IJapan Airlines, ngemuva kokumemezela ukuqothuka ngenyanga edlule, ivele ngoMsombuluko ukuthi iqhubeke nobudlelwano bayo ne-American Airlines futhi iqedele izingxoxo zokuhlubuka enkampanini ethwala impahla enkulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni iDelta.
Izikhondlakhondla zaseMelika i-American kanye ne-Delta Air Lines beziqhudelana ngokutshala imali ku-JAL egulayo, eyafaka isicelo sokuqothuka ngesikweletu esingamaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-26 kokunye ukwehluleka okukhulu kwebhizinisi laseJapan.
Zombili izindiza zizungeze i-JAL, zinethemba lokuzuza esivumelwaneni esisha "sesibhakabhaka esivulekile" sase-US-Japan sokwandisa ukufinyelela kwazo emakethe yezindiza enenzuzo yase-Asia-Pacific. Imakethe ngonyaka odlule yadlula iNyakatho Melika njengenkulu emhlabeni.
Ngaphambilini abezindaba baseJapan bathi i-JAL ihlele ukushintshela kumfelandawonye we-SkyTeam we-Delta futhi ilahle umfelandawonye waseMelika we-Oneworld, ohlanganisa iBritish Airways neQantas.
Kodwa amaphephandaba ahlanganisa ibhizinisi le-Nikkei nsuku zonke, kanye nethelevishini ye-NHK, athi abaphathi abasha be-JAL kanye ne-Enterprise Turnaround Initiative kahulumeni yaseJapane bakholelwa ukuthi ukushintshwa kuzobiza futhi kube yingozi.
Le nkampani yenethiwekhi isaba ukuthi ukushintshela ku-Delta kanye ne-SkyTeam kuzodida abagibeli bayo, futhi ingase ingazuzisi ama-anti-trust kuziphathimandla zase-US ngoba izobusa imakethe ye-trans-Pacific.
Okhulumela i-JAL uthe: "Akukho okunqunyiwe ngalolu daba futhi imibiko isekelwe ekuqageleni."
Esitatimendeni, i-American Airlines ithe “kuze kube yilapho i-JAL imemezela ngokusemthethweni izinhlelo zayo zomfelandawonye zesikhathi esizayo, akufaneleki ukuphawula”.
"I-American Airlines kanye ne-Oneworld bayaqhubeka nokukholelwa ukuthi ubudlelwano ne-Oneworld buwumphumela ongcono kakhulu we-JAL, wezintshisekelo zezwe lase-Japan kanye nakubathengi abahamba phakathi kwe-Japan ne-United States," isho.
Ngo-December, i-Japan ne-United States zafinyelela isivumelwano sokukhulula ukuze kuthathelwe indawo isivumelwano sango-1952 esalungisa inani lezindiza zase-US-Japan.
Isivumelwano esisha sizovumela abathwali ukuthi bavumelanise amashejuli abo nesidingo sabagibeli, senze ukwabelana ngekhodi kube lula futhi sizonikeza izindiza zase-US ukufinyelela okukhulu ezikhumulweni zezindiza zaseTokyo eNarita naseHaneda.
I-American, Ozakwethu be-Oneworld kanye nefemu yamasheya ezimele ngenyanga edlule banyuse isithembiso sabo sokutshala imali enkulu ku-JAL saya ku-$1.4 sisuka ku-$1.1 bhiliyoni, siqhathaniswa nebhiliyoni elilodwa le-Delta.
U-American uthe ngokunamathela ku-Oneworld, i-JAL imele ukuzuza amadola ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezimbili eminyakeni emithathu ngobudlelwano bayo namalungu omfelandawonye.
I-JAL ikhungethwe yizindleko ezinkulu ezisukela ezinsukwini zayo njengenkampani ephethe ifulegi yombuso, kanye nenethiwekhi yomzila ehlanganisa izindiza eziya ezikhumulweni zezindiza ezincane nezingenzi nzuzo zasekhaya.
Inkampani yezindiza iqoke usomabhizinisi uKazuo Inamori njengosihlalo wayo omusha futhi yamemezela ukuhlelwa kabusha okuqinile, okuhlanganisa ukunqamula imisebenzi engaphezu kuka-15,600, ukuxosha imizila ebangela ukulahlekelwa kanye nokudayisa impahla ethile.
I-JAL ihlela ukutshela iDelta ekuqaleni kwaleli sonto ukuthi izozinqamula izingxoxo zokubopha futhi ifake isicelo neMelika sokungathembeki kuziphathimandla zaseMelika kule nyanga, kusho uNikkei.
Kodwa okhulumela i-Delta utshele i-AFP ukuthi inkampani yezindiza ayinazo izinhlelo zokuyeka izingxoxo zayo ne-JAL, futhi wagcizelela ukuthi isikulungele ukukhokhela zonke izindleko ezihlobene nokudluliswa kwe-JAL emfelandawonye we-Oneworld.
“Sisakholelwa ekutheni ukusebenzisana neDelta kanye neSkyteam yethu kuzonikeza iJapan Airlines ithuba lokuqoqa imali esikhathini esifushane nangesikhathi eside,” kusho umkhulumeli onqabile negama lakhe.
