He liʻiliʻi ka hopena o kekahi hui hui i nā mea kūʻai aku. Akā i ka hui ʻana o nā mokulele nui, hoʻololi ia i ke ola no ka poʻe huakaʻi, e alakaʻi ana i nā kumukūʻai tiketi kiʻekiʻe, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka lawelawe a me ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke kāleka hōʻaiʻē āu e lawe ai.
No ka ʻoihana mokulele i haʻihaʻi ʻia, kahi e hakakā ai nā mokulele nui ʻeiwa i kahakai a hiki i kahakai, ʻo ka wehe ʻana i nā mea hoʻokūkū nui a me ka hoʻonui ʻana i nā papa holo mokulele he ala ia e ola maikaʻi ai i nā kumukūʻai aila kiʻekiʻe a me ka emi ʻana ma mua o nā banekorupa a me nā haunaele o nā hāʻule i hala. ʻO ia ke kumu e noʻonoʻo ai ʻo Delta Air Lines Inc. i nā kamaʻilio hui ʻana me UAL Corp.'s United Airlines a i ʻole Northwest Airlines Corp., a no ke aha i manaʻo ai ka poʻe loiloi e hiki mai ana nā male nui ma mua.
"Ma ka paʻamau a i ʻole ka hoʻolālā, manaʻo wau e hiki mai ana. Inā ʻaʻole, e hoʻi hou lākou i loko o ka pahu, "wahi a Gordon Bethune, ke poʻo mua o Continental Airlines nāna i aʻo i kekahi mau mea hoʻopukapuka mokulele nui e pili ana i nā manaʻo hoʻohui.
Akā no ka poʻe huakaʻi, ʻo ka hui ʻana o ka mokulele nui i ka mōʻaukala he mau poʻo. Hoʻomanawanui nā limahana o ka mokulele i ka loli a me ka hōʻeha - hiki iā lākou ke hana ʻino i nā mea kūʻai aku. Hiki i kekahi mau kaiāulu ke ʻike i ka lawelawe hoʻemi ʻia inā ʻae ka hui ʻana i nā mokulele hui e pani i nā hana hub - pono anei i kahi Delta a me Northwest i hui pū ʻia i nā hub ma Cincinnati a me Memphis, no ka laʻana? ʻOi aku ka nui o nā kumukūʻai tiketi; hui nā mokulele i ʻāpana i loaʻa iā lākou ka mana kumu kūʻai.
Akā ʻo ka pōʻino nui loa no nā mea kūʻai aku ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka lawelawe - nā huakaʻi lohi, nalowale nā ukana, huikau ma nā mokulele, nā pilikia pili tiketi a me nā loli i nā lula o ka papahana lele pinepine.
E noʻonoʻo wale i ka mea i hana ʻia ma hope o ka hui ʻana o US Airways Group Inc. me America West Airlines. Ua ʻoi aku ka ikaika o nā mea lawe ʻelua i kēia manawa a ua ʻike i ka hoʻonui ʻia o ka loaʻa kālā e hiki ai iā lākou ke hoʻopuka ma o nā kumukūʻai kiʻekiʻe a me kahi hui maikaʻi o nā huakaʻi ʻoihana. Akā ua uku nā mea kūʻai aku i ke kumukūʻai nui ma mua o nā tiketi ʻoi aku ka nui.
I ka neʻe ʻana o nā mea lawe ʻelua i kahi ʻōnaehana hoʻopaʻa hoʻokahi, ʻike nā mea kūʻai aku ua nalowale kekahi mau huakaʻi a ua alakaʻi nā pilikia kamepiula i nā laina lōʻihi ma nā mokulele, nā lohi lele ākea a me ka haunaele. ʻO nā luna o ʻAmelika Komohana, nāna i lawe i ka US Airways nui, ua hakakā lākou e hoʻoponopono i kahi hana hoʻokele ukana ʻole ma Philadelphia i hoʻopuka ai i nā puʻu o nā pahu i nalowale i ka wā paʻahana. Ua hāʻule ka hana o ka US Airways i ka manawa; Ua piʻi aʻe nā hoʻopiʻi o nā mea kūʻai aku, e like me ka 'Oihana Hoʻokele. A ʻo ka mea lawe kaʻa e hoʻopaʻa i kāna hui hoʻokele moku, kahi i hauʻoli ʻole ai nā mea hoʻokele mua o US Airways e pili ana i ka hopena o ko lākou kūlana kiʻekiʻe e ka hui pū ʻana me nā mea hoʻokele mua o ʻAmelika Komohana.
"ʻO nā hui mokulele e kōkua i nā mea kūʻai aku a me ka hui, akā ʻaʻole nā mea kūʻai aku," wahi a Paul Hudson, ka luna hoʻokele o ka Aviation Consumer Action Project, kahi hui nonprofit.
Hiki i ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi ke ʻike i nā loli nui i nā papahana lele pinepine. ʻO Delta, no ka laʻana, aia kāna papahana mileage i ka American Express Co., ʻoiai ʻo United mile e loaʻa me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā kāleka JP Morgan Chase & Co., a ua hui pū ʻia ʻo Northwest me US Bancorp. e hoʻololi i nā kāleka hōʻaiʻē i ka papahana o ka mokulele e ola nei.
Hiki i nā hui kāleka hōʻaiʻē ke pāʻani i ka hana nui ma mua o ka maʻamau i nā kūkākūkā hui ʻana mai ka wā i hoʻopaʻa ʻia nā mokulele i kā lākou hoʻonohonoho hou ʻana i ka banekorupa i kekahi mau makahiki i hala aku nei ma ke kūʻai mua ʻana i nā mile lele pinepine e hāʻawi i nā mea kūʻai. ʻO American Express, no ka laʻana, ua hoʻomake i $ 500 miliona i Delta. "He hapa nui ka plastic i nā hoʻololi," wahi a Randy Petersen, ka pelekikena o Frequent Flyer Services, he Colorado Springs, Colo., ka mea hoʻopuka pinepine.
ʻO ka hui pū ʻana i nā polokalamu lele pinepine hiki ke paʻakikī i ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi e helu i nā noho manuahi a me nā hoʻonui. No ka laʻana, ke hoʻāʻo nei nā mea hoʻolele elite-level ʻē aʻe e loaʻa i nā hoʻomaikaʻi ma kahi lele kikoʻī. Akā, wehe pū ia i nā wahi hou kahi e hiki ai i ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi ke loaʻa i nā tiketi manuahi, a e ʻae i ka poʻe elite-level fliers e hoʻohana i kā lākou mau pono e like me ke kau mua ʻana a me ka noho maikaʻi ʻana ma nā mokulele hou aʻe.
"Hoʻonui iki ka hoʻolako a me ke koi i ka wā e nui ai nā papahana," wahi a Mr. Petersen.
Hiki nō hoʻi i ka hui ʻana ke manaʻo i nā mokulele ʻoi aku ka nui ma kekahi mau ala inā hiki i kahi mea lawe hui pū me kahi waihona mea kūʻai nui ke hoʻololi i kahi mokulele mokulele nui piha no kahi mokulele āpana 50 noho. Hiki i kekahi mau mokulele transcontinental a me ke ao holoʻokoʻa ke ʻike i nā mokulele ʻoi aku ka nui - nā mokulele ākea ākea ma mua o nā mokulele hoʻokahi-aisle - pū kekahi.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Mr. Bethune i kahi loiloi o kahi hui Delta-United e wānana i ka hōʻemi ʻana o 10% o ka lawelawe ʻāpana-jet no nā mea kūʻai aku o kēlā mau mokulele ʻelua, a ma kahi o 15 mau jet ka waiwai o ka lele mainline hou.
ʻO ia hoʻohui ʻana o nā mokulele e hiki ke kōkua i ka hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻana i ka paʻa o ka lewa. Akā i ka manawa like, hiki i ka hui ʻana ke alakaʻi i ka ʻoi aku ka nui o nā mokulele ma nā kikowaena hub kikoʻī e ʻoi aku ka nui me nā kaʻa i hui pū ʻia. A ʻo ka mōʻaukala, wehe ka hui ʻana i ka manawa no nā mea komo hou a me nā mokulele hoʻemi e hoʻopiha i nā hakahaka i waiho ʻia e nā ʻoki lawelawe a loaʻa ka manawa hou i ka wā e hoʻokiʻekiʻe ai ka poʻe incumbent nui i nā kumukūʻai.
ʻO kekahi o nā pōmaikaʻi nui loa o nā hui mokulele i hala: Southwest Airlines Co., ka mea i hoʻonui i nā kūlanakauhale i hoʻopilikia ʻia e nā hui ʻana a ua ʻoi aku ka nui o nā pilikia lawelawe mokulele a me nā kumukūʻai kiʻekiʻe. Ua loaʻa iā US Airways ka PSA a ua loaʻa iā American Airlines ʻo AMR Corp. ʻo AirCal e hāʻawi iā lākou i nā mokulele intra-California, akā ʻo Southwest ka mea i lanakila i kēlā mau mākeke i kēia lā. ʻO nā hiʻohiʻona hou loa o kēlā hoʻolālā manawa kūpono ʻo Philadelphia a me Pittsburgh, kahi i hoʻonui ʻia ai ke Komohana Hema e like me ka US Airways i ʻaelike.
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