'Yan New York da ke yawan zirga-zirgar jiragen sama zuwa Chicago da Washington, DC suna gab da samun biyan kuɗi kaɗan na kudin jirgi.
A ranar Talata, Kamfanin Southwest Airlines Inc. mai hedkwata a Dallas ya ce zai fara zirga-zirgar jirage guda takwas na yau da kullun daga filin jirgin saman LaGuardia na birnin New York zuwa Chicago Midway da filayen jirgin saman Baltimore-Washington, daga ranar 28 ga Yuni.
Har ila yau, dillalin mai rahusa ya ba da farashin tikiti na tarihi a kan hanyoyinsa na LaGuardia, tare da jiragen sama guda ɗaya zuwa Chicago akan $89 da Baltimore-Washington akan $49. Wannan ya zama dole ya sanya matsin lamba kan farashi akan abokan hamayya kamar AMR Corp.'s American Airlines da UAL Corp.'s United da mai rahusa JetBlue Airways Corp.
Yawancin dillalai daga birnin New York sun ba da irin wannan farashin farashi a lokacin tallace-tallace a cikin watanni uku da suka gabata don haɓaka buƙatu yayin koma bayan tattalin arziki, amma “tasirin Kudu maso Yamma” na kawo ƙarancin farashi na dindindin sananne ne a cikin masana'antar, a cewar manazarta.
"Tabbas sun kawo wani tsari mai rahusa," in ji Vaughn Cordle, babban manazarci tare da AirlinesForecast LLC.
Ƙarin abubuwan da suka faru sun kasance tafiye-tafiyen tafiya na Kudu maso Yamma na LaGuardia, wanda aka sanya "ƙananan sosai" fiye da masu fafatawa a kewayon $225 zuwa $425, a cewar Rick Seaney na Farecompare.com.
Seaney ya ce "Wannan na iya zama wani bangare na ramawa ga fa'idar kamfanonin jiragen sama tare da tsayawa akai-akai zuwa shahararrun wuraren kasuwanci da yawa daga New York, inda Kudu maso Yamma dole ne ya haɗu da tasha ɗaya," in ji Seaney.
Hannun jarin Kudu maso Yamma sun ragu da kashi 7% a farashin da ya gabata zuwa dala 6.94, saboda matsin lamba daga faduwar kasuwa.
Jirage daga LaGuardia za su ci gaba zuwa Albuquerque, NM; Austin, Texas; Denver, Houston da kuma Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., A tsakanin sauran garuruwa. Sauran kamfanonin jiragen sama da ke tashi zuwa waɗancan wuraren da suke zuwa daga New York tare da tasha ɗaya suma za su ji daɗi, in ji Terry Trippler na ƙungiyar shawara na Trippler Associates.
"Kudu maso yamma suna da juyi kasa da mintuna 30" don jiragen da suka sauka don daukar fasinjojin da yawa kafin su ci gaba da zuwa inda suke na karshe, kuma wannan sanannen fa'ida ce ta gasa, in ji shi.
"Za su sami tasiri mafi girma fiye da yadda mutane za su yi tunani," in ji Trippler.
Kudu maso yamma ta sanar a karshen shekarar da ta gabata cewa za ta sayi ramukan lokacin LaGuardia daga ATA mai fatara.
A wancan lokacin, babban jami’in gudanarwar Gary Kelly ya ce yana da kwarin gwiwar cewa kamfanin nasa na iya kula da ingancinsa a kan lokaci duk da sunan filin jirgin a matsayin cikas ga zirga-zirga.
ABUBUWAN DA ZA KU GUDU DAGA WANNAN LABARI:
- A wancan lokacin, babban jami’in gudanarwar Gary Kelly ya ce yana da kwarin gwiwar cewa kamfanin nasa na iya kula da ingancinsa a kan lokaci duk da sunan filin jirgin a matsayin cikas ga zirga-zirga.
- The low-cost carrier also offered historically low ticket prices on its LaGuardia routes, with one-way flights to Chicago for $89 and to Baltimore-Washington for $49.
- Other airlines that fly to those destinations from New York with single stops also will feel the pinch, said Terry Trippler of the consultancy Trippler Associates.
