Kamfanin jirgin sama mai rahusa Skybus ya rufe

Kamfanin jirgin sama na Skybus, wanda ya ba da iyakataccen sabis daga filin jirgin sama na Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood, ba zato ba tsammani ya rufe shagon a daren Juma'a, sabon asarar da aka samu a cikin masana'antar jirgin sama ya jaddada ta hauhawar farashin mai da tattalin arziƙin ƙasa.

Jirginsa na ƙarshe ya bar Broward County kuma ya isa Columbus, Ohio, jim kaɗan kafin 1 na safe Asabar.

An rage ƙarancin kasancewar jirgin a filin jirgin sama na Fort Lauderdale zuwa kiosks na tikitin birgima guda biyu, kowanne tare da alamar cewa kamfanin jirgin ya daina aiki "a yau."

A ranar Asabar, babu wani ma'aikaci da ya kasance a wurin da aka raba shi da Sky Service, mai jigilar jiragen sama zuwa Kanada. Kamfanonin sun musanya alamu ga fasinjojin da ke hidima a lokacin da ya kamata a tashi.

An shirya jirage biyu ranar Asabar - daya ya tashi daga Greensboro da karfe 4:42 na yamma, ɗayan kuma zai tashi da ƙarfe 5:07 na yamma, komawa Greensboro.

Sanarwar da aka buga a daren Juma'a a gidan yanar gizon kamfanin mai rahusa ba ta lissafta madadin jigilar fasinjoji ba, amma ta gaya musu cewa su tuntubi kamfanonin katin kiredit don shirya maidowa.

Sanarwar ta ce "Halin kudin mu ya kai har hukumar gudanarwarmu ta ga ba ta da wani zabi illa ta daina aiki."

Yayin da kananan jiragen dakon kaya da kuma shimfidar kasa don kulawa da baya sun yiwa masana'antar sufurin jiragen sama wahala a cikin 'yan makonnin nan, darektan zirga-zirgar jiragen sama na Fort Lauderdale Kent George ya ce yana ganin kwanaki masu haske a gaba.

Ya kira rufe Skybus, wanda ke tafiyar da jirage hudu a rana daga Fort Lauderdale, "alama ce ta masu jigilar kayayyaki da suka yi kokarin yin hakan amma suka kasa."

George ya ce yana sa ran ganin wasu kamfanonin jiragen sama sun hade, farashin farashi, kuma watakila an yanke wasu jirage lokacin da jiragen ba sa tashi sama.

"Hakan na iya rage adadin mutanen da ke tashi a bangaren hankali," in ji shi game da masu yawon bude ido da matafiya na hutu. Amma "Mun kasance muna ganin ci gaba mai ƙarfi, har ma da hauhawar farashin da haɓakar mai."

Skybus ya fara sabis a Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood a watan Mayun da ya gabata, ɗaya daga cikin sabis ɗin mara tsayawa na farko zuwa Columbus daga can cikin aƙalla shekaru biyar. Ya danganta kusan fasinjoji 800 na Kudancin Florida tare da Columbus da Greensboro kowace rana, in ji kakakin tashar jirgin Greg Meyer.

Sanarwar na nufin kamfanin zai daina zirga-zirgar jirage 74 a kullum zuwa biranen Amurka 15. Tana da kusan ma'aikata 350 a babbar cibiyarta a Columbus, da kuma wani 100 a wata cibiya ta biyu a filin jirgin sama na Piedmont-Triad International a Greensboro, Ma'aikatan NC na kamfanin jirgin sama waɗanda suka taɓa ba da jirage kusan $ 10, sun sami labarin rufewa da niyyar. fayil don fatarar ranar Juma'a.

Kamfanin, daga cikin manyan kamfanonin jiragen sama mafi samun kuɗi a cikin ƙasar, mallakarsa ne na sirri, kuma ya tara dala miliyan 160, gami da dala miliyan 25 daga daidaikun mutane da kamfanoni na Columbus kamar inshorar ƙasa, wanda ya fara tallan kamfanin.

Lokacin da Skybus ya fara aiki, Ray Neidl, wani manazarcin jirgin sama tare da Calyon Securities ya ce kuɗin da kamfanin ke bayarwa ya isa "ya isa don farawa, amma kuna iya samun kuɗi da yawa cikin sauri - jirgin sama ne."

Babban jami’in Skybus Michael Hodge ya fada a cikin wata sanarwa cewa tsadar mai hade da faduwar tattalin arzikin ya kasance ba za a iya cimmawa ba.

“Mun yi matukar nadamar wannan shawarar, da kuma tasirin da hakan zai yi ga ma’aikatanmu da iyalansu, abokan cinikinmu, dillalan mu da sauran abokan hulda, da kuma al’ummomin da muke gudanar da ayyukanmu,” in ji shi.

Hodge ya ce duk wani fasinja da rufewar ya shafa da ke da ajiyar zuciya har zuwa ranar 2 ga Satumba, sun cancanci maidowa.

Skybus ya sha fama da tashe-tashen hankula tun lokacin da ya fara tashi a ranar 22 ga Mayu, 2007. A cikin kwanaki biyu a cikin makon Kirsimeti, kamfanin jirgin ya soke kusan kashi ɗaya bisa huɗu na tashinsa saboda matsalolin jirage biyu. Kwanan nan, yana ta yin jigilar jirage da wuraren zuwa.

Kamfanin ya zana fasinjoji ta hanyar ba da akalla kujeru 10 akan $10 a kowane jirgin. Ya yi tallan wani la carte, gwanintar tashi-kowa-da-sabis. Duba jakar kuɗi $12 a ma'aunin tikiti, alal misali, yayin shiga tare da rukunin farko na fasinjojin $15.

"Yawancin kamfanonin jiragen sama sun gaya maka ba ka biya kudin kaya, amma gaskiyar ita ce, kana biyan kudin," Kakakin kamfanin Bob Tenenbaum ya shaida wa Kamfanin Dillancin Labarai na Associated Press. "An gina shi cikin farashi."

Sanarwar ta kara dagula labaran da ba a taba gani ba ga kamfanonin jiragen sama, wadanda suka yi fama da tabarbarewar tattalin arziki, hauhawar farashin man fetur da kuma matsalolin kula da su.

ATA da Aloha Kamfanonin jiragen sama duka sun daina tashi a wannan makon bayan da suka shigar da kara don neman kariya ta fatarar kudi. Kamfanonin jiragen sama na Amurka, Kudu maso Yamma da Delta sun soke tashin jirage kwanan nan don magance matsalolin tsaro game da wasu jiragen.

Duk ya yi tsit a kusa da abin da ya saba zama kantin Skybus da yammacin ranar Asabar a Fort Lauderdale. Mataimakin Sheriff na Broward, wanda ba zai bayyana sunansa ba, ya ce dole ne ya raba wannan mummunan labari tare da wasu ma'aurata da suka isa jirgin da safiyar ranar.

"Dole ne mu gaya musu, sun daina kasuwanci," in ji shi.

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