ATLANTA – Izinkampani ezithwala izimpahla zaseMelika i-United Airlines kanye ne-Continental Airlines Inc kanye ne-All Nippon Airways Co Ltd yaseJapan zithe ngoLwesithathu zifuna ukuhoxiswa kwemithetho yokungathembeki e-United States ukuze ibavumele ukuthi baxhumanise izindiza kanye nemali yokugibela ngaphesheya kwePacific.
Esitatimendeni, izindiza zithe zifake isicelo eMnyangweni Wezokuthutha waseMelika zifuna ukungathembeki emzamweni “wokuncintisana ngempumelelo” nezinye izinhlangano zezindiza zomhlaba wonke.
I-ANA, Continental kanye ne-United, iyunithi ye-UAL Corp, bangamalungu e-Star Alliance.
Ukungavikeleki kuvumela abathwali ukuthi babelane ngamanani, ukuhlela kanye nolunye ulwazi emizileni ethile futhi sekuthathe indawo yokuhlanganisa eminyakeni yamuva.
Ukufakwa kwesicelo kuza ngaphansi kwamasonto amabili ngemuva kokuthi iJapan ne-United States befinyelele isivumelwano esibizwa ngokuthi "isibhakabhaka esivulekile" sokuqhubekisela phambili ukukhulula isevisi yezindiza, ikakhulukazi ukungena nokuphuma eTokyo. I-Japan igcizelele ukuthi isivumelwano ngeke sisebenze kuze kube yilapho i-US ihoxisa imithetho ethile yokungathembeki futhi ivumela abathwali baseMelika nabaseJapan ukuthi bajulise imifelandawonye yabo.
I-United nabalingani bayo bathe ukugunyazwa kwesicelo sabo kuzoholela ekwandisweni kwezinketho zemizila kanye nenani elibanzi lemali yokugibela namasevisi.
"Le nhlangano ehlanganyelwe, ehambisana nesivumelwano esisanda kumenyezelwa sesibhakabhaka phakathi kwe-US ne-Japan, izothuthukisa kakhulu ikhono lethu lokusebenzela amakhasimende ase-Japan nakuyo yonke i-Asia," kusho i-United Chief Executive uGlenn Tilton esitatimendeni.
Imbangi ye-ANA i-Japan Airlines Corp (9205.T) kulindeleke ukuthi ifune ukuzivikela okufanayo ukuze ihlanganise imisebenzi uma isinqume ngozakwethu. I-JAL iboshelwe yi-AMR Corp's American Airlines, uzakwethu okhona kumfelandawonye we-Oneworld, kanye nembangi ye-Delta Air Lines Inc, eyilungu lomfelandawonye we-SkyTeam.
Imboni ibheke ngokucophelela isicelo esivele sikhona esivela kwa-American and British Airways Plc sokugonywa kwe-antitrust okungabavumela ukuthi baxhumanise imizila ye-trans-Atlantic.
Abaphathi baka-Obama bafunge ukuthi bazobubhekisisa lobu budlelwano kanye nezicelo ezindabeni zokuncintisana.
UMnyango wezokuThutha uthe usitholile isicelo, kodwa awunakuphawula. UMnyango uvame ukugunyaza lezi zicelo, ngokuvamile ngemibandela.
Kuleli sonto, uMnyango Wezobulungiswa e-US uthe i-American kanye neBritish Airways kufanele bavumelane nezivumelwano ukuze bathole ukugunyazwa kwebhidi yabo yokugomela.
Ekufayeleni kwabalawuli bezokuthutha baseMelika, uMnyango Wezobulungiswa uthe imali yokugibela emizileni ethile ewela i-Atlantic ehlanganisa i-American kanye neBritish Airways ingakhuphuka ifike kumaphesenti ayi-15 ngaphansi kohlelo lokugomela umfelandawonye we-Oneworld. Izikhulu zancoma ukuthi i-American and British Airways isuse izindawo zokusuka neyokuhlala noma ithathe ezinye izinyathelo zokudweba imizila ukuze kwandiswe amathuba okuthi ezinye izinkampani zezindiza zisebenze kulezo zimakethe.
