Ua alakaʻi ʻo Southwest Airlines Co., ka mea hoʻemi nui loa, i ʻeono mau mea lawe kaʻa nui ʻē aʻe o ʻAmelika i ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā kumukūʻai hoʻokahi ala ma lalo o $30 no ka hoʻoulu ʻana i ka noi i ka wā e emi ai ka manawa huakaʻi US ma Sepatemaba. ʻO ke kūʻai aku ʻo ia ka hōʻemi nui loa ma ke komohana hema o ka ʻāina i 13 mau makahiki.

ʻO Delta Air Lines Inc., American Airlines, United Airlines, Continental Airlines Inc., JetBlue Airways Corp. a me US Airways Group Inc. i hui pū me Southwest i ka hāʻawiʻana i nā kumukūʻai kūʻai i kēia lā a i ka lāʻapōpō no ka huakaʻi i ka lā 9 o Kepakemapa a hiki i ka lā 18 o Nowemapa. He $30 nā uku. i kēlā me kēia ala no nā mokulele a hiki i 400 mile (644 kilomita), $60 no 400 a 750 mile a me $90 no nā mile he 750.

Ua hōʻole ka lele mokulele ʻAmelika i ka hapa mua o 2009 i ka hoʻemi ʻana o nā ʻoihana i ka huakaʻi i ka hoʻoiho. Ua hoʻohana nā mokulele i nā uku no ka hoʻowalewale ʻana i nā poʻe kaʻa, a ua ʻōlelo ʻo ʻAmelika he ʻelua wale nō ka piʻi ʻana o ka uku holoʻokoʻa i kēia makahiki.

"ʻOiai ke kūpaʻa nei nā kumukūʻai tiketi mokulele i kēia manawa mai ko lākou hāʻule manuahi ʻana, ʻaʻole loa nā mokulele i waho o ka ululāʻau no ka mea e mau ana nā kumukūʻai aila a koi ʻia," wahi a Rick Seaney, ka luna nui o ka hale kūʻai hale kūʻai ʻo Farecompare.com. leka uila.

ʻO Delta, ka mokulele nui loa o ka honua, ʻo No. 2 ʻAmelika, kahi hui o AMR Corp. a me nā mea lawe ʻē aʻe i hoʻohālikelike i nā kumukūʻai ma nā ala hoʻokūkū, wahi a nā ʻōlelo. Ua uhi ʻia ke kūʻai aku i ka hapa nui o ka palapala ʻāina alanui 68-kūlanakauhale o Dallas ma Southwest, wahi a Seaney.

'Maikaʻi ʻia'

ʻO ke kūʻai aku ʻo Southwest "he mea hōʻeha ʻia i ka manaʻo ʻana he nāwaliwali nā puke ma hope o ka lā Labor Day ma mua o ka manaʻo maʻamau no kēia manawa o ka makahiki," i ʻōlelo ʻia ʻo Helane Becker, kahi loiloi ma New York me Jesup & Lamont Securities Corp. i nā mea hoʻopukapuka kālā. Hāʻawi ʻo ia iā Southwest "hold."

ʻO nā kumukūʻai kūʻai ma ke komohana hema he $90 kēlā me kēia ala ma waena o Chicago a me Houston a i ʻole Las Vegas a hiki i Providence, Rhode Island; $60 mai Baltimore a i New Orleans, a i ʻole Burbank, Kaleponi, a i St. a me $30 no Albuquerque, New Mexico, i Denver a me Baltimore i Nu Ioka. ʻAʻole kūpono nā kumukūʻai ma nā Pōʻalima a me nā Lāpule.

"ʻO ke kumu o kēia kūʻai aku ʻo ia ka hoʻonui ʻana i kā mākou mau puke mua no ka hāʻule ʻana," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Ashley Rogers, kahi ʻōlelo a Southwest. "He mea nui ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ke poʻo i ka hāʻule i loko o kahi ʻoihana waiwai paʻakikī ʻoiai e hoʻoikaika ana i kā mākou kiʻi haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa."

ʻO ia ka uku kumukūʻai nui loa mai ka hāʻawi ʻana o Southwest i nā tiketi $25 i ka makahiki 1996 e hoʻolauleʻa ai i kāna makahiki 25th, wahi āna. Hāʻawi ka mokulele i nā haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa ma nā mokulele pau ʻole ma waena o ʻAukake 19 a me ʻOkakopa 31.

Ua hoʻonui ʻia nā kumukūʻai ʻaila Jet-fuel no ka lawe ʻana ma ke awa ʻo New York i 41 pakeneka mai Malaki 2. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Southwest i kēia lā, ʻo kāna huakaʻi, a i ʻole nā mile i holo ʻia e nā poʻe e uku ana, ua hāʻule i ka 2.1 pakeneka i Iune a me 2.2 pakeneka no nā mahina ʻeono mua o 2009.

Ua hāʻule ke komohana hema he 12 keneta i ka $6.48 i ka hola 4 pm ma New York Stock Exchange composite kālepa, ʻoiai ka 13-member Bloomberg US Airlines Index i hōʻole i ka 1.7 pakeneka.

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The rates are $30 each way for flights as far as 400 miles (644 kilometers), $60 for 400 to 750 miles and $90 for more than 750 miles.