Cinga ukuba yonke i-airline isetyenziselwa inkqubo yokukhusela eyahlukeneyo ukusabalalisa ulwazi lwe-flight, endaweni yeendlela eziqhelekileyo zokusabalalisa ihlabathi (GDS) ezikhoyo ngoku. Abantu ngabanye kunye nabaqeqeshi bezohambo baya kufuneka baqhathanise iindleko zendiza kwiziko lewebhu lokubhuka okanye batshale i-airline nganye ngokwahlukileyo. Oku kuya kwenza inkqubo yokuqhathanisa intengo ixesha elichithayo kunye nokunyanzela.
I-Airways airfares ayinakufumaneka kwiiwebhusayithi ze-Expedia okanye ze-Orbitz, okanye nayiphi na indawo enikwe amandla yi-Orbitz.
Lezi zimbini zendawo ezininzi zokuhanjiswa kweenqwelo zomoya apho abathengi banokuqhathanisa baze babhale iindiza abazikhethelayo. Ngamnye akazange eze kwisivumelwano ne-American Airlines kwisivumelwano esitsha sokuhambisa umkhiqizo wase-American Airlines.
I-American icetyisa ukuba iinkampani zokuhambisa ziqala ukusebenzisa i-Direct Connect, enikwe amandla yiFarelogix. Abaqeqeshi bezohambo bajonga le ngcamango efana nokuba kufuneka basebenzise inkqubo ehlukeneyo ye-American Airlines, kwaye mhlawumbi iyancedisa kwiinkampani zokulawula ukuhamba. Emva koko iinkampani zokuhamba ziya kuhlawuliswa ukuba zibe neNkqubo ye-Direct Connect, ekuhambeni kwexesha, ngoko ihlawule ithuba lokuthengisa iindiza ze-Amerika.
UMerika uvikela inkqubo yabo, ethi www.aa.com, yindawo efanelekileyo yokukhangela kwaye ibhale iindiza nge-Amerika. Bathi banamaxabiso asezantsi ase-American Airlines aqinisekisiwe, kwaye abanakho ukuhlawula i-intanethi. Bacetyisa ukuba iya kwenza iifowuni zenkxaso, njengesihlalo esiphambili kunye neemali zokutya ezilula ukulandelela ukuhamba kwezoshishino.
Bongeza kwakhona ukuba iinqwelo-moya ziyakwazi ukubhalwa kwamanye amasayithi okusabalalisa, kunye ne-arhente zokuhamba emhlabeni jikelele. Kodwa, kangakanani na?
Njengoko oogqirha bezohambo bayazi, i-Southwest Airlines ayifumaneki kwiinkqubo ezininzi zokugcina ukubhuka. Nangona kunjalo, abaxoxiselwano kunye nenkampani yokuhambisa ukuthengisa imveliso yabo.
Ngokona nxalenye enkulu, uMzantsi-ntshona unelungelo lokuzimelela kwaye limi ngokwawo, ngokubhekiselele kwiindlela zokuhambisa.
Yintoni eyenza ukuba uhlawule indleko kubathengi, ngoko le nto ichaphazela njani ukuhamba kweenqwelo-moya ngekamva? UBrent Blake, uMongameli we-All About Travel, uMsebenzi, KS, uthi "Ukuxhuma ngokuxhomekeke kukwahlukana kwenkqubo ekhoyo ngoku." Ngokombono wethu, i-Direct Connect iya kwandisa indleko kwinkqubo. " Ukuba yonke i-airline ikhetha ukusebenzisa inkqubo eyahlukileyo kunye nentlawulo yemveliso yayo ukuba idayiswe, iikhampani zokuhamba kufuneka zithumele iindleko kubahambi, ngoko ke ziqhuba ixabiso leenqwelo-moya.
Nangona ii-airways ziphela kwinkqubo yokuhambisa enye, ama-arhente kunye neenkampani zokulawulwa kwezohambo ziyakwazi ukunika iingxelo zofaniso kwiindleko zokuhamba ngeakhawunti zabo zoshishino. Ukugcinwa kokubhuka kwiiwebhsayithi zee-airline kufuneka zenze ixabiso lokulandelela iindleko zeenqwelo zomoya kunye neentlawulo ezincedisayo kumashishini agcina i-watch watch on spending expenses.
Izivumelwano zeenkqubo zokusasazwa kwehlabathi, i-Worldspan neSaber, ziya kuhlaziywa kungekudala kulo nyaka. Yintoni eya kwenzeka ngeenqwelo zeeMelika kunye neendleko zomoya kuloozo ndlela? Ngaba i-American ayiyi kunikelwa kwiinkqubo kwakhona, ukuba ngaba akukho mvumelwano onokuyenza?
Kwenzeka ntoni ukuba ezinye iinqwelo zeenkampani zigqiba ukujoyina iMelika? Le nto inokuba yiyona nto ibalulekileyo kwiinkampani zokuhamba kwezoqoqosho e-United States nangaphezulu, ekubeni ukususwa kwee-ejensi zokuhamba ngee-travel. Kukho kwakhona ukuba abanye abathengi baya kuqala ukuthembela kwii-agent zokuhamba ukuze bafumane iindawo ezihamba phambili. Oku kuya kuhlala kubonakala.
Nangona oku kuyisithintelo esikhulu kwi-ejenti zokuhamba kunye nezinye iinkampani zokulawula ihambo, ii-arhente zokuhamba, ukwesaba umphumo kubathengi, zilungele ukuma umhlaba kwaye zikhusele ngokwazo nabathengi ngokufanayo. Izikhundla kunye nemingcipheko yokuhanjiswa kweenqwelo zomoya zingase zanda ngokukhawuleza.