ʻO nā mokulele mokulele nui o US i ka Pōʻahā i hāpai i nā uku ma nā ʻāpana o kā lākou mau ʻoihana kūloko, ʻo ka lua o ka piʻi i nā pule he nui i waena o nā hōʻailona e paʻa ana ka mākeke huakaʻi.
Ua hoʻohui ʻo American Airlines, kahi hui o AMR Corp., a me UAL Corp.'s United Airlines i ka Pōʻakolu i $10 a me $20 i nā uku holo kaʻahele, ma luna o ka hoʻonui like ʻana o ka ʻoihana holoʻokoʻa i ʻelua pule i hala. Ma ka auwina la Poaha, ua hui aku na mea lawe ukana o ka US i ka huina hou loa o ka piʻi ʻana o ka uku, ʻoiai naʻe ʻaʻole i hoʻokiʻekiʻe nā moku kūʻai haʻahaʻa, me Southwest Airlines Co.
Ua piʻi mai ka piʻi ʻana e like me ka ʻōlelo a ka International Air Transport Association i ka Pōʻalima ua hāʻule ka koi o ka poʻe kaʻa ma Mei he 9.2% mai ka makahiki i hala, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka emi ʻana ma mua o 3.1% i ʻApelila akā ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o ka hāʻule ʻana o 11.1% makahiki ma mua o Malaki.
Hōʻike nā hualoaʻa ʻaʻole wale i ka emi ʻana o ka honua akā hopohopo i kēia pūnāwai no ka laha ʻana o ka maʻi maʻi maʻi A/H1N1. Ma Mekikoka, ʻo ka ʻāina i hōʻeha ʻia e ka maʻi maʻi, ʻike nā mea lawe i ka hāʻule ʻana o ka ea ma kahi o 40% i Mei.
ʻOiai ua pane koke nā mokulele US ma o ka ʻoki ʻana i ka hiki ke hoʻohālikelike i ka hāʻule ʻana o ka noi, ua hui pū lākou i nā mokulele honua i ka hōʻike ʻana i ka emi ʻana o ka loaʻa kālā. "Ua paʻa paha mākou i lalo, akā lōʻihi mākou mai ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana," wahi a Giovanni Bisignani, ke poʻo o IATA, ka hui kalepa honua o nā mokulele. "Ma hope o ka hāʻule ʻana o 20% o ka loaʻa kālā o nā kaʻa kaʻa honua i ka hapaha mua, manaʻo mākou ua piʻi ka hāʻule i ka 30% i Mei. ʻO kēia pilikia ka pōʻino loa a mākou i ʻike ai. "
Ua nāwaliwali loa mai ka hāʻule ʻana o ke kālā o ka honua, ua ʻoi aku ka nui o ka lele ʻana o ka ea mai ka hopohopo e laha ana ka maʻi mai Mexico a i ke koena o ka honua.
ʻO Delta Air Lines Inc., ka mokulele nui loa o ka honua, i ʻōlelo i kēia pule e hopohopo nei no ka maʻi maʻi, i ʻike ʻia ʻo ka maʻi puaʻa, e hōʻemi i ka loaʻa kālā o ka lua o ka hapaha ma $250 miliona, ʻoiai ua hōʻemi ka mokulele i ka lawelawe i Mexico, Latin America a me Asia. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Delta ke manaʻo nei e hoʻihoʻi i kekahi o ia mana i ke koena o 2009.
Ua hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻo Fitch Ratings ma ka Pōʻalima i ka helu ʻaiʻē o Delta i B- mai B, me ka manaʻo maikaʻi ʻole, ma muli o ka "hoʻomau ʻia o ka hoʻomau ʻana o ka hiki ke loaʻa kālā kālā o ka mokulele, ʻo ia ka hopena o ka noi huakaʻi ʻoihana nāwaliwali loa a me ka nui o ka makahiki- ka emi ʻana o ka loaʻa kālā o nā mea kaʻa." Ua kākau ʻo Analyst Bill Warlick i loko o kahi hōʻike, ʻoiai ʻo "ka nui o ka loaʻa kālā" ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka waiwai o Delta a mālama i nā pono kumukūʻai ma mua o nā hoʻokūkū UAL, AMR a me US Airways Group Inc. Ua ʻoki ʻia ʻo Northwest Airlines, kahi ʻoihana piha o Delta, i B- mai B. Ke manaʻo nei ʻo Fitch i nā mokulele nui US me ka ʻike ʻana i ka huakaʻi ʻoihana honua e ʻike i ka hāʻule ʻana o ka loaʻa kālā o nā mea kaʻa ma 2009 ma kahi ākea o 10% a 15%, ke hoʻohālikelike ʻia me ka makahiki i hala.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ʻAmelika a me Continental Airlines Inc. ke hoʻomau nei lākou i ka ʻoki ʻana i ka hiki o ka noho no ka hoʻokō ʻana i ka makemake o ka poʻe kaʻa nāwaliwali, ʻoiai ʻo ka poʻe ʻoihana a me nā huakaʻi leʻaleʻa e hōʻemi i kā lākou mau hoʻolālā.
ʻO ka poʻe i kūʻai mai i nā tiketi i kēia makahiki ua loaʻa i nā makana maikaʻi. Ua ʻoki pinepine nā mokulele i nā kumukūʻai i kēia pūnāwai, ʻoiai ke piʻi aʻe nei kā lākou kumukūʻai, ʻoi aku hoʻi no ka wahie. Akā "ua maloʻo ka wikiwiki o ke kūʻai ʻana i nā mokulele mokulele i kēia manawa," wahi a Rick Seaney, ka mea e hahai ana i nā kumukūʻai mokulele US ma ka pūnaewele farecompare.com.
"Ua ʻōlelo aku au i nā mea kūʻai aku no ka mahina i hala aku nei e hoʻopaneʻe lākou i ke kūʻai ʻana i nā tiketi mokulele i ko lākou pilikia ponoʻī - ʻelua mau huakaʻi mokulele i nā pule i hala aku nei ka hōʻailona ikaika loa aʻu i ʻike ai aia ka lalo ma aneʻi a kokoke paha," wahi a Seaney.
Ua hoʻohui ʻo Seaney, ʻo ka piʻi ʻana o ke kumukūʻai hou loa "e hoʻopili ana i nā ala mokulele haʻahaʻa kaulana (Southwest, AirTran, JetBlue), ʻoiai ua mālama ʻia kekahi mau mokulele kūʻai aku ma ka mākeke."
