Ya kamata ƙananan birane su shirya don ƙananan jiragen sama

PRESCOTT, Ariz. - Kin amincewa daga Air Midwest ya zo da sauri akan fax mai shafi ɗaya. Jami'ai sun ce jirgin ruwan ba zai iya sake tashi zuwa yankin dutsen na Prescott ba. Birnin kawai zai sami sabon ɗan haya don ƙaramin filin jirgin sama.

"Komai yana tafiya lafiya - to, bam - jirgin sama ya tafi," in ji magajin garin Jack Wilson da huci. "Ba haka kuke kasuwanci ba."

Abin takaici ne a duk faɗin yankunan karkarar Amurka.

Gwamnatin tarayya ta ba da garantin zirga-zirgar jiragen sama na kananan garuruwa da birane shekaru 30 da suka gabata lokacin da ta hana masana'antar. Sai dai hauhawar farashin man fetur ya zarce tallafin da ake samu daga shirin Essential Air Service, kuma da yawa dillalai na kokarin sake tattaunawa a kan kwangilolinsu ko kuma su janye gaba daya.

A cewar Sashen Sufuri da ke gudanar da shirin, kamfanonin jiragen sama sun nemi ficewa daga kwangilar bayar da tallafi ga garuruwa 20 a bana. Wannan kusan ya yi daidai da jimillar 2007 na birane 24. A shekara ta 2006, kamfanonin jiragen sama sun nemi janye kwangilar birane 15.

A halin da ake ciki, gwamnatin tarayya na shirin rage kasafin kudinta na ma’aikatan jirgin sama na shekarar 2009 zuwa dala miliyan 50, kasa da rabin kasafin shirinta a cikin shekaru bakwai da suka gabata.

Jim Corridore, wani manazarci a Standard & Poor's, ya ce ya kamata al'ummomin karkara su shirya don ko da karancin jirage a nan gaba.

"Wannan ba sadaka ba ce," in ji Corridore. “Kamfanonin jiragen sama suna cikin kasuwanci don samun kuɗi, kuma ba haka suke ba. Hasali ma, suna asarar biliyoyin daloli. Don haka akwai bukatar a yanke wani abu.”

Kungiyar Jiragen Sama ta Yanki taki yarda. Al'ummomin yankunan karkara za su iya ci gaba da zirga-zirgar jiragen sama idan shirin na tarayya ya daidaita tare da ba da kudaden da yake bukata, in ji Faye Malarkey, wani mai fafutuka na kungiyar.

A cewar jami'an kamfanin jirgin, babban kuskuren da ke tattare da Essential Air Service shi ne rashin kara tallafin da ake ba shi don biyan tsadar farashin aiki kamar mai.

Don haka yayin da farashin man jet ya yi tsalle, fiye da ninki biyu daga $1.86 ga galan a farkon 2007 zuwa dala 3.96 ga galan a watan Mayu, an kulle kamfanonin jiragen sama cikin tallafin iri ɗaya. Wasu dillalai sun yi tashin farashin kaya, amma hakan ya kasa ci gaba da tsadar man fetur.

"Shekaru ke nan tun da muka samu riba mai yawa," in ji shugaban Air Midwest Greg Stephens.

Stephens ya ce Air Midwest ya yi kokarin fita daga cikin hanyoyin da yake ba da tallafi a gabar tekun Gabas a bara don samun kudi, amma ma’aikatar sufuri ta tilasta masa girmama wasu daga cikin wadannan kwangilolin na kusan watanni 14 saboda ta kasa samun wani jirgin da zai maye gurbinsa. a kan.

Kamfanin ya ci gaba da asarar kudi. A halin da ake ciki, an tilasta wa iyayen Mesa Air Group Inc. biyan dala miliyan 52.5 don sasanta karar da kamfanin jirgin saman Hawaiian. Mesa kuma ya samu labarin cewa Delta Air Lines Inc. na son soke kwangilar da ta kai dala miliyan 20 a wata.

Kamfanin ya kasa jira kuma, in ji Stephens.

Mesa Air Group ya yanke shawarar rufe Air Midwest, tare da soke sabis zuwa birane 20 a cikin jihohi 10 a karshen watan Yuni. Stephens ya ce mai yiwuwa Mesa ba zai sake komawa jiragen da aka ba tallafi ba.

"Muna ƙoƙarin haɓaka Air Midwest ta hanyar EAS," in ji shi. Amma "abokin ciniki ya fi son buga hanya" kuma ya tafi babban filin jirgin sama, duk da farashin iskar gas. "Abin da muke fafatawa da shi ke nan."

Kamfanin jigilar kayayyaki na yankin Colgan Air Inc. shima yana kokawa da kwangilolin da gwamnati ke bayarwa. Ta sanya asarar aiki na dala miliyan 4.5 a cikin 2007, a wani bangare saboda hauhawar farashin mai.

"A wurare da yawa muna da sabis na EAS, muna duban farashin mai na $5 da $6 galan," in ji Joe Williams, mai magana da yawun Colgan parent Pinnacle Airlines Corp. na Memphis, Tenn. "Babu wanda ya ga wannan zuwa biyu. shekarun baya."

Har ila yau, kamfanin yana ƙoƙarin samun riba ta hanyar ɗaukar wasu jiragensa daga Pittsburgh zuwa filin jirgin saman Dulles na Washington da kuma ba wa matafiya ƙarin haɗin gwiwa ta hanyar yarjejeniyar raba lambar da United Airlines.

Kwanan nan Colgan ya nemi ficewa daga kwangilolin da ke hidimar birane shida a West Virginia, Maine da Pennsylvania, amma yana fatan sake sabunta waɗannan kwangilolin tare da neman ƙarin tallafi don nuna hauhawar farashin mai.

A halin yanzu ita ce kawai hanyar da kamfanin jirgin sama zai iya daidaita kwangilar tallafin don ƙarin farashin mai - nemi fita daga wajibcinsa, jira kwanaki 180 yayin da sashen ya gabatar da bukatar sannan ya sake neman kwangilar, in ji Malarkey.

"Hakika shine kawai mafi munin abin da za ku iya yi ga sabis," in ji ta. "Kun ta da al'umma a cikin makamai. Ba su cika fahimta ba. Da alama kamfanin jirgin ya yi watsi da su.”

Kungiyar Jiragen Sama ta Yanki ta yi kira da a yi sauye-sauye ga shirin tallafin na tsawon shekaru da dama, ta yadda kamfanonin jiragen sama ba za su yi fama da tashin jiragen a karkara ba. Malarkey ya ce ya kamata ma'aikatar sufuri ta kara tallafin don ba da damar samun riba mai yawa tare da bai wa kamfanonin jiragen sama tallafin lokaci guda don biyan hauhawar farashin mai.

Kakakin Ma'aikatar Sufuri ya ce hukumar ta amince da cewa akwai bukatar a yi gyara amma ba ta goyi bayan samar da tallafi masu sassaucin ra'ayi domin nuna tashin farashin mai. Maganin sa shine iyakance tallafi ga al'ummomin da suka fi kowa sani kawai.

"Ana buƙatar sake fasalin EAS don tabbatar da cewa shirin ya yi hidima ga mutanen da aka tsara don yi wa hidima - waɗanda ba su da sauran zaɓuɓɓukan tafiye-tafiye," in ji mai magana da yawun Bill Mosely a cikin wata sanarwa.

An ƙirƙiri shirin sabis na jirgin sama mai mahimmanci shekaru 30 da suka gabata bayan da aka hana kamfanonin jiragen sama. Masu jigilar kayayyaki ba za su tashi hanyoyin da ba su da fa'ida zuwa ƙananan al'ummomi, don haka gwamnatin tarayya ta amince ta biya wasu kuɗin su.

Al'umma yanzu suna ɗaukar su a matsayin hanyar rayuwa. Jiragen da aka ba da tallafi suna ƙarfafa kasuwancin su faɗaɗa waje da cibiyoyin birane, kuma suna ba mazauna cikin hanzari zuwa cibiyoyin kiwon lafiya da cibiyoyin jiragen sama na ƙasa da ƙasa a cikin manyan biranen.

W. Gary Edwards, wani mai kula da gari a Massena, NY, al'ummar kusan 11,500 ne kusa da kan iyakar Amurka da Kanada, ya ce: "Wajibi ne, ba abin jin daɗi ba." Edwards ya ce Big Sky Airlines ya janye daga garin a watan Nuwamba, kuma Massena yanzu yana jiran sabon sabis daga Capital Air Services Inc. da zai fara a watan Satumba.

"Muna kan gaba a saman jihar New York," in ji Edwards. “Ba mu da babbar hanya mai lamba hudu. Duk hanyoyinmu da suka taso a nan titunan kasa ne.”

Prescott, tsohon babban birnin yankin Arizona, yana da alaƙa tsakanin dazuzzuka na ƙasa da ke da nisan mil 100 daga arewacin Filin jirgin saman Phoenix Sky Harbor International.

Ya girma ya zama mafaka ga masu hannu da shuni da suka yi ritaya, tare da fitar da su daga garuruwa tare da alƙawarin kallon tsaunuka, wadatattun hanyoyin tafiye-tafiye da iska mai tsafta. Kimanin mutane 129,000 yanzu suna zaune a cikin mil 20 daga filin jirgin sama na Prescott - wanda ya isa ya yi tsammanin sabis na iska mai kyau, in ji Gary Buck, shugaban kuma Shugaba na wani kamfanin fasahar hangen nesa a garin.

"A yanzu, kuna da zaɓi don ɗaukar motar jirgin sama zuwa Phoenix, ko kuna iya tuƙi kai tsaye," in ji Buck. “Yana ɗaukar kusan awa biyu kowace hanya. Ciwo ne kawai."

Kamfanin Buck, Visual Pathways Inc., yana buƙatar shi ya fita daga birnin kusan sau hudu a wata kuma ya kawo abokan ciniki sau biyu ko uku a wata. Ya kasance yana jigilar Air Midwest, kodayake sabis ɗin ba shi da tabbas. Lokaci na ƙarshe da Buck ya ba wa mai ɗaukar kaya tsare-tsaren tafiyarsa, ya dawo a cikin bas.

"Sun ce kuskuren inji ne," in ji shi. "Koyaushe suna cewa haka."

Buck ya ce Prescott ya cancanci dillalai iri-iri, kowanne yana fafatawa don kasuwanci.

Hakan na iya zama fata mai nisa, idan aka yi la'akari da farashin man fetur da yanayin da kamfanonin jiragen sama ke ciki. Amma jami'an Prescott sun ce za su ci gaba da shirin fadada titin jirgin da kuma neman sauran masu jigilar kayayyaki a yankin su tashi zuwa filin jirgin.

Great Lakes Aviation kuma ya yi tayin maye gurbin Air Midwest, kuma a watan Satumba, ana sa ran Horizon Airlines zai dawo da jiragen kasuwanci zuwa Prescott tare da sabis zuwa Filin jirgin saman Los Angeles.

Ba tare da sabis na jirgin sama ba, "mutane za su zauna a nan?" Magajin garin Wilson ya ce. “A’a. Idan muka rasa kamfanin jirgin, za mu fara rasa mutane. Mu ma muna asarar kasuwanci.”

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