USA3000 sun fitar da mawuyacin yanayi na tafiya

USA3000, jirgin saman garin Philadelphia, ya fara shawagi bayan harin ta'addancin 11 ga Satumba. A lokacin, mutane suna tsoron ta'addanci da ƙarin tashin bama-bamai kuma suna so su kasance kusa da gida.

Kamfanin jigilar kayayyaki na Newtown Square, wanda ke da alaƙa da Apple Vacations Inc., ya girma cikin shekaru takwas masu zuwa kuma a yau yana tashi daga biranen 10 a Arewa maso Gabas da Midwest, yana rufe matafiya miliyan 1.5 a shekara zuwa wurare masu zafi a Mexico. Caribbean da Florida.

A cikin tattalin arzikin da ake ciki yanzu, Amurka 3000 da sauran kamfanonin jiragen sama suna kokawa da wani yanayi mai ban mamaki da ya tuna da 2001. Jama'a sun kasance a gefe game da tafiya da hutun hunturu.

"Yana da matukar wahala, m yanayi a yanzu," in ji Steven Harfst, sabon shugaban Amurka3000 kuma babban jami'in zartarwa. "Akwai gagarumin raguwa a wannan lokacin a bara, kashi 10 zuwa kashi 15 cikin XNUMX na karancin kudaden shiga da kuma karancin fasinjoji a matsakaici."

Ana sa ran gaba zuwa Janairu da Fabrairu, ajiyar kuɗi ba sa canzawa kamar yadda suka yi a bara. Harfst ya ce "Mutane har yanzu suna son samun lokacin dangi, don haka idan farashin ya yi daidai za su yi tafiya," in ji Harfst.

Amma da yawa suna kashe yanke shawarar tafiya har zuwa minti na ƙarshe, "wanda ya sa ya zama mai matuƙar damuwa a gare mu," in ji shi. "Muna ƙoƙarin sarrafa kasuwancinmu a cikin yanayi mai sa ido kuma ba mu da waɗannan tallace-tallacen gaba."

Kamfanin Leisure na Apple, wanda ya hada da USA3000, Apple Vacations da kuma kamfanin sarrafa otal na AMResorts, ya ce yana da fa'ida mai fa'ida akan wadanda ke sayar da jirage da otal kawai.

Apple ne kawai kamfanin balaguro na Amurka da ya mallaki jirgin sama.

Yin aiki da nasa jiragen yana ba Apple ƙarin iko akan ayyukan kan lokaci, tsara jadawalin, wuraren zuwa, da kuma kwarewar fasinjoji a cikin jirgin, in ji kamfanin.

Timothy Mullen, babban mataimakin shugaban kamfanin Apple Vacations kuma daya daga cikin 'ya'yan Mullen guda uku a cikin kasuwancin da mahaifinsu ya kafa, ya ce "Lokacin da kuka hada farashin iska mai sauki tare da karancin farashin otal, farashin kunshin ya fi arha fiye da yadda kowa zai iya samu da kansa." John, a cikin 1969. "Girman aikinmu yana ba mu mafi kyawun farashi."

Bayan kwashe shekaru na yin hayar jiragen sama don jigilar masu hutu, Apple - wanda ke kiran kansa mafi girma a Amurka mai siyar da fakitin jirgin sama da otal zuwa Mexico da Jamhuriyar Dominican - ya yanke shawarar fara jirgin sama. Yana gogayya da sauran kamfanonin jiragen sama da hukumomin balaguro na kan layi, gami da Expedia, Orbitz da Travelocity.

USA 3000 yana tashi da jadawalin yau da kullun. Ko da yake ana siyar da hutun fakitin Apple ta hanyar wakilai na balaguro, yawancin sabis na iska zuwa Florida ana siyan su kai tsaye ta masu amfani da gidan yanar gizon kamfanin ko ta waya daga wakilai a hedkwatar gundumar Delaware.

USA3000 tana da ma'aikata 545 da fasinja 11 168 Airbus A320 da ke tashi tafiye-tafiye 35 zuwa 36 a rana kuma har zuwa 40 zuwa 44 a rana yayin lokacin balaguron balaguro.

Harfst, wanda ya zama Shugaba a watan Nuwamba ya ce "Kamfanin ya yi kyau sosai a tsakanin wasu kyawawan lokuta." Ya kasance babban jami'in gudanarwa a IndiGo Airlines, mafi girman jigilar kaya a Indiya.

Kafin haka, shi ne COO na Kamfanin Jiragen Sama na Arewacin Amurka, kamfanin jirgin sama na haya a New York. Harfst ya fara aikinsa a matsayin matukin jirgi na sojan ruwa kuma mai koyar da jirgin sama. Ya tashi jirgin saman F-14 Tomcat a yakin Gulf na farko.

“Mu ba babban kamfanin jirgin sama ba ne. Ba ma bayar da kaya da yawa, ”in ji Harfst. "Kwarewar balaguron balaguron balaguron balaguron balaguron balaguron balaguron balaguron balaguron balaguron balaguron balaguron balaguron balaguron balaguron balaguron bala'i shine abin da muke gaba da shi."

Hutu na gama-gari na Apple, tare da jiragen sama, masaukin otal, abinci da abin sha da aka haɗa akan farashi ɗaya, ɗaukar matafiya zuwa wuraren da rana ta haɗa da Cancun, Los Cabos, Punta Cana, Puerto Vallarta, da Riviera Maya.

Kamfanonin Apple masu zaman kansu sun ce suna sa ran samun kudaden shiga na dala biliyan biyu a wannan shekara. Ba sa karya kudaden shiga na jirgin sama kuma ba za su tattauna riba ba.

Apple shine kawai ma'aikacin balaguron balaguron Amurka tare da kamfanin jirgin sama da rukunin otal ɗin sa. AMResorts yana kula da otal 11 kuma yana shirin buɗe 15 a cikin watanni 18 masu zuwa a Mexico da Caribbean.

AMResorts ya mallaki kashi ko duka otal uku a Cancun, in ji Tim Mullen. Yana aiki tare da 'yan uwansa Jeff da Matt Mullen da surukinsa Alex Zozaya, wanda ya auri 'yar uwarsa, Janine. Mahaifinsa, John, shine Shugaba na Apple Vacations.

Yayin da duk kamfanonin jiragen sama ke ganin lokutan tashin hankali a yanzu, "yana da cikas a kan babbar hanya," in ji Tim Mullen. "Mahaifina yana kallon ƙasa a yanzu a Honduras don gina otal da kuma haɓaka kamfanin jirgin sama. Manufa ta gaba da za mu tashi zuwa Honduras. "

A lokacin bazara, lokacin da danyen mai ya kasance dala 130 a kowace ganga, Amurka 3000 ta yanke jiragensa zuwa Ft. Lauderdale da St. Petersburg, Fla. Hanyar Chicago zuwa St.

Harfst ya ce "Ba za mu zama JetBlue na gaba ko Jirgin Kudu maso Yamma ba." "Za mu ci gaba da zama babban kamfanin jirgin sama, yana shawagi a kasuwannin da ba a yi aiki ba, wuraren shakatawa."

Matafiya da suka yi jigilar USA3000 sukan sake tashi jirgin. Masu karanta mujallar Condé Nast Traveler sun zaɓi USA3000 a cikin manyan dillalan gida 10 don hidimar fasinja shekaru uku a jere daga 2006 zuwa 2008.

Yayin da manyan kamfanonin jiragen sama ke ci gaba da yanke iya aiki - kujeru da jirage - USA3000 tana tsaye. "Ƙananan, ƙanƙanta, kamfanoni masu wayo za su iya amfani da damammaki a cikin koma baya," in ji Harfst.

"A cikin watanni shida zuwa 12 masu zuwa, za mu ga kasuwanni masu kyau sun bude mana yayin da manyan kamfanonin jiragen sama suka rage karfinsu tare da karfafa ayyukansu. Za a sami dama a cikin wannan koma baya. "