashin zaman lafiya da ya haifar shekaru 30 bayan Hukumar Kula da Jiragen Sama ta farar hula ta dakatar da saita farashi da hanyoyin mota. Ƙaddamarwa ya haifar da tsarin ƙima na biyu yana ba da ƙarancin bas ɗin Greyhound mai fuka-fuki waɗanda ke yin tasha biyar ko fiye da ƙarshen kullun a duk faɗin ƙasar don ci gaba da cika kujeru.

"A hanyoyi da yawa mun ga abokan gaba kuma mu ne," in ji David Stempler, shugaban kungiyar masu safarar jiragen sama. "Ba mu yarda mu biya don ingantattun ayyuka ba tukuna muna tsammanin su gaba ɗaya."

Sleazy dabarun tsira

Don guje wa babban asara ko fatara, kamfanonin jiragen sama sun koma yin cajin wasu ƙarin kuɗaɗen da shugabannin People Express za su iya samu da dabara. Dalilin: Su irin waɗannan bayi ne don biyan kuɗi na injunan bincike ba sa yin haɗari da haɓaka farashin tikiti da kuma samun rashin amincewa daga masu fafatawa.

"Ba za su iya haɓaka farashin farashi ba saboda ba su da ikon sarrafa farashi," in ji Stempler. “Ba wai ba su da ƙarfin hali; zai zama kashe kansa na kasuwanci ya fadi daga kulle-kulle."

Madadin haka, yawancin kamfanonin jiragen sama suna yin nickeling, raguwa da masu siya dala hamsin tare da kuɗin da aka ɓoye daga injin bincike don baiwa masu amfani da ƙarfin hali abin da suke buƙata - sai dai yanzu shine mafarkin mafi kyawun ciniki.
Yi la'akari da iyakar farashin la carte akan ayyukan da aka haɗa a baya a cikin farashin tikiti: $ 2 sodas a US Airways, $ 7 don bargo da matashin kai a JetBlue, $ 40 don wurin zama na taga "zabi" a Arewa maso Yamma da $ 50 don jaka na biyu a Delta . Kamar yadda wani mai rubutun ra'ayin yanar gizo a kan Travel-rants.com ya rubuta: "Menene na gaba, yana tuhumara da in shiga bandaki?"

A cikin tsayin daka, kamfanonin jiragen sama da yawa suna amfani da raunin masana'antar akan lokaci a matsayin haɓaka kudaden shiga ta hanyar cajin ƙarin kujeru a cikin layuka biyu na farko na kocin. Kasuwar da suke so: Matafiya suna buƙatar kama jirgin da ke haɗawa waɗanda ke tsoron ba za su tashi da sauri ba idan suna zaune a cikin layuka na baya.

Duk da haka masu amfani da Amurka suna kokawa game da masana'antar jiragen sama kamar yadda muke yi na Big Oil lokacin da muke sha'awar mafi ƙarancin farashi wanda ya gurgunta masana'antar.
A wani wuri a cikin shekaru 25 da suka gabata, Amurkawa sun yarda da arha tafiya ta iska hakki ne wanda muke da hakki kamar yadda muka yi arha gas - har sai jirgin ya bar tashar. Tare da farashin man jet-fuel ya karu da kashi 50% a cikin shekarar da ta gabata, muna farkawa daga kwadayin irin wannan.

Paradox na Kudu maso Yamma

Kudu maso Yamma an rike shi a matsayin babban misali na jirgin sama mai riba. An guje wa yin amfani da kudaden da ake biya saboda shirin shinge wanda ya taimaka ya ƙunshi farashin mai. Amma duk da haka yana kwatanta abin da ba daidai ba game da zamanin bayan lalata.

Rahotanni sun ce jiragen na Kudu maso Yamma suna tsayawa har bakwai a rana. Fasinjoji a wasu jirage daga New Orleans zuwa San Francisco, alal misali, suna shan wahala ta tasha uku da canje-canjen jirgin kafin su isa inda suke - ma'ana sun kasance a filayen jirgin sama biyar a yayin tafiyarsu.

An tilasta wa masu fafatawa su matsa zuwa samfurin Kudu maso Yamma, wanda ke haifar da bacewar jirage marasa tsayawa, masu dogon zango a duk faɗin Amurka. Abin da muka samu a cikin tanadi ta hanyar tallafawa irin su Kudu maso Yamma muna asara cikin lokaci da dacewa.

Tom Parsons na bestfares.com ya ce, wani mai sha’awar Kudu maso Yamma: “Babban abokan gaba guda uku ga kamfanonin jiragen sama a yau su ne farashin mai, Intanet da Kudu maso Yamma – na’ura mai wayo, rangwame, ma’ana ta tashi.”

Kai wa azzalumi hari

Babban tsarin kuɗin la carte wanda ke haɓaka yana iya zama ƙoƙarin masana'antar don lalata tsarin injin binciken da ta yi maraba da yanke dubun dubatar ayyukan ajiya tare da yanke masana'antar wakilcin balaguro gaba ɗaya.

Tun da ƙarin farashin ya bambanta ta hanyar jirgin sama, masu amfani da ke amfani da injunan bincike ba su da wata hanyar sanin ƙarin kuɗin da za a yi musu ba tare da tuntuɓar kamfanin jirgin sama ba kafin yin ajiya akan layi. Babu wata doka da ke buƙatar bayyanawa gabaɗaya na waɗannan kuɗaɗen takarce daidai da waɗanda bankunan ke aiwatarwa, amma duk da haka akwai yuwuwar bayyanar da doka a sararin sama.

Babu wanda zai ba da shawarar komawa ga tsari mai ƙayyadaddun tsari. Har yanzu, Majalisa na buƙatar magance irin waɗannan matsalolin da ke bayyana kamar jinkirin tashin jirage. Masu ba da shawara kan kasuwa na kyauta za su ƙi, amma miliyoyin matafiya na kasuwanci za su yi maraba da ƙarin jiragen sama na kan lokaci kamar yadda tattalin arzikin Amurka zai yi don magance rashin aikin yi.
Masu amfani sun fi yin shiri don tafiye-tafiyen jirgin sama mai tsada daga yanzu idan ba sa son tsarin da suka sa ya ruguje gaba ɗaya.

"Abu ɗaya mafi muni fiye da tsadar farashin farashi ba farashin ba saboda kun yi asarar sabis na jirgin sama," in ji Stempler. "Yana iya zama mafi kyau a jure farashin farashi a yanzu don kada mu ƙare da ƙarancin dillalai da ƙarancin gasa a kasuwa."