PARIS – Ibhizinisi elisha elihlanganyelwe le-transatlantic phakathi kwenkampani yezinkampani ezithwala i-Franco-Dutch i-Air France-KLM kanye ne-Delta Air Lines Inc. lizokhuphula inzuzo yozakwethu ngamunye ngezigidi ezingu-150 zamaRandi, kusho abaphathi bezinkampani ezimbili zezindiza ngoLwesithathu, nokwandisa umfelandawonye lezi zinkampani ezimbili ezibe nawo ngaphambi kwezinguquko. kubunikazi.
Isikhulu se-Air France-KLM uPierre-Henri Gourgeon utshele isithangami sabezindaba ukuthi isivumelwano sokuhlanganisa imali engenayo kanye nezindleko zezindiza phakathi kweYurophu ne-US, kanye nokubambisana eduze kwezinye izindiza eziningi, sizoyinyusa kakhulu imali etholwa abathwali bobabili ngenkathi kunciphisa izindleko. Isamba esiphelele samaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-300 kufanele sizuzwe kusukela ngonyaka ozayo, kodwa isivumelwano, esisebenza kusukela ngenyanga edlule sizonikeza ama-synergies amakhulu kulo nyaka, kusho uMnu. Gourgeon.
Isivumelwano, esizosebenza okungenani iminyaka eyi-13, sakhela phezu kwebhizinisi elihlanganyelwe isikhathi eside phakathi kwe-Northwest Airlines kanye ne-KLM Royal Dutch Airlines kanye nesakamuva phakathi kwe-Delta ne-Air France. I-Air France yathenga i-KLM ngo-2004, kanti iDelta ngonyaka odlule yathenga iNorthwest.
Izinkampani zezindiza ezihlanganisiwe, zombili eziku-SkyTeam marketing alliance, zazithe zihlela ukuhlela kabusha nokwandisa ukusebenzisana kwazo. Ukwenyuka kwenzuzo kubandakanya izinzuzo ezivela emifelandawonye yangaphambili. Izinkampani zenqabile ukucacisa ukuthi isivumelwano esisha sizoyinyusa malini inzuzo
Laba bobabili bathe ibhizinisi labo manje selimele cishe u-25% wenani eliphelele lemboni eliwela i-Atlantic futhi lizocija ikhono labo lokuncintisana nezinye izinhlangano zezindiza, i-Star ne-oneworld. Ngokusekelwe kudatha ka-2008-2009, imali engenayo yonyaka yokuhlanganisa ilinganiselwa ku-$12 billion, kusho izinkampani.
Ibhizinisi elisha lizobandakanya izindiza ezingaphezu kuka-200 ezinqamula i-Atlantic kanye nezihlalo ezingaba ngu-50,000 nsuku zonke, kusho izinkampani.
Izinkampani zezindiza ziyakwazi ukubambisana ngokwabelana ngedatha yentengo ebucayi nedatha yokumaketha - ukuziphatha okuvamise ukwenqatshelwa njengokuhlangana okungekho emthethweni - ngenxa yokuthi abalawuli baseMelika banikezwe amandla okugomela ama-antitrust. I-European Union ibibuyekeza imiphumela yokungathembeki emifelandawonye yezindiza iminyaka eminingi.
Isikhulu esiphezulu seDelta uRichard Anderson uthe leli qembu "libuyekezwe kahle yiziphathimandla nhlangothi zombili ze-Atlantic."
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- The agreement, which will run for at least 13 years, builds on a longstanding joint venture between Northwest Airlines and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines and a more recent one between Delta and Air France.
- Air France-KLM CEO Pierre-Henri Gourgeon told a press conference that the agreement to pool revenue and costs for flights between Europe and the U.
- The pair said their venture now represents about 25% of the industry’s total transatlantic capacity and will sharpen their ability to compete against the other airline alliances, Star and oneworld.
