Ua hoʻonui ʻo United Airlines a me Continental Airlines i nā kumukūʻai e like me $50 no kēlā me kēia huakaʻi kaʻapuni i ka Pōʻalima a me ka Pōʻalima i ka piʻi ʻana o ka wahie mokulele i kahi moʻolelo $3.03 no ke galani i kēia pule a ua noʻonoʻo ka ʻoihana mokulele a me nā mea kūʻai aku i ke kiʻekiʻe o ka piʻi.
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"ʻAʻole ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka wahie mokulele ʻekolu-dollar-plus i nā kumukūʻai maʻamau," wahi a Henry Harteveldt, ka mea loiloi mokulele ma Forrester Research ma Kapalakiko.
Ua hele mua ʻo United, e hoʻolaha ana i kāna piʻi ʻana o ka uku i ka pō Pōʻalima, a laila hoʻokūkū ʻo Continental me ka Pōʻalima. Ua haʻi aku nā waha ʻōlelo no nā mea lawe ʻē aʻe, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻo American Airlines a me Delta Air Lines, i ka Pōʻalima ʻaʻole lākou i hana akā ke aʻo nei lākou i ka mea.
"Ke piʻi mau nei ke kumukūʻai o ka wahie," wahi a Robin Urbanski, he waha ʻōlelo no Chicago's United Airlines. "Pono mākou e hoʻolilo i nā kumukūʻai e like me nā ʻoihana ʻē aʻe."
"Ke ʻike nei mākou i nā kumukūʻai wahie kiʻekiʻe, a hiki i ka piʻi ʻana o ka uku ke kōkua i ka hoʻokokoke ʻana o ka loaʻa kālā me kā mākou mau lilo," wahi a ka waha ʻōlelo Continental Airlines ʻo Dave Messing, ma Houston.
Ke piʻi nui nei ke kumukūʻai o ka wahie mai ka makahiki 2003 a ua hele i loko o ka sprint i kēia pule, ʻoiai ua lele ke kumukūʻai o ka wahie mokulele i 5 pakeneka. ʻO ka pahu he 42-galani o ka wahie mokulele i kūʻai ʻia he $139.06 i ka Pōʻalima i kūʻai ʻia he $75.18 i ka lā hoʻokahi o ka makahiki i hala, wahi a Tim Smith, he waha ʻōlelo no ka American Airlines ma Fort Worth, Texas.
Ma kahi ʻano ʻē aʻe, ʻo kēlā me kēia $ 1 e piʻi ana i ke kumukūʻai o ka barela ʻaila maʻemaʻe, ʻo ia ka mea kokoke i $ 470 miliona ma ke kumukūʻai hou i ka ʻoihana mokulele US, wahi a Elizabeth Merida, he luna ma ka Air Transport Association, e hōʻike ana i nā mokulele nui, ma Wakinekona.
Ke piʻi nei ka ʻoihana mokulele ma lalo o ke kaumaha o nā kumukūʻai ikehu e hoʻomau nei i ka piʻi ʻana, akā pēlā nō ka koi o nā mokulele. Hoʻomaopopo ka poʻe loiloi a me nā luna hoʻokele mokulele e hiki mai ana ka lā, inā loaʻa ka recession, i ka wā e hōʻemi nui ai nā ʻoihana i ka huakaʻi.
"Ua hoʻolei ʻo United i ka manaʻo no kēia hoʻonui," wahi a Rick Seaney, ka luna nui o FareCompare.com, kahi pūnaewele noiʻi mokulele mokulele ma Dallas. "Ke wānana nei au e hele ana nā mea kūʻai huakaʻi huakaʻi i ka holo hihiu ma nā kumukūʻai tiketi mokulele i kēia makahiki a ke manaʻo nei au ua hiki wale mākou i ka piko o ka wahi kiʻekiʻe o kēia roller coaster," wahi a Seaney i ka Pōʻalima.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia e "hoʻomaka ka lohi ʻana o ka huakaʻi ea inā e hoʻomau ʻia kēia piʻi ʻana i kēlā me kēia pule i kēlā me kēia pule."
Ma ke ʻano he mea kūpono, wahi a Forrester Research's Harteveldt, ʻokoʻa paha nā papa kuhikuhi o nā mokulele i nā pule e hiki mai ana no ka mea hiki iā lākou ke ʻoki i nā kūlanakauhale a i ʻole nā alanui i ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi, a me nā mokulele ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka wahie.
ʻO ka piʻi ʻana o kēia pule ʻo ka hā o nā pule he nui e nā mokulele nui - ʻo nā mea ʻē aʻe ma ke ʻano o ka uku wahie, ʻaʻole ma ke kumu kūʻai mokulele, ʻoiai ʻaʻohe ʻokoʻa i nā mea kūʻai aku - i ka hakakā me ka piʻi ʻana o nā kumukūʻai wahie.
ʻO ka hapa nui o nā kumukūʻai ʻē aʻe aia ma ka pae $10. ʻO kēia hoʻonui kūikawā e pili ana i ka lōʻihi o ka lele, wahi a ka ʻōlelo a United Urbanski. Ua hoʻonui ʻia nā kumukūʻai no nā mokulele ma lalo o 500 mau mile mai $4 a i $10 huakaʻi kaʻapuni. Ma nā huakaʻi lōʻihi o 1,500 mau mile a ʻoi aku paha, ua hoʻonui ʻia nā kumukūʻai mai $12 a i $50 ka huakaʻi kaʻapuni.
No ka hoʻokomo ʻana i nā kumukūʻai i loko o ka pōʻaiapili, ʻōlelo ʻo Urbanski ʻo ke kumukūʻai o ka hoʻopiha ʻana i ka mokulele nui loa o United Airlines, he Boeing 747, no ka holo 16-hola mai Chicago a i Hong Kong he $173,000.
Ua ʻoi aku ka nui o ka wahie i ka hana ma ke ʻano he kumukūʻai nui loa o nā mokulele i ka makahiki i hala a ʻelua paha a ʻaʻole paha e piʻi ke kumukūʻai i ke kaupaku no kekahi mau mahina, wahi a Brian Milne, ka mea hoʻoponopono o DTN MarketWire, kahi lawelawe nūhou no ka mākeke wahie kūʻai nui, ma ka hikina hema. New Jersey.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia e manaʻoʻiʻo ʻo DTN e hiki i ka $115 no ka barela ma ka puka makani mai kēia manawa a hiki i ʻAukake a hiki paha ke noho ma ia ʻano no kekahi manawa, ma muli o ka manaʻo o ka mākeke ua paʻa ka lako.
I kēia manawa, aia nā manaʻo like ʻole e pili ana i nā mokulele ʻē aʻe i ke alakaʻi hoʻonui uku o United a me Continental. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Seaney, o FareCompare.com, ʻo ka piʻi ʻana "he pili pono iā ia" e pahele i nā mea ʻē aʻe.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Joe Brancatelli, nāna i kākau iā Joe Sent Me, he nūhou pūnaewele ma New York no nā huakaʻi ʻoihana, "ʻAʻole wau e manaʻo e paʻa. ʻAʻole hana nā mea nui-gulp. Manaʻo wau e paʻa kēia, akā me ka piʻi ʻana o kekahi mau kālā, ʻaʻole $50.
Ua hoʻohui ʻo ia, "He manawa paʻakikī ko lākou e hoʻonui i ka $ 5 i ka manawa. No ke aha lākou i manaʻo ai he $50 ka hana?"
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ʻo United Airlines "ua hewa mau i nā kumukūʻai wahie" mai ka wā i puka mai ai ka mokulele mai ka panakalupa i Pepeluali 2006. I kēlā manawa, ua ʻike ʻo ia, ua hoʻolālā ʻo United i ʻelima mau makahiki me ka aila ma $ 50 no ka barela. Eia kekahi, ʻaʻole i lawa ʻo United i "hedged," a i ʻaelike paha no ke kūʻai mua ʻana i ka wahie ma ke kumukūʻai paʻa no ka lawe ʻana i ka wā e hiki mai ana.
"Ua hewa ʻo United i ka wā i puka mai ai lākou mai ka panakalupa a hewa i ka pale ʻana a hoʻomau i ka uku nui ʻana i nā luna hoʻokō. He poe naaupo keia poe. ʻO lākou ka hewa no nā pilikia, ʻaʻole nā mākeke aila. "
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He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- “I have been predicting air travel consumers are in for a wild ride on airline ticket prices this year and I think we just reached the top of the highest point on this roller coaster,”.
- Largest cost in the last year or two and the climbing price likely won’t hit a ceiling for some months, said Brian Milne, editor of DTN MarketWire, a news service for the wholesale fuel market, in southeastern New Jersey.
- Put another way, every $1 increase in the cost of a barrel of crude oil means almost $470 million in additional expense to the U.
