ʻO ka hiʻohiʻona pōʻino o ka hoʻokele waiwai ma ʻEulopa, ʻo ia ka mea hiki i nā mokulele ke hoʻopaʻa i nā slots i nā kumukūʻai haʻahaʻa ma London Heathrow, e like me ka lālā o ka hui pūnaewele o BAA.
Ua haʻi aku ʻo Sarah Whitlam, ka luna hoʻomohala pūnaewele ma ka mea hoʻokele mokulele, i nā ʻelele ma ka 18th World Route Development Forum, ma Abu Dhabi, ʻoiai ʻoi aku ka kiʻekiʻe o nā kumukūʻai slot "ʻo ke ʻano hoʻokele waiwai e hāʻawi i ka manawa e kūʻai ai i nā slots ma ke kumu kūʻai haʻahaʻa."
Akā ua ʻōlelo ʻo Whitlam e loli paha kēia kūlana i ka wā e hiki mai ana a "e piʻi aʻe ka waiwai o nā slots i ka wā e hoʻomaikaʻi ai ke kūlana waiwai."
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Whitlam ua "paʻa" nā kumukūʻai i kēia manawa mai ko lākou kiʻekiʻe 2008 - i ka manawa i uku ai kahi mokulele i $ 207 miliona no ʻehā mau pālua i kēlā me kēia lā. Aia ka awelika i kēia manawa ma £7 miliona ($11.3 miliona) no kēlā me kēia lā, wahi āna.
Ma ke kamaʻilio ʻana ma 'Routes Talks: Industry Issues and Suppliers' Ua wehewehe ʻo Whitlam i nā pono o ke kālepa slot ma ka ʻīpuka o Lākana. Ua haʻi ʻo ia i nā ʻelele e nānā ʻia nā slots ma ke ʻano he waiwai i hiki ke kau ʻia ma ka waihona palekana o kahi mokulele, me ka hoʻohui ʻana e piʻi aʻe ko lākou waiwai.
Hoʻemi nā kumukūʻai a puni ka lā; i kēia manawa, ʻo ke kumukūʻai maʻamau no kahi slot kakahiaka kakahiaka nui i kēlā me kēia lā he £ 15 miliona ($24.25 miliona), e hoʻemi ʻia e 30% ma ke awakea a me 50% ma ke ahiahi. ʻO ke kumukūʻai maʻamau o kahi slot hoʻokahi he £ 0.5 miliona ($ 0.8 miliona), ua hoʻohui ʻo Whitlam.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Whitlam e hiki ke uhi ʻia ke kumukūʻai o kahi slot i kēlā me kēia lā ma ka hoʻohui ʻana i ka £4 ($6.50) i ke kumukūʻai o kahi tiketi mokulele. Ua hoʻohui ʻo ia: "ʻOiai ke kiʻekiʻe loa nā kumukūʻai, he waiwai lākou ma kāu waihona kaulike a e hoʻonui i ka waiwai. E noʻonoʻo ʻoe he hoʻopukapuka wā lōʻihi.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ʻaʻole makemake paha nā mokulele i ka slot a lākou e kūʻai nei, akā ua hoʻohui ʻia e hiki ke hoʻopaʻa hou ʻia nā slots a ʻōlelo ʻia i nā ʻelele e kūkākūkā me BAA ma mua o ke kūʻai ʻana, akā, e ʻike inā hiki paha kēia.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Whitlam ʻo ka hoʻokō ʻana o BAA i ka "hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i nā huakaʻi āpau" ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻopaʻa hou ʻia nā slot no nā manawa paʻahana o ka lā. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ʻo ke kūʻai aku ʻana i nā slots i hāʻawi i nā mokulele i ka manawa e "ʻike i kahi waiwai kālā" akā ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia i ka hoʻāʻo ʻana e kūʻai hou i nā slots i kahi lā ma hope aku ʻo ia ka uku ʻana i ke kumukūʻai kiʻekiʻe.
Hoʻokele ʻia ke kālepa Slot ma Heathrow e Airport Coordination Limited (ACL) a hiki ke hana ʻia ke kālepa ma ka pūnaewele ma www.slottrade.aero. Ua hoʻohui ʻo ia: "ʻIke nā mokulele he ala maikaʻi loa ke kālepa slot ma ke kahua mokulele."
