ʻO nā uku no nā ʻeke i hoʻopaʻa ʻia, nā hoʻololi hoʻopaʻa ʻana a me nā lawelawe ʻē aʻe he mea pōʻino i ka lele ʻana i kēia mau lā, akā ua lilo lākou i kumu waiwai nui no nā mokulele ʻelua o Atlanta.
ʻO Delta Air Lines i hoʻokumu ʻia ma Atlanta ka mea kiʻekiʻe loa o nā "loaʻa ancillary" no kēlā me kēia mea kaʻa ma ke kolu o ka hapaha ma waena o nā mokulele nui i helu ʻia ma kahi hōʻike federal. Ua lawe mai ia i $24 no kēlā me kēia kaʻa i kēlā loaʻa kālā, wahi a ka US Bureau of Transportation Statistics.
ʻO ia ka 20 pakeneka ʻoi aku ma mua o ka mokulele kokoke loa, ʻo Delta merger partner Northwest Airlines, nona nā helu i hōʻike ʻokoʻa ʻia. A ʻelua ʻoi aku ka nui o kēlā me kēia kaʻa e like me nā hoa mokulele "Big 3" ʻAmelika a me United.
ʻO AirTran Airways, ʻo ia hoʻi, ua hōʻiliʻili wale ʻo ia i $10 no kēlā me kēia kaʻa mai ia mau kumu, akā ʻo ia kālā he 11.4 pakeneka o kāna loaʻa kālā hana - ʻoi loa i ka ʻoihana. ʻO Delta ka lua ma ka 9.3 pakeneka.
ʻO ka loaʻa kālā i ana ʻia ma ka hōʻike federal e pili ana i nā uku ʻeke, nā uku hoʻololi hoʻopaʻa, nā uku kaʻa holoholona a me nā uku kaʻa kaʻa. Eia nō naʻe, loaʻa pū kekahi i nā loaʻa mai ke kūʻai aku ʻana i nā mile makana pinepine i nā hoa kūʻai aku, hiki ke ʻano like ʻole ma waena o nā mokulele a hiki ke kōkua i ka wehewehe ʻana i ke alakaʻi ākea o Delta ma luna o nā mea lawe ʻē aʻe. Kūʻai ʻo Delta i nā mile i kāna hoa kāleka hōʻaiʻē American Express a me nā hoa ʻē aʻe i kēlā me kēia mahina.
He $447.5 miliona ka huina o ka loaʻa kālā a Delta i ka hapaha ʻekolu, i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me $261.2 miliona ma ʻAmelika, $230.8 miliona ma US Airways a me $223.2 miliona ma Northwest.
Ua loaʻa i ka ʻoihana ma ke ʻano he 6.9 pakeneka o ka loaʻa kālā mai kēlā mau kumu, mai ka 4.1 pakeneka i ka hapaha ʻekolu o 2008.
Ma waena o nā mokulele he 10, ua loaʻa iā Delta nā hōʻiliʻili kiʻekiʻe loa o nā uku ukana a me nā loaʻa kālā hana like ʻole, me nā uku holoholona, nā uku kaʻa kaʻa a me nā kūʻai aku o nā mile i nā hoa ʻoihana. ʻO Delta ka lua o ka huina kiʻekiʻe loa no nā uku hoʻololi hoʻololi, ma hope o ʻAmelika.
Akā ma ke kumu pākahi, ʻo ka nui o Delta i hōʻiliʻili ai no nā ukana a me nā uku hoʻololi i waena o ka ʻeke.
ʻO kekahi o nā uku o Delta aia ma ka hopena kiʻekiʻe e pili ana i ka ʻoihana. ʻOiai e uku ana ʻo Delta a me United i $175 no nā ʻeke nui, no ka laʻana, uku ʻo ʻAmelika i $150 a me US Airways uku $100. He $79 ka uku o AirTran.
"Ua neʻe ka ʻoihana holoʻokoʻa i kēia mau uku a la carte a ua hoʻomau ʻo Delta i ka hoʻokūkū me nā mea lawe ʻē aʻe," wahi a ka waha ʻōlelo ʻo Delta Susan Chana Elliott.
Ua ʻāhewa ʻia nā uku e kekahi poʻe kaʻa a me nā loea huakaʻi e like me nā mea kūʻai aku "nickel-and-diming".
Akā ʻo Delta a me nā mokulele ʻē aʻe ua nalowale ke kālā a ke ʻimi nei i nā ala e hoʻonui ai i ka loaʻa kālā. I ka lā hoʻopukapuka kālā o Delta i kēia pule, ua ʻōlelo ka pelekikena ʻo Delta Ed Bastian "e hoʻomau mākou i ka papa e pili ana i kā mākou loaʻa kālā," me ka hoʻohui ʻana he $ 500 miliona ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i nā loaʻa i kēia makahiki mai ka "unbundling" o nā kumukūʻai tiketi.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Elliott "ʻaʻole i loaʻa i nā mea kūʻai aku kūpaʻa ʻo Delta i kēia mau uku, no ka mea, pili lākou i nā mea kūʻai aku e koho e lele Delta ma ke ʻano like ʻole."
No ka laʻana, ʻaʻole uku ka poʻe elite elite frequent fliers no ka nānā ʻana i ʻelua ʻeke, aʻo nā poʻe ʻē aʻe e uku ma ka liʻiliʻi he $15 no ka ʻeke hoʻopaʻa mua a me $25 no ka ʻeke ʻelua ma nā mokulele home.
ʻO nā uku o Delta ma nā mokulele kūloko
$15 no ka ʻeke hoʻopaʻa mua, $25 no ka ʻeke hoʻopaʻa ʻia ʻelua, a me ka uku hoʻonui $5 no ka ʻeke no ka uku ʻana i ka uku ma ke kahua mokulele ma mua o ka pūnaewele.
$90 no kēlā me kēia ʻeke kaumaha 51-70 paona, $175 no kēlā me kēia ʻeke kaumaha 71-100 paona.
$175 no kēlā me kēia ʻeke nui
$175 no ka nānā ʻana i kahi holoholona
$50 no ka huakaʻi i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i ka lā hoʻokahi
$150 no ka hoʻololi ʻana i ka tiketi, e pili ana i nā lula o ka uku
Uku a me ka loaʻa kālā o ke kūʻai ʻana i kēlā me kēia kanaka
Delta: $24
Komohana Akau: $20
US Airways: $18
ʻAmelika: $12
Komohana Akau: $11
ʻĀpana: $11
Kelekona: $ 11
AirTran: $10
JetBlue: $8
Komohana Hema: $6
Puna: Bureau of Transportation Statistics
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- $15 no ka ʻeke hoʻopaʻa mua, $25 no ka ʻeke hoʻopaʻa ʻia ʻelua, a me ka uku hoʻonui $5 no ka ʻeke no ka uku ʻana i ka uku ma ke kahua mokulele ma mua o ka pūnaewele.
- At Delta's investor day this week, Delta president Ed Bastian said “we're going to stay the course with respect to our ancillary revenues,” adding that the company had a $500 million improvement in revenues this year from “unbundling” of ticket prices.
- Akā ma ke kumu pākahi, ʻo ka nui o Delta i hōʻiliʻili ai no nā ukana a me nā uku hoʻololi i waena o ka ʻeke.
