Tare da hauhawar farashin mai kuma 'yan Burtaniya da ke neman tsaurara bel dinsu shin masana'antar jirgin ruwa za ta sha wahala ne?

Makonni biyu da suka gabata, Ƙungiyar Jirgin Ruwa ta Fasinja ta yi bikin cika shekaru 50 a Gidan Tarihi na Maritime Museum a Greenwich, ta yin amfani da lokacin don sanar da yadda balaguron balaguro ya kasance a cikin 2007.

Wasu 'yan Burtaniya miliyan 1.33 sun yi balaguro a cikin 2007 - kashi 11 cikin 2006 fiye da na 1.5 - kuma an yi hasashen adadin zai kai miliyan 2012 a wannan shekara da miliyan biyu nan da XNUMX.

Shin lokacin sanarwar ya kasance mafi muni? Farashin gidaje yana raguwa, farashin jinginar gida da man fetur yana karuwa, kuma lissafin sayayya na mako-mako ya tashi sosai a karon farko da zan iya tunawa tun barin gida shekaru da yawa da suka gabata.

Kuma kamar yadda farashin fafutuka ke tashi kullun, layin jirgin ruwa ya fara wasa da jagora na tare da ƙarin kayan mai. Daya karuwa, duk su bi.

Tun da na yi rubutu game da ƙarin man fetur a cikin wannan shafi a ranar 21 ga Mayu, ƙasa da wata guda da ta gabata, an sami ƙarin hauhawar farashi a tsakanin layin jirgin ruwa, ciki har da Fred Olsen, Layin Jirgin Ruwa na Norwegian da Carnival UK, kamfanin laima na P&O, Princess, Ocean Village da Cunard.

Carnival UK tana cajin £4.50 ga kowane mutum a rana, NCL $11 (£5.50), Fred Olsen £5. An haɗa sama da mako guda don mutane biyu, wannan shine ƙarin kuɗi da yawa don kasafin kuɗi akan farashin jirgin ruwa.

Amma tambayi layin jirgin ruwa idan booking yana raguwa a sakamakon wannan, ko yanayin tattalin arziki na gabaɗaya, kuma sun ɗauki mafi kyawun matsayinsu na Jim Callaghan. Rikici? Wane rikici?

Sun ce ba a shafi yin rajista ba saboda hutu - musamman ma balaguron balaguro - ana ɗaukar larura a kwanakin nan kuma saboda haka shine abu na ƙarshe da mutane za su daina idan yanayi ya yi wahala.

Tabbas za su ce haka. Ƙananan kamfanoni, ko suna sayar da jiragen ruwa, motoci ko kwamfutoci, suna yarda da yarda lokacin da kasuwanci ba shi da kyau.

Batu na biyu yana da inganci ko da yake; Masu safarar jiragen ruwa na iya zama ƙanana, amma yawancin mutanen da ke balaguro suna da shekaru 55-plus kuma suna jin daɗin kuɗi. Wataƙila sun mallaki gidajensu, don haka yawan kuɗin jinginar gida ba matsala ba ne, kuma suna da tanadi mai yawa. “Mafi yawan kwastomominmu suna biyan kuɗaɗen balaguron balaguron balaguron balaguron balaguron balaguron balaguron balaguron balaguron balaguron balaguron balaguron balaguron balaguron balaguron balaguron balaguron balaguron balaguron balaguron balaguron balaguron balaguron balaguron balaguron balaguron balaguron balaguron balaguron balaguron balaguron balaguron balaguron balaguron balaguron balaguron balaguron balaguron balaguron balaguron balaguron balaguron balaguron balaguron balaguron balaguron balaguron balaguro yayi ya gaya mani. Ya ce, a farkon wannan shekarar, booking din ya ragu na wani dan lokaci, amma yanzu yana karbar booking fiye da a wannan lokacin na 2007.

"An fara damuwa game da matsalar bashi, amma mutane sun gaji da shi kuma suna ci gaba da rayuwa."

Duk da haka, akwai alamun cewa duk bai kasance kamar yadda ya kamata ba a cikin duniyar balaguro.

Layin Carnival Cruise Lines na jan jirginsa daga tekun Bahar Rum a shekara mai zuwa. Hakan ya faru ne saboda ya shahara musamman ga Amurkawa, kuma layin yana fargabar cewa ba za su zo Turai ba idan farashin jiragen ya ci gaba da tashi kuma kudin Euro ya tsaya tsayin daka. Jirgin, 'Yancin Carnival, maimakon haka zai tsaya a cikin Caribbean, layin jirgin ruwa na Amurka bayan 9/11.

Kuma akwai ɗimbin ciniki na tafiye-tafiye a can idan ka duba, wanda ke nuni da yin ajiyar kuɗi, ko kuma aƙalla cewa har yanzu akwai yuwuwar cikawa, duk abin da layin zai iya faɗi.

Na yi mamakin ganin tayin a ƙarshen makon da ya gabata don Oceania Cruises - £ 999 ga kowane mutum na dare 12 a cikin Bahar Rum a cikin Oktoba, gami da jirgin sama. Wannan kasa da rabin cikakken kudin fasinja ne, koda kuwa farashin na gidan gida ne - wani fan 250 akan jirgin ruwa guda daya zai saya muku baranda. Kuma wannan don babban layin jirgin ruwa ne wanda koyaushe yana gaya mani yana da jerin jirage don jerin jiransa.

A ɗayan ƙarshen bakan balaguron balaguron balaguron balaguron balaguron balaguron balaguron balaguron balaguron balaguron balaguron balaguron balaguron balaguro yana siyar da dare bakwai a cikin Med daga £429 ga kowane mutum, ƙasa daga £699, ko balaguron balaguro na dangi (bali da yaro) daga £1,697 - ceton kusan £800. Kuma wannan ba wai kawai ya biya kuɗin jirgin ruwa ba, har ma don jiragen sama da canja wuri.

Wani ma'aikacin balaguron balaguron balaguro ya shaida wa manema labarai cewa, "Aikin rahusa yana jinkiri don haka layin jirgin ruwa ya ragu da farashi kuma masu safarar ruwa da suka san ciniki suna siya, har ma da karin kudin mai."

A sakamakon haka, littafinsa yana yin kyau sosai, amma yana mamakin tsawon lokacin da zai iya ci gaba. Haka kuma ni ma, musamman yadda ake gina wasu jiragen ruwa da yawa - 44 suna kan aiki har zuwa 2012, a cewar PSA - wanda ke nufin ana buƙatar ƙarin fasinjoji da yawa don cika su.

A cewar wani babban jami'in kula da zirga-zirgar jiragen ruwa, amsar ita ce ta jawo hankalin mutane da yawa waɗanda ba su taɓa yin balaguro ba. Tabbas, akwai ɗan ma'ana a cikin layin jirgin ruwa kawai rage farashin don jiragen ruwa na yanzu suna motsawa daga wannan layin zuwa wani don neman ciniki.

Amma sabbin jiragen ruwa 44 suna nufin ana buƙatar sabbin jiragen ruwa da yawa, musamman lokacin da layin jiragen ruwa ya haɗa da da yawa waɗanda ke ɗauke da fasinjoji sama da 4,000.

Wani kuri'ar jin ra'ayin kimiya akan Swan Hellenic's Minerva, wanda nake zagayawa a cikin wannan makon, ya nuna cewa wasu fasinjojin sun damu da tsadar zirga-zirgar jiragen ruwa - kuma waɗannan su ne manyan jiragen ruwa na yau da kullun waɗanda layin ke dogaro da su - an buge su da ƙarin ƙarin man fetur na Swan. £14 ga kowane mutum kowane kai (ko da yake mutane da yawa sun ki amincewa da shi akan ka'ida fiye da farashi).

"Sun riga ka wuce ganga," daya ya yi nishi. Ta yi booking cruise dinta lokacin da aka sanar da kari don haka ba ta da wani zabi illa biya up.

Wani jirgin ruwa ya nuna cewa kari ba komai bane idan aka kwatanta da farashin jirgin, amma kawai ya ki biya. Shin zai sake yin booking wani jirgin ruwa a lokacin? Kamar sauran mutane a bana, bai yanke shawara ba.

telegraph.co.uk