I-Hawaiian Airlines kanye ne-Alaska Airlines zithole ingqopha-mlando ekuthengeni okuhlongoziwe yi-Alaska kwenkampani yezindiza yasendaweni, njengoba kubikwe I-KHON-TV in Honolulu namhlanje ebusuku. Ngokusho kokufakwa kwesitoko ngoLwesibili, izinkampani zezindiza ziveze ukuthi zihlangabezane nesicelo sesibili soMnyango Wezobulungiswa sokuthola ulwazi olubanzi nezinto zokwakha.
Lokhu kuthobelana kubalulekile njengoba kumayelana necala eliqhubekayo lokungathembeki elifuna ukuvimbela ukuhlangana phakathi kwe-Alaska ne-Hawaiian.
UMnyango Wezobulungiswa wase-US (i-DOJ) uyalele izindiza ezimbili ngoFebhuwari ukuthi ziveze imibhalo ehambisana nokuhlanganiswa ukuze kubuyekezwe izikhulu ze-antitrust.
Izinkampani zezindiza zivumelene ngokulinganayo ukuyeka ukuphothula isivumelwano ngaphambi kokuthi kudlule isikhathi esiyizinsuku ezingu-90 njengoba zombili izinhlangothi ziqinisekise ukubambelela okubalulekile ngaphandle kwalapho zithola isaziso esibhaliwe esivela eMnyangweni Wezobulungiswa kusengaphambili sokuthi iziphathimandla ezilawulayo ziphothule uphenyo mayelana nokuhlangana.