Southwest Airlines yana ƙara birane, kotunan matafiya kasuwanci

Dallas - Gary Kelly yana da tayin tsaye: abincin nama ga duk wanda zai iya tabbatar da cewa Jirgin saman Kudu maso Yamma (LUV) ba ya ɗaukar matafiya na kasuwanci na cikin gida fiye da kowane mai ɗaukar kaya na Amurka.

Yana da fare na tsotsa, ba shakka.

Shugaban Kamfanin Southwest Airlines ya san ba zai taba biya ba. Babu wata hanyar da za a tabbatar da shi ba daidai ba saboda kamfanonin jiragen sama ba su san manufar tafiye-tafiyen abokan ciniki da yawa ba.

Kelly ya ci gaba da cewa binciken na cikin gida ya nuna Kudu maso Yamma ya riga ya zama lamba 1 a cikin tafiye-tafiyen kasuwanci na cikin gida, kuma yana jagorantar Kudu maso Yamma don kama ma fi yawan kasuwannin tafiye-tafiyen kasuwanci a cikin 2009. Don cim ma hakan, yana yin wani babban tinkering tare da tsarin kasuwanci wanda ke da alaƙa. ya ci gaba da ribar kamfanin na tsawon shekaru 35 da ba a taba ganin irinsa ba.

Yana da haɗari, amma a cikin zurfafa koma bayan tattalin arziki, yana iya zama ƙasa da haɗari fiye da tsayawa. Kudu maso Yamma za ta ragu gaba daya a shekara mai zuwa - karo na farko da aka taba yin hakan - amma babban kamfanin jirgin sama mai saukin farashi a kasar zai kuma fadada da karfi a wasu manyan kasuwannin kasuwanci saboda a nan ne matafiya suka fi samun riba.

KA SAMU KARIN LABARI A: Texas | Birnin New York | Nashville | Los Angeles | Denver | Jirgin saman Southwest | Kelly | Garuruwan Tagwaye | New York LaGuardia Airport | Minneapolis-St | ATA Airlines | Chicago Midway | Dave Ridley
Sabbin filayen jirgin sama guda biyu sun riga sun kasance kan ajanda: Minneapolis-St. Paul a cikin Maris kuma, a ranar da har yanzu ba a yanke hukunci ba, LaGuardia na New York, wanda zai dauki bakuncin jiragen farko na Kudu maso Yamma a kowane manyan filayen jirgin saman New York uku. Kelly a wannan watan ya ce yana so ya kaddamar da sabis a cikin babban kasuwa na uku a cikin 2009. Kudu maso yammacin kuma an saita don ƙara yawan sabis a kan manyan hanyoyin kasuwanci-tafiye-tafiye zuwa kuma daga filayen jiragen sama irin su Chicago Midway, Denver, Los Angeles da Nashville.

A halin yanzu, wasu muhimman canje-canje sun zo ko suna cikin ayyukan. An sabunta ƙofofin filin jirgin sama tare da fasalin abokantaka na kasuwanci kamar wuraren aikin kwamfutar tafi-da-gidanka. Har yanzu ba a ba da kujeru ba, amma an canza tsarin hawan kudu maso yammacin da ya rikice don motsa abokan cinikinsa mafi kyau da waɗanda ke son biyan kuɗi mafi girma zuwa gaban layin don samun kujeru na farko.

Ba a san shi ba, amma kamar yadda yake da mahimmanci, Kudu maso Yamma a shekarar da ta gabata ta fara amfani da na'ura mai kwakwalwa na zamani wanda ke ba ta damar bayar da farashin farashi daban-daban har 15. Tsohon tsarin, wanda aka yi amfani da shi tsawon shekaru 20, yana ba da kuɗin kuɗi kaɗan kamar uku akan hanyoyi da yawa. Sabon tsarin farashin ya baiwa Kudu maso Yamma damar bunkasa jimillar kudaden shiga ba tare da yin amfani da karin hauhawar farashin kaya ba. Hakazalika, wani sabon tsarin jadawalin jirgin da Kudu maso Yamma ya fara amfani da shi a farkon wannan shekara yana ba ta damar daidaita ƙarfin da ake buƙata. A hankali yana rage mitocin jirgi a kan ƙananan hanyoyin da ake buƙata da kuma ƙara jirage a kan ƙarin riba, manyan hanyoyin kasuwanci-tafiye-tafiye.

Waɗancan sabbin tsarin farashi da tsarin tsara jadawalin za a gwada su sosai a cikin 2009 da kuma bayan haka yayin da Kudu maso Yamma ke ƙara ƙalubalantar masu fafatawa na yau da kullun a sabbin kasuwanni da manyan kasuwanni.

Shiga Minneapolis-St. Bulus

Kudu maso yamma yana shiga duka biranen Twin da kasuwannin New York a cikin ƙaramin hanya: jirage takwas kawai a rana daga Minneapolis-St. Paul da bakwai a rana daga LaGuardia. Minneapolis-St. Jirgin Paul zai tafi filin jirgin saman Midway na Chicago kawai. Kudu maso yamma yana da babban aiki a Midway, tare da jirage 214 a rana, yana ba da damar Minneapolis-St. Paul matafiya don kama zirga-zirgar jiragen sama zuwa 47 daga cikin sauran wurare 61 na Kudu maso Yamma tare da tasha ɗaya kawai a Chicago.

A tsawon lokaci, Kudu maso Yamma na iya ƙara jirage marasa tsayawa daga Minneapolis-St. Paul zuwa wasu manyan kasuwanni. Amma tarihinta ya nuna cewa yawancin matafiya na kasuwanci galibi za su karɓi sabis na tsayawa ɗaya da farin ciki don adana ɗaruruwan daloli a tafiya.

“A koyaushe muna yin kira ga mafi yawan mutanen da ke biyan kudin daga aljihunsu, ko ‘yan kasuwa ne, ko masu kananan sana’o’i, ko kwararrun da suka gane cewa abin da suke kashewa wajen tafiye-tafiye ba ya fita ne daga tafiye-tafiyen wasu manyan kamfanoni. kasafin kudin amma daga aljihunsu,” in ji Dave Ridley, babban mataimakin shugaban kasa na Kudu maso Yamma.

"Amma hakan ba yana nufin ba za mu yi kira ga wadanda ba su biya ta aljihunsu ba," in ji shi.

Don jawo hankalin ƴan matafiya na kasuwanci, Ridley ya ce Kudu maso Yamma na yin yunƙurin sake kafa alamar ta a kasuwannin da ya wuce gida a Texas.

Muhimmin sashi na wannan yunƙurin shine ɗimbin tallace-tallacen TV na ban dariya waɗanda ke fitar da saƙon cewa Kudu maso Yamma baya ɗaukar ƙarin kuɗi don ayyuka kamar jakunkuna, yin ajiyar kuɗi ta wayar ko canza jirage a cikin minti na ƙarshe. Ridley ya ce "Muna ƙoƙarin shawo kan matafiya na kasuwanci cewa sadaukarwar sabis ɗinmu tana biyan bukatunsu da gaske."

Tafiya zuwa New York

Shigowar Kudu maso Yamma cikin LaGuardia shima zai fara kadan. Yana siyan ƙayyadaddun ƙayyadaddun saukowa na ATA Airlines 14 da wuraren tashi a LaGuardia. Wannan ya isa jirage bakwai kawai na yau da kullun, amma hakan yana sanya jiragen Kudu maso Yamma cikin ɗan gajeren tafiyar taksi na mafi girman tattara kuɗin Amurka, talla, sadarwa da kamfanonin sabis na doka.

Kalubale ɗaya da ke hidimar LaGuardia, Kelly ya ce, zai kasance farashin jiragen na Kudu maso Yamma mai yawa don biyan manyan farashin aiki a can amma ƙarancin isa ya kula da roƙonsa a matsayin mai ɗaukar kaya mai ƙarancin farashi. Wani kuma zai kasance yana sadar da abin da Kudu maso Yamma ke bayarwa ga ƙwararrun matafiya na yankin New York waɗanda ba su da ƙarancin fahimtar hanyoyin Kudu maso Yamma.

"Kudu maso yamma har yanzu babban dillali ne a wasu hanyoyi," in ji Kelly. "Ba za mu same ku daga New York City zuwa Topeka, Kan., ko zuwa Frankfurt, Jamus ba. Don haka saƙonmu a can, kamar yadda yake a ko'ina, za a koma gida. Magana da New Yorkers game da samfurin jirgin saman Kudu maso Yamma a LaGuardia zai bambanta sosai da yin magana da Chicagoan game da tashin mu 225 ko makamancin haka na yau da kullun a Midway."

Jami'an Kudu maso Yamma sun yarda ba za su taba yin nasara kan matafiya 'yan kasuwa da ke daraja wurin zama na farko da sauran manyan ayyuka da manyan kamfanonin jiragen sama ke bayarwa ba.

Eric Burger, babban mai ba da shawara daga Amherst, N.H., ɗaya ne irin wannan matafiyi. Yakan tashi zuwa Kudu maso Yamma sau kadan a kowace shekara saboda yawanci yana iya siyan kudin kocin kwatankwacinsa a kan jigilar da ya fi so, United, sannan ya yi amfani da matsayinsa na-fito-fili don ci gaba da haɓaka zuwa matakin farko.

Hanyar hawan Kudu maso Yamma ta canza "yana sa gwaninta ya fi tsinkaya ga matafiyi na kasuwanci," kuma mai ɗaukar kaya ya zama zaɓi mafi dacewa, in ji shi. Duk da haka, ya kasance zaɓinsa na ƙarshe.

Yunkurin Kudu maso Yamma zuwa kasuwannin tafiye-tafiye mafi girma da girma - yayin da rage sabis a wasu ƙananan kasuwanni - yana haɓaka yanayin da ke komawa farkon shekarun 1990. Yawancin sabbin kasuwannin Kudu maso Yamma a cikin shekaru goma da suka gabata sun kasance manya.

Tun 2004 ya shiga kasuwannin Philadelphia, Denver, Pittsburgh da San Francisco, kuma ya ƙaddamar da sabis a Dulles International na Washington. Denver ya zama a cikin shekaru uku kacal kasuwa mafi girma a tarihin Kudu maso Yamma. Wannan duk da kasancewar cibiyoyi biyu da babbar United (UAUA) ke sarrafawa da kuma fafutukar rangwame Frontier.

Haɓakar Kudu maso Yamma a cikin manyan kasuwannin da suka shafi tafiye-tafiyen kasuwanci shi ma ya amfana daga - ko, a zahiri, ya haifar da - shawarar sauran dillalai don rage sabis akan hanyoyin gida. Lokacin da farashin mai ya fara hauhawa a bana, wasu manyan kamfanonin jiragen sama sun rage tashi. Sakamakon ya kasance raguwar yawan karfin jiragen saman Amurka sama da 10% a wannan kwata - raguwar da Kelly ya ce yana haifar da damammaki masu yawa ga Kudu maso Yamma.

Dama don girma

Ita kanta Kudu maso Yamma ta sha fama, na farko, hauhawar farashin man fetur a farkon wannan shekarar, kuma, a yanzu, an samu raguwar bukatar tafiye-tafiye. A cikin kwata na uku ta yi hasarar sa na farko a cikin kwata - dala miliyan 120 - tun daga 1991 saboda faduwar farashin mai ya haifar da gyare-gyaren lissafin kuɗi da ke da alaƙa da rage darajar shingen sa akan cin mai a gaba. Hakanan ya fara raguwa. A cikin Janairu Kudu maso Yamma karfin ikon zai ragu da kusan 5% daga Janairu 2008, amma ana sa ran ribar 2009.

"Masu fafatawa a duk fadin kasar suna janye 15% zuwa 20% na kujerunsu daga kasuwanninmu a cikin kwata na hudu," in ji Kelly. "Wannan… yana ba mu damar girma sosai" a cikin Amurka.

Bill Swelbar, injiniyan bincike a Cibiyar Harkokin Fasaha ta Kasa da Kasa ta Massachusetts Institute for Air Transport, kuma mai bin diddigin rubutun ra'ayin kanka a yanar gizo kan harkokin sufurin jiragen sama, yana sa ran Kudu maso Yamma za ta shiga cikin shekaru masu zuwa sauran 'yan manyan biranen da ba ta yi aiki ba. Boston, Atlanta da watakila Charlotte shugaban wannan jerin.

Hakan zai dagula ayyukan Kudu maso Yamma da kuma kara kudin sa, in ji shi. "Amma tunanina shine sun yi lissafin kuma sun yanke shawarar cewa kudaden shiga zai fi isa ya biya" waɗannan farashin mafi girma.