Ukuhamba Okunethezeka Okungabizi
I-JetSuite yomsebenzisi wangasese uqalise i-JetSuiteX, umshayeli omusha we-charter air carrier ohlinzeka ngezinketho ezintsha zezinsizakalo zabahambi abahlala e-Bay Area naseLos Angeles enkulu. Umthwali wezinkampani uzoqala ngeviki ngezinsuku zezindiza phakathi kweBuchanan Field eBay Area e-Concord, eCalifornia, eBob Hope Airport eBurbank, eCalifornia, kusukela ngo-Ephreli 19, naseLas Vegas ngo-Ephreli 22.
Izinketho zezindiza
Isevisi ye-Concord-Burbank izoqala ngezindiza ezintathu zokujikeleza nsukuzonke endaweni ye-jet-seat Embraer 135 yesifundazwe, ngezindleko zokuqala ezivela ku-$ 109 kuphela.
Umthwali wezindiza uzophinde abuyele eLas Vegas ngoLwesihlanu ebusuku, ebuyela eCordord ngeSonto ntambama. NgoJuni 30, i-JetSuiteX izofaka kuze kube yizihambo ezine ezijikelezayo ngesonto phakathi kweSan Jose Mineta Airport International naseBozeman, Montana.
Ithimba labaphathi ngemuva kweJetSuiteX liqukethe izimiso ezaqala uJetBlue, kuhlanganise ne-CEO u-Alex Wilcox, owayengumphathi we-JetBlue kanye nomsebenzi wesithathu wezindiza.
"Uma ubheka izinombolo zomgwaqo phakathi kwamabili omabili wedolobha elisemakethe emakethe, uma uqhathanisa no-2000 kuya ku-2013 (ngonyaka odlule sinezinombolo zeMnyango wezokuThutha), ubona ukuthi umzila waseLos Angeles-San Francisco ulahlekelwe abagibeli abayizigidi ezintathu ngonyaka. Futhi i-LA-Las Vegas ilahlekelwe abagibeli bezindiza abayizigidi emgwaqweni ngesikhathi esifanayo, "kusho uWilcox.
Kodwa ukubuka umgwaqo wendlela, izimoto ezihamba phakathi kwamadolobha amabili ziphakeme, zibheke ukuthi izigidi zilahlekile futhi mhlawumbe ngaphezulu, kusho uWilcox.
"Ekugcineni, ngezinsizakalo zokuphepha ezinde nezindiza ezigcwele, isikhathi sokuhamba lapho izindiza zikhuphukile futhi zithinta kakhulu izinombolo zabahambi," usho kanje.
I-LA-San Francisco ngumzila omkhulu, futhi i-JetSuiteX ingaletha ukhetho oluhlukile kubahambi ngenani lokuncintisana, kusho uWilcox. "Sakhetha i-Concord ngoba yisikhumulo sezindiza esikhulu emphakathini lapho kuhlala khona abantu abaningi bebhizinisi, eduze neWaln Creek," esho.
"Kungani uvuka ngo-4 ekuseni ukuhamba nge-BART noma ukushayela kwenye yezindiza zezindiza ze-Bay uma kunenketho enkulu ku-LA amaminithi ambalwa phansi komgwaqo?"
I-Pacific Southwest Airlines yasekudala (PSA) esetshenziselwa ukukhonza i-Concord kuya ku-LA izikhathi ezinhlanu ngosuku, kusho uWilcox. "Imakethe eqinisekisiwe eye ishiywe ngoba ayihlangabezani nezidingo zabathwali abakhulu, futhi imakethe incane kakhulu futhi umgwaqo ufushane kakhulu kubathwali abasha abashaya izindleko," esho. "Ngaphezu kwalokho isimo sezulu nesimo sezindiza asikwazi ukushaywa. Iningizimu-ntshonalanga ilinde iminyaka engu-30 ngaphambi kokuya empumalanga. "
Kunezinketho ezimbili eziyinhloko zokuhamba ezindizeni eCalifornia, kusho uWilcox. "Ukuqasha i-jet yangasese ekugcineni, noma ukushayela eNingizimu-ntshonalanga (ngokuvamile) kwenye," esho. I-Alaska Airlines, i-Delta Air Lines ne-Virgin America nayo yenza ezinye zezindiza zase-California.
"I-JetSuiteX ingeza inketho yesithathu - ishadi lomphakathi - isipiliyoni sesitayela esizimele esisetshenziselwa isihlalo sokuhweba," kusho uWilcox. "Nge-JetSuiteX, uyabaleka kusuka ezindaweni zangasese ze-jet ezingenayo imigqa noma ulinde isikhathi sakho sokuhamba sikhulu, ngokushesha kakhulu."
UWilcox, noMphathi Omkhulu we-jet Operator JetSuite, uthe inkampani isenza kahle. "Eqinisweni, sasibe neyodwa yezindlu zethu ezingcono kakhulu.
I-JetSuiteX ingumama odade, enikeza umkhiqizo ohlukile kodwa ohambisanayo, "esho. "Sekuyiminyaka sizwile kumaklayenti ethu ukuthi bafuna izindiza ezinkulu kumashayeli, ngakho-ke le ndiza iyafaka isikweletu kulezi zinhlangothi eziningi. Silindele ukuthi amaklayenti ethu e-JetSuite azohamba ngezinkampani zombili, kodwa kuzoba nabantu abaningi abangakwazi ukufinyelela nabo nge-JetSuiteX.
"Sinethuba elikhulu entshonalanga ukuze siqale," kusho uWilcox. "Kodwa singakwazi ukwengeza imizila elinganayo empumalanga zingakapheli izinyanga ezingu-18 noma ngaphezulu."
Yini eyenza iJetSuiteX kangaka ekhethekile
I-JetSuiteX izohlinzeka ngokunethezeka okuningi okuhlotshaniswa nokuhamba kwe-jet yangasese kepha ngentengo yesikhundla sezindiza zendabuko, kufaka phakathi:
- Izihlalo ezingu-30 zokunethezeka ngezindiza, ngamunye okungenani okungenani okungama-36 intshi yokuhlala, okufana nomsebenzi wezinkampani zezindiza zasekhaya.
- Izihlalo ezintathu ngomugqa-isikhala esisodwa kanye nesipiliyoni esinikezela kabili ngetafula elihlangene elingasetshenziselwa umsebenzi noma ukudlala;
- I-WiFi yamahhala nokuqhathaniswa kokuzijabulisa kwebhodi egijimela kumadivayisi womuntu siqu wabagibeli; futhi
- Ukusebenza kuphela ngaphandle kwemininingwane ye-jet yangasese ukuze isipiliyoni sisheshe futhi sikhululeke, singabikho ukulibaziseka okukhulu kwezindiza, imigqa yokuphepha, noma ukuhamba okude ngezinyathelo ezinkulu.
I-JetSuite X inethuba eliyingqayizivele lokuthenga imoto ye-10 Embraer ERJ-135s futhi yenza ukuba ihluke kunoma yini enye emakethe, "kusho uWilcox. "Sibeke ukuthuthukiswa kwe-$ 1 million ku-indiza ngayinye ukuze senze ukuthi ibe njengenguqulo enkulu ye-jets yethu encane yangasese."
Ngokungafani nezinye izithuthi, amaklayenti e-JetSuiteX akudingeki abhalise futhi akhokhe ukubhalisa nyangazonke noma ukuhamba ezindizeni ezincane ze-propeller. Futhi ngokubambisana ne-JetBlue, amakhasimende we- JetSuiteX angathola amaphuzu we-TrueBlue okuhle kokuhamba kwamahhala wamahhala kwithwali yenethiwekhi yaseNew York.
Ngokuthengwa kwe-10 Embraer E135 jets, u-opharetha ufaka phakathi kwenkonzo yomphakathi yomphakathi, lapho okuhlangenwe nakho kwe-jet yangasese kungathengwa khona ngesihlalo esisodwa. I-JetSuite izophinde isebenzise indiza entsha ye-charter yangasese, lapho i-jet lonke lingabhalwa khona u- $ 8,000 ngehora (noma nje u-$ 300 ngomuntu ngamunye ngehora leqembu lama-30).
Umkhankaso wokukhangisa, "Private to the Public," ubonisa ulwazi oluzimele lwama-jet olutholakala manje futhi lufinyeleleka kubabukeli abanzi, kusho uWilcox. "Ihlanganisa ukukhangiswa kokukhangisa, amathuba e-digital kanye namathuba angaphandle, i-PR esindayo kanye nabezindaba, kanye nokusebenzisana okukhulu kwe-brand kuhlanganise ne-JetBlue, umlingani wethu weqiniso we-TrueBlue, ukuthuthukiswa komphakathi nokuthuthukiswa kwebhizinisi," esho.
Imizila eyengeziwe okumenyezelwe maduze ezimakethe ezinkulu ezisentshonalanga, kuhlanganise neSan Diego, Las Vegas, nePhoenix. "Sibheka eziteshini zezindiza ezimakethe ezinkulu entshonalanga okwamanje. Noma yikuphi lapho singabanikeza abahambi ithuba lokuhamba kangcono, "kusho uWilcox
"Sizizwa sengathi uma abantu bezama i-JetSuiteX, amazwi omlomo azoba amakhulu kepha thina kuqala kufanele sivumele abantu bazi ngathi futhi sibanike isizathu sokubheka ukubhuka kokuqala," kusho uWilcox. Umkhiqizo omuhle - amasentimitha angama-36 egumbini lomlenze, i-Gogo Wi-Fi mahhala nokuzijabulisa, ngisho nokuphuza komuntu omdala wamahhala - kanye nesisindo sesikhathi - izikhumulo zezindiza ezingaphansi kwezingqimba, ezingenayo imigqa, lapho ungena khona esikhumulweni sezindiza ngaphambi nje kokuba indiza yakho - ngentengo enkulu, ukuqala ngo-$ 109 ngayinye indlela phakathi kwe-LA ne-SF East Bay. Kuyinto inhlanganisela enzima ukushaya. "