Air Tahiti Nui shine karamin jirgin da zai iya

Wurin da aka fi so ga masu yin saƙar zuma a Kudancin California, Tahiti da tsibiran da ke makwabtaka da ita na daga cikin ƴan wurare a duniya inda ma'aurata za su iya kwana a cikin bungalows na kan ruwa kuma su farka da sautin tekun da ke ƙasa da ƙafafu.

Amma don isa wurin, yawancin maziyartan dole ne su tashi da ƙaramin jirgin sama mai jigilar jirage guda biyar kawai wanda duk da girmansa ya wuce tsammanin masana'antu da fasinja ta hanyar yin babban aiki.

A watan da ya gabata ne kamfanin jirgin Air Tahiti Nui, ya yi bikin cika shekaru 10 da kafu, bayan da ya tsallake rijiya da baya a masana'antu da dama da suka yi sanadin manyan kamfanonin jiragen sama da dama.

A kan hanyar, babban jirgin saman Tahiti ya zama sananne a matsayin "ƙananan kamfanin jirgin sama da zai iya" kuma shekaru da yawa da suka gabata an sanya shi cikin mafi kyawun kamfanonin jiragen sama a duniya, tare da ƙwararrun jama'a waɗanda yawancin jiragen ruwa ya fi girma sau 50. "Nui" a cikin sunansa yana nufin "babban" a cikin Tahitian.

"Labarin nasara ne," in ji Joe Brancatelli, wanda ke gudanar da gidan yanar gizon balaguron kasuwanci JoeSentMe.com. “ tsira kawai nasara ce a gare su. Shekaru goma a matsayin kamfanin jirgin sama wanda ake mutuntawa, aminci da ƙauna yana sanya shi cikin rukuni shi kaɗai."

Sai dai a yanzu kamfanin na fuskantar wata kila gwajin da ya yi mafi muni a cikin tabarbarewar tattalin arzikin duniya da ke damun manyan kamfanonin jiragen sama.

A makon da ya gabata, Hukumar Kula da Jiragen Sama ta Duniya Assn. ya ce duk da cewa raguwar farashin mai ya ba da "sassan maraba" ga kamfanonin jiragen sama, "bakin ya ci gaba kuma yanayin masana'antar ya kasance mai mahimmanci."

Kuma faɗuwar za ta iya zama abin ban mamaki ga Tahiti da tsibiran da ke kewaye da su a Polynesia ta Faransa waɗanda suka zama matattarar wurare masu zafi don masu hutun gudun amarci da ƴan hutu. Kamfanin jirgin sama yana da alhakin kashi 70% na masu ziyara zuwa tsibirin Pacific. Filin jirgin sama na Los Angeles yana aiki a matsayin babban cibiyarsa don matafiya na Amurka da Turai.

"Shekara ce mai wahala a gare mu," in ji Nicholas Panza, mataimakin shugaban Air Tahiti Nui na Amurka. "Dukkanmu dole ne mu kaifafa fensin mu."

Amma raguwar na iya sa tafiya zuwa Tahiti da tsibiran da ke kewaye kamar Bora Bora da Moorea ya fi araha.

Don ci gaba da cikar jiragensa, mai ɗaukar kaya ya fara ba da jiragen sama na "gajeren zama" don samun ƙarin matafiya daga Kudancin California da Yammacin Yammacin Turai don ciyar da "dogon karshen mako" a Tahiti. Tsibirin yana da kusan jirgin sama na sa'o'i takwas daga Los Angeles kuma yana cikin yankin lokaci guda da Hawaii.

Kudin tafiye-tafiyen dala $765 kusan kashi 25% ya ragu da mafi ƙarancin kuɗin da ake bayarwa. Kunshin kwanaki biyar wanda ya haɗa da tikitin jirgin sama na zagaye da otal yana farawa a $1,665 akan kowane mutum. Kamfanin jirgin ya ce ya kuma fara ba da tallafin iyali inda yara biyu ‘yan kasa da shekaru 12 ke tashi kyauta tare da manya biyu masu biyan kudi.

Sabbin farashin farashi labarai maraba ne ga wakilan balaguro waɗanda suka ce siyar da Tahiti koyaushe yana da tsada.

Diane Embree, mai ba da shawara kan balaguro na Cibiyar Balaguro ta Michael a ƙauyen Westlake ta ce "Abin kunya ne cewa kasuwancin ya ragu zuwa Tahiti saboda wuri ne mai kyau." "Amma koyaushe yana da tsada sosai ga yawancin mutane - musamman idan aka kwatanta da sauran wuraren da ake zuwa. Kuma tare da tattalin arzikin kamar yadda yake a yanzu, mutane sun yi ta neman rage farashin balaguron balaguron balaguro.”

Duk tayin biyu sababbi ne ga kamfanin jirgin kuma an yi niyya ne don zana fasinjoji daga sashin kasuwa wanda bai yi niyya ba a da. Kamfanin jirgin ya fi mayar da hankali kan "kasuwancin soyayya" - ma'aurata a lokacin hutun amarcinsu ko kuma bikin cikar bikin aurensu.

Yves Wauthy, babban jami'in kula da zirga-zirgar jiragen sama ya ce "Muna tunanin za mu iya tayar da sabbin bukatu tare da dogon karshen mako, tayin tafiyar gaggawa."

Neman sabbin kasuwanni ya yi aiki da kyau ga kamfanin jirgin, wanda ya fara aiki a 1998 tare da jayayya da yawa. Tahiti yanki ne na Faransa mai yawan jama'a kusan 200,000. Tana da nata gwamnatin, wacce ta yanke shawarar a tsakiyar shekarun 1990 cewa tsibirin na bukatar jirgin sama don dogaro da kai da kuma tafiyar da yawon bude ido. Kamfanin jigilar kaya kusan kashi 60% mallakar gwamnatin Tahiti ne da kashi 40% na masu saka hannun jari masu zaman kansu.

“Yan unguwa suna cewa gwamnati ta haukace,” in ji Panza, wani tsohon soja mai shekaru 25 a masana’antar jirgin sama wanda ya fara aikinsa da rusasshiyar kamfanin jiragen sama na Trans World Airlines kuma a cikin 1998 aka ɗauke shi aiki don taimakawa fara jigilar Tahiti.

A cikin shekaru uku na farko, kamfanin jirgin ya yi aiki da jirgin sama daya, Airbus A340 faffadan jiki wanda da farko an yi hayar daga wani jirgin ruwa, kuma ya taso da 'yan yawon bude ido na Amurka daga LAX zuwa Papeete, Tahiti.

Babban fadada kamfanin ya zo ne jim kadan bayan 9 ga Satumba lokacin da wasu masu jigilar kayayyaki suka fara saukar jiragen sama har ma da wadanda suka fito daga masana'antar. Kamfanin jirgin ya yi sauri ya kama wasu sabbin jiragen sama uku a cikin nau'in masana'antar sayar da gobara kuma yanzu yana da daya daga cikin kananan jiragen ruwa a masana'antar. Yawancin kamfanonin jiragen sama masu farawa suna da tsofaffin jiragen ruwa tunda jiragen da aka yi amfani da su sun fi arha.

Da sabbin jiragen, kamfanin jirgin ya fara fadada hanyar sadarwa zuwa Japan da Faransa. Amma jirgin zuwa Faransa ya bukaci tsayawa a LAX, wanda ya haifar da sabuwar kasuwa ga matafiya masu kasuwanci da ke tashi daga gabar yamma zuwa Turai.

A cikin wani mummunan sakamako na yarjejeniya tsakanin Amurka da Faransa, Air Tahiti Nui daya ne kawai daga cikin kamfanonin jiragen sama biyu da ke da jirage marasa tsayawa daga LAX zuwa Paris. Daya kuma Air France ne.

Kimanin rabin fasinjojin da ke jigilar Air Tahiti Nui tsakanin LAX da Paris matafiya ne na kasuwanci, sauran Turawa da ke hutu sun nufi Tahiti. Wasu Kudancin Californians kuma sun same shi a matsayin madadin Turai mai rahusa.

Bob Kazam, wani mai tsara kudi kuma mazaunin Agoura Hills, ya ce an fara lallashinsa ne sakamakon karancin kudin da kamfanin ya samu, wanda ya kasance mai rahusa da kashi 30% zuwa 40% fiye da Air France. Wani wakilin balaguro ya ba da shawarar ya yi tafiya zuwa Turai, amma Kazam ya ce shi da matarsa ​​sun hakura tun da bai taba jin labarin jirgin ba.

"Mun yanke shawarar gwada shi kuma muka gano cewa sabis ɗin yana da kyau kuma ma'aikatan jirgin sun yi maraba sosai," in ji Kazam, wanda a makon da ya gabata yana jira a LAX don shiga jirgin Air Tahiti Nui zuwa Paris. Kimanin shekaru hudu kenan yana jigilar jirgin zuwa Turai. "Da zarar mun fuskanci hidimar, mun ce 'me ya sa?' kuma tun daga lokacin suke tashi da su.”