Ngemuva kweKingfisher, i-Oneworld ibheka futhi i-China Eastern ukuze ijoyine

Ngabe u-2010 uzophenduka unyaka wokunqoba e-Asia ku-Oneworld? Ngemva kokugcina ngempumelelo I-Japan Airlines ngaphakathi kwe-Oneworld, umfelandawonye owawuqhutshwa yi-American Airlines, British Airways kanye ne-Cathay Pacific umemezele emasontweni amabili edlule ukuthi i-Kingfisher Airlines iqale zonke izinqubo zokujoyina. Inkampani ethwala impahla yasekhaya enkulu kunazo zonke e-India enabagibeli abayizigidi ezingu-10.9 kanye nenethiwekhi yezindawo ezingaba ngu-60 phakathi kwe-Subcontinent kufanele ibe yilungu maphakathi no-2011 njengoba kuthatha izinyanga eziyi-18 ukuqeda zonke izigaba zobuchwepheshe zokuhlanganiswa. Kodwa manje, wonke amehlo asebheke futhi ku-China Eastern Airlines, omunye wozakwethu abakhanga kakhulu ukuwina. Le nkampani yenethiwekhi ezinze e-Shanghai ingeyokugcina kwezikhondlakhondla zasemoyeni ezintathu zase-China ezihlale ngaphandle komfelandawonye. Njengoba kunabagibeli abangaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-36 ngonyaka kanye nezihlalo eziyizigidi ezingu-14.5 ezinikezwa ngokwesilinganiso njalo ngenyanga, i-China Eastern iyinhloso efiselekayo kakhulu. Ngokusho kwe-Dallas Business Journal kusukela ngoFebhuwari 28, i-AMR Corp., inkampani yabazali ye-American Airlines, imemezele ukuthi izobamba izingxoxo nenkampani yaseChina. I-Oneworld ibheke eChina Eastern okungenani iminyaka emithathu futhi isivele ibambe izingxoxo nenkampani yenethiwekhi yaseShanghai izikhathi eziningi. Kubonakala sengathi i-Oneworld iphinde yaxoxa ngobulungu ne-Hainan Airlines, enye inkampani yenkampani yase-China ebalulekile.

Khonamanjalo, izinsolo zisekhona. Ekhuluma nesikhungo sezindaba seReuters ngoFebhuwari 25, isikhulu senkampani yaseChina Eastern Airlines siveze ukuthi sinezingxoxo nemifelandawonye emithathu yomhlaba - i-Oneworld, iSkyteam neStar Alliance-. Kepha isikhulu saseChina Eastern sithe lowo ophethe akanaye umlingani amncamelayo kuze kube manje.

“Sibambe izingxoxo ezifanayo nawo womathathu amaqembu njengamanje. Siyethemba ukuthi sizojoyina omunye wabo ekugcineni kodwa asazi ukuthi yimuphi okwamanje,” kusho lesi sikhulu kwaReuters. I-China Eastern isivele isingene ku-Star Alliance kulandela ukuhlanganiswa kwayo ne-Shanghai Airlines, eseyilungu le-Star. Kodwa i-Shanghai Airlines ayinathonya elincane eqenjini lomhlaba wonke uma iqhathaniswa ne-Air China, nayo eyilungu le-Star Alliance. KuMichael Blunt, iPhini likaMongameli we-Oneworld Corporate Communications, “i-China Eastern ukujoyina i-Oneworld kungaba ukukhetha kwayo okungcono kakhulu. Futhi ukuhlanganiswa kwakamuva ne-Shanghai Airlines ngeke kuphazamise isinqumo senkampani yezindiza?

I-Oneworld okwamanje ayinalo uhlelo lokuhlanganisa inkampani yenethiwekhi eNingizimu-mpumalanga ye-Asia. KuMichael Blunt, “ne-Cathay Pacific nenkampani esebenzisana nayo i-Dragonair, sicabanga ukuthi zombili izindiza zezindiza zilindizela kahle ifulegi le-Oneworld kule ndawo”. Umfelandawonye nokho manje usuzomemezela ukuhlanganiswa kwenkampani yenethiwekhi yase-Brazilian, cishe cishe i-GOL.