Ua lanakila ka pelekikena o Farani, ʻo Nicolas Sarkozy, a me kāna wahine hou, ʻo Carla Bruni, i ka lanakila nui i ka pule i hala aku nei e kūʻē iā Ryanair, ka mokulele mokulele.
No ka hoʻohana ʻole ʻia ʻana o ke kiʻi o ka kāne ma kahi hoʻolaha nūpepa, ua kauoha kahi ʻaha Farani i ka mokulele e uku iā Bruni € 60,000 (£ 45,000) i nā poho, me kahi € 1 hōʻailona i kāna kāne.
ʻAʻole i hoʻopilikia nui ʻia ka bila i nā luna hoʻokele o Ryanair, ka mea nāna i hoʻokolokolo i ka hoʻolaha nui ʻole - a hāʻawi koke ʻo ia e hāʻawi i kahi € 60,000 i kahi aloha o Sarkozy i koho ai.
ʻO ka hopohopo nui aʻe ka loiloi downbeat o ka pule i hala o ka mākeke mokulele ʻEulopa e ka luna nui o Ryanair, ʻo Michael O'Leary.
ʻO ka ʻōlelo aʻo ʻana o ka hoʻoweliweli pālua o nā kumukūʻai aila kiʻekiʻe a me ka hāʻule ʻana o ka hoʻokele waiwai, ua ʻōlelo ʻo O'Leary e kū ana nā mokulele i "he ʻino kūpono" i ka makahiki e hiki mai ana.
ʻO kāna mau ʻōlelo, ka mea i hele mai me nā hopena hapahā ʻekolu o ka mokulele, ua lawa ia e hoʻouna ai i nā ʻāpana mokulele i kahi wili.
Ua loaʻa i ka ebullient O'Leary ka inoa ʻo Jeremiah o ka mokulele. ʻEhā mau makahiki i hala aku nei, wānana ʻo ia i ka "ʻauʻau koko", wānana pololei i ka luʻu ʻana i ka mākeke, ʻoiai ʻaʻole nui ke koko.
Ma nā mea hoʻopukapuka mokulele, loaʻa iā ia ka poʻe hoʻokipa. Ua makaʻala ʻia e ka ʻoihana maʻamau o ka lilo ʻana o ke kālā - a holoi iā lākou i ke kaʻina hana - ua maʻalahi lākou e hopohopo e nā hōʻailona o ka pilikia.
Ua ʻike ʻo Easyjet, ʻo Ryanair ka hoʻokūkū paʻakikī, i kēia ma mua o ka hapa nui. I ka makahiki 2004, i ka manawa like a O'Leary i hana ai i kāna mau ʻōlelo "ʻauʻau koko", ua hoʻopuka ʻo ia i kahi hoʻonohonoho kūpono o nā helu hapalua makahiki, akā ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ʻaʻole i hilinaʻi nui e pili ana i ke kālepa makahiki piha ma mua o ka wā ma mua.
He kūʻai nui ka hopena, me ka hāʻule ʻana o ka waiwai kūʻai o ka hui ma 25%.
He mau mahina wale nō ma hope mai ua hoʻomaka nā ʻāpana i kahi piʻi lōʻihi, e lawe ana i ka hui i ka ʻaoʻao o ka hui FTSE 100 o nā hui nui loa o Beretania i ka makahiki i hala.
Ua manaʻo paha ʻo O'Leary e pale i ka hana hou ʻana o ka luʻu koke o Easyjet. "He nui nā mea loiloi ma waho e manaʻo nei i ka piʻi ʻana o 10% -20% o ka loaʻa kālā no kēia makahiki," wahi āna. "Ua helu lākou i nā kumukūʻai aila kiʻekiʻe, akā manaʻo lākou he maikaʻi ia no ka mea hiki iā mākou ke hāʻawi i nā kumukūʻai kiʻekiʻe i kā mākou mea kūʻai.
"Ke ʻōlelo wale nei mākou ʻaʻole paha ka hihia. ʻAʻohe mea i hoʻokumu ʻia ma mua o ko mākou pessimism kūlohelohe, akā ua ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o mākou i ka wānana ʻana i kēia mau mea ma mua o nā mea ʻē aʻe.
Ua ʻoi aku ka hauʻoli o Easyjet i ka wā i hōʻike ai i nā helu i ka pule i hala. ʻOiai ua haʻahaʻa iki kāna kumu ukana, ʻo nā uku ukana a me ka ikaika o ka euro ʻo ia ka mea i hoʻomau ʻia kona mau palena. Ua mālama ʻo ia i kāna wānana no ka piʻi ʻana o 20% o ka loaʻa kālā no ka makahiki.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Andrew Harrison, ka luna nui, ua loaʻa iā O'Leary kahi moʻolelo o ka mālama ʻana i nā manaʻolana o nā mea kuleana. "ʻO kā lākou ʻano ka hoʻokele ʻana i nā manaʻolana a hiki i kahi pae ʻaʻole hiki iā lākou ke kōkua akā ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi," wahi āna.
"ʻoluʻolu wau i kā mākou wānana no ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka loaʻa kālā he 20%. E hoʻonui ʻia kā mākou hiki i kēia makahiki e 15%, a e hoʻonui iki mākou i kā mākou mau palena ma luna o kēlā. He alakai; ʻaʻole ia he hōʻoiaʻiʻo," wahi āna.
Hiki ke hoʻololi i ke kālepa mokulele ma muli o ka hiki ʻole o ka hoʻokele ke wānana i ke kūʻai ʻana i nā noho e hiki mai ana. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Harrison ua nānā ʻo Easyjet i nā puke 60 mau lā ma mua. "Akā ma waho aʻe o ia mea he nui kā mākou moʻolelo o nā papa kuhikuhi a me kā mākou ʻike lōʻihi o nā kumu kūʻai.
"ʻO ke kumu kumu ʻo kēia mākeke (lele lele ma ʻEulopa) ua ulu hilinaʻi ma 4% -5% o ka makahiki, a ʻo mākou a me Ryanair wale nō ka mea e loaʻa kālā. ʻO koʻu manaʻo lōʻihi ka mea i loko o ʻelima mau makahiki e pālua ka nui o kēia hui. "
Ua haki ʻo Ryanair i kahi kahua hou me kāna alakaʻi no ka makahiki piha. ʻO ka hui pū ʻana me kāna mau helu he "matrix waiwai", e hoʻolālā ana i nā mea e hiki mai ana ma lalo o ke ʻano o nā kumukūʻai wahie a me nā pae hua.
He laulā ākea. Ma lalo o nā kūlana maikaʻi loa, e piʻi ka loaʻa kālā ma 6%. Ma nā manaʻo pessimistic, hāʻule lākou i ka hapalua.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo O'Leary ʻaʻole hiki ke pā mai ka "ino" a hiki i ka waena o ka makahiki. Hāʻule ka Easter i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o kēia makahiki - i Malaki - ka mea maʻamau e hoʻohiwahiwa i nā helu mokulele.
"Ma waho aʻe o ia mea hiki ʻole ke ʻike. Manaʻo ka nui o ka poʻe ma laila he hapalua piha ke aniani, akā manaʻo mākou he hapalua ka nele. E loaʻa iā mākou ka aila ma $85 o ka barela no nā mahina he 12 e hiki mai ana, a ʻaʻole au i manaʻo e hiki i kekahi o kā mākou mau hoa paio ke hoʻonui hou i nā uku hoʻolimalima.
"ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ua makemake nui nā mokulele i ke kaʻa. ʻEono mahina i hala aku nei ʻaʻole wau i noʻonoʻo i nā ala mai Birmingham a i ʻole Belfast City airports no ka mea ʻaʻole lākou e hāʻawi mai iā mākou i nā uku. I kēia manawa ua loaʻa iā mākou nā ala mai ʻelua. "
ʻAʻole hiki i nā manawa paʻakikī ke kāpae i nā hoʻolālā hoʻonui o Ryanair. Manaʻo ia e ulu e 19% i kēia makahiki a lawe i 50m mau kaʻa. ʻIke ʻo O'Leary i ka hāʻule ʻana ma ke ʻano he manawa kūpono e hopu ai i ka māhele mākeke mai nā mokulele mokulele kiʻekiʻe. "E hele ana mākou ma laila e kīkēkē ʻana," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo ia.
Ke ulu wikiwiki nei ʻo Easyjet ma ka ʻāina. ʻO ka pule i hala aku nei ua wehe ʻo ia i kahi kahua - ʻo kāna 19th - ma ke kahua mokulele ʻo Charles de Gaulle o Paris, ʻo ia ka bastion Air France.
Ua wehe ʻia ka hale e Luc Chatel, ke Kuhina Palani ke kuleana no nā mea kūʻai aku a me ka mākaʻikaʻi. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Harrison e wehe ʻia kahi waihona ma Lyon i ʻelua mahina.
Ua ulu wikiwiki ka mea lawe kālā ma Italia. He 15 mau mokulele i kēia manawa ma ke kahua mokulele ʻo Malpensa o Milan, ʻaʻole i mamao ma hope o ka nui o kāna mau ʻauwaʻa ma kona kahua home ma Luton airport.
Wahi a ka poʻe loiloi inā loaʻa ka ʻino, hāʻawi ʻo Ryanair a me Easyjet i nā wahi palekana loa no nā mea hoʻopukapuka mokulele.
"Ua hiki iā lākou ke hoʻohana maikaʻi i kahi recession," wahi a Citigroup, ka mea pili kālā. "Loaʻa iā lākou nā kumukūʻai haʻahaʻa a me nā pale kaulike ikaika loa i waena o nā mea lawe haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa, ʻo ka hapa nui o lākou ʻaʻole pono a kū i ka pilikia kālā."
Loaʻa iā Citi ke kumu kūʻai o 650p ma Easyjet, nāna i pani i ka pule ma 409p, a me € 4.4 ma Ryanair (€3.52).
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