I-JAL, i-American kanye ne-Delta: umlando odidekile wezenzakalo

Isimemezelo se-Japan Air Lines sokugcina ubudlelwano bayo ne-American Airlines - futhi ngenxa yalokho ne-Oneworld Alliance- siqeda impi ekhulayo phakathi kwe-American and Delta Air Lines yokuheha inkampani yaseJapan. Amahemuhemu abegcwele kulezi zinyanga eziyisithupha ezedlule okuthi kungenzeka isuke inkampani yenethiwekhi yase-Japan isuka ku-Oneworld iye e-Skyteam ngokushintsha uzakwabo wase-USA baye ku-Delta Air Lines. Umlando wesinqumo seJapan Airlines ubukeka unesiphithiphithi: NgoJanuwari 15, icaphuna 'imithombo yangaphakathi ye-JAL', iphephandaba i-Yomiuri Shimburi liqinisekisile ukuthi iJapan Airlines ifinyelele isivumelwano mayelana nokuxhumana neDelta Air Lines. I-Delta Air Lines izofaka u-$1 bhiliyoni ku-JAL ukuyisiza ishintshe imifelandawonye. Ulwazi lunanelwe kakhulu yizinhlangano zabezindaba emhlabeni wonke. I-tie-up izobe isihumushela kuzindiza ze-code-share ne-Delta kanye nesicelo kuziphathimandla zase-US zokuvikeleka kwe-antitrust emizileni ye-trans-pacific. I-JAL yafaka isicelo ngaleso sikhathi ukuze ivikelwe futhi ingene ohlelweni lokuhlela kabusha ngokusekelwa uhulumeni wase-Japan.

Isimemezelo sokudlala ngothando kwe-JAL ne-Delta sesivele sinomphumela: I-American Airlines kanye nabalingani bayo be-Oneworld baphakamise usizo lwabo lwezezimali kunkampani yenethiwekhi egulayo lusuka ku-US$ 1.1 lwaya ku-US$ 1.4 bhiliyoni. NgoJanuwari 18, i-Dutch Daily De Telegraaf ibike ukuthi i-Delta ne-Air France-KLM bafinyelele isivumelwano lapho inkampani yenethiwekhi yaseFranco-Dutch izofaka isandla ephaketheni lezezimali ngamakhulu ezigidi zama-euro. “I-JAL ibilokhu ithola izeluleko ezisemthethweni zokuthi ukuhlangana neDelta kuzoba wusizo kakhulu, ngokusho kwabantu abajwayelene nalolu daba, ngesizathu sokuthi iDelta inenethiwekhi yezindiza ezidlula iPacific kanye nenethiwekhi enamandla yase-Asia kune-American Airlines, ” kucaphuna leli phephandaba.

Kwathi ekupheleni kukaJanuwari, kwangena uMasaru Onishi, umongameli omusha we-JAL. Ubani omemezele ukuthi izingxoxo nabo bobabili i-American kanye ne-Delta ziyaqhubeka nokuthathwa kwesinqumo sokugcina “ngokushesha ngangokunokwenzeka”. Ngomhla ziyisi-8 kuNhlolanja, i-AFP yabhala ukuthi "i-JAL inqume ukuqhubeka nokuxhumana kwayo ne-American Airlines futhi iqede izingxoxo zokuhlubuka ku-Delta Air Lines, kubike abezindaba zendawo (yaseJapane) ngoMsombuluko". Lesi sinqumo sagcina siqinisekisiwe ngemva kosuku lapho i-CEO u-Onishi echaza khona: “Silucubungule kabanzi lolu daba, futhi sijabule ngamathemba akhona mayelana nokusebenziseka kalula kanye nezinzuzo kumakhasimende ethu. Futhi sikholelwa ngokuqinile ukuthi izinzuzo zalokhu kuthuthukiswa ne-American Airlines zingayisekela ngokuqinile i-JAL ngesikhathi lapho silwela ukuvuselela ibhizinisi lethu. Sibheke ngabomvu ubudlelwano obujulile, obuzozuzisa kakhulu nozakwethu osenesikhathi eside.” U-JAL njengelungu le-Oneworld kusukela ngo-2007 futhi unolwazi olungcono lwezindlela zebhizinisi ze-American Airlines. Futhi ngokusho kwabaphathi be-JAL, ukuhlala nomfelandawonye ofanayo kuzobiza kakhulu futhi kungadideki kancane kumakhasimende e-JAL…

I-JAL kanye ne-American manje sebezofaka isicelo ngokuhlanganyela eMnyangweni Wezokuthutha wase-US (DOT) kanye Nomnyango Wezingqalasizinda Zomhlaba wase-Japan, Ezokuthutha Nezokuvakasha ukuze kuvikelwe ukungathembeki emizileni engenamfihlo. Uma sezigunyaziwe, zombili izinkampani zenethiwekhi zihlose ukungena ebhizinisini elihlanganyelwe elinokuxhumana okungcono kwamanethiwekhi, amashejuli endiza kanye namasevisi abagibeli.

Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi kuze kube yilapho kumenyezelwa isinqumo sokugcina, zonke izingcaphuno ezibikwe amaphephandaba nezinhlangano zabezindaba zazingaziwa. Njengokungathi empeleni bekuyingxenye yomdlalo wokukhohlisa. Uma sibheka kabanzi esivumelwaneni ne-American Airlines, iJapan Airlines ibonakala njengomnqobi ngokuphelele. Hhayi nje ngoba inkampani yezindiza ithole imali eningi kunalokho ebikuhlelile ekuqaleni kodwa futhi ngoba izogcina isikhundla esiphezulu emizileni enqamula i-Pacific esuka e-Japan/Korea phakathi kwe-Oneworld. Umfelandawonye usebuthakathaka ngokuqhathaniswa kulo lonke elase-Asia njengoba une-Cathay Pacific kuphela njengomunye umlingani omkhulu esifundeni futhi abekho abalingani eNingizimu-mpumalanga ye-Asia. I-American Airlines ngokomlando nayo ibuthaka e-Asia. Ihlinzeka ngezindiza ezinhlanu kuphela zansuku zonke eziya e-Tokyo zisuka e-Chicago, e-Dallas, e-Los Angeles naseNew York JFK. Iya e-China, inkampani yezindiza indizela kuphela i-Chicago-Shanghai futhi izokwethula ngo-April indiza entsha yansuku zonke isuka e-Chicago iya e-Beijing.

Uma kuqhathaniswa, iDelta isivele iqhudelana ne-JAL njengoba inesizinda sayo e-Tokyo Narita esebenzela amadolobha angama-23 angami okuhlanganisa namadolobha ayi-14 ase-Asia nasePacific. Isinqumo se-JAL sokuhlala ne-Oneworld cishe sizohumushela ekuqiniseni okwengeziwe kwesikhundla se-Delta e-Asia. Selokhu yahlanganiswa neNyakatho-ntshonalanga, iDelta isivele yenza ngaphezu kwama-30% ohambo lwendiza lwase-US oluya eTokyo.

Lona umqondo wokunikeza ukukhululwa okusemthethweni kwe-Delta kulandela isimemezelo se-JAL: “I-Delta ibekwe kahle njengenkampani yenethiwekhi engu-No. 1 phakathi kwe-US ne-Asia. Amakhasimende angaqhubeka nokuthembela ku-Delta ngokufinyelela okungenakuqhathaniswa okuya e-Japan, ngesevisi engami phakathi kwezindawo eziyi-10 zase-US nase-Tokyo. Ngezinhlelo ezisanda kumenyezelwa zokutshala imali eyizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-1 emkhiqizweni wethu, i-Delta isalokhu izibophezele ekunikezeni inketho ehamba phambili yokuhamba ngaphesheya kwePacific. Ukuba khona kokuncintisana kwe-Delta Pacific, kanye nebhizinisi lethu elihlangene le-trans-Atlantic ne-Air France/KLM kanye nesikhundla esiphambili ezimakethe zomhlaba, kuzoqhubeka nokuvumela i-Delta nozakwethu be-SkyTeam ukuthi bahlangabezane nesidingo emhlabeni wonke.”