I-AMR Corp. I-American Airlines ihoxise indiza yayo yokuqala ebihlelelwe ukundiza phakathi kweChicago neBeijing ngoMsombuluko, isho ukungaboni ngaso linye neziphathimandla zezindiza zaseChina mayelana nokusuka kanye nezikhathi zokufika.
Lesi sibhicongo sibambezela imizamo ye-American, eyesibili ngobukhulu e-US ethwala ithrafikhi, yokwenza ukungenelela okukhulu emnothweni okhula ngokushesha emhlabeni. Kungase futhi kube nzima izingxoxo “zesibhakabhaka esivulekile” ezihleliwe phakathi kwe-US neChina njengoba amanye amabhizinisi ase-US ezwakalisa ukuthi ukuvikelwa kwamaShayina kuyakhula.
I-American ithe ngoMsombuluko imise ukwethulwa kwesevisi engami nsuku zonke phakathi kwe-Chicago O'Hare International Airport kanye ne-Beijing Capital International Airport ngoba ibingakayitholanga indawo “yokuhwebelana” nezindawo zokusuka kuziphathimandla zezindiza zaseChina.
Inkampani yezindiza, ezinze eFort Worth, eTexas, ithe izokuhlehlisa ukwethulwa komzila wayo waseBeijing kancane kuze kube uMeyi 4 njengoba izama ukuxazulula ingxabano. I-American inezindiza zansuku zonke phakathi kweChicago neShanghai kusukela ngo-2006.
I-American yayihlele indiza entsha i-Boeing 777 ukuthi isuke eChicago ngoMsombuluko futhi ifike eBeijing ngo-1:55 ntambama ngoLwesibili, ngaphambi kokusuka eBeijing futhi kamuva ngaleyo ntambama. Ithe iziphathimandla zaseShayina esikhundleni salokho zinikeze indawo yaseMelika yokuhlala nsuku zonke nokusuka ngo-2:20 ekuseni nango-4:20 ekuseni.
Esitatimendeni sangoMsombuluko, uMnyango Wezokuthutha e-US uthe "uphoxeke kakhulu" iChina ayizange inikeze izikhathi ezingcono zokubeka abantu baseMelika.
"Izixhumanisi ezintsha zezokuthutha njengalezi zisiza ukuqinisa ubudlelwane bezentengiselwano namasiko phakathi kwezizwe zethu ezimbili," kwengeza. "Sithemba ngobuqotho ukuthi i-China izosebenzisana ne-American Airlines ukuthola isixazululo esingenzeka ngokwentengiso."
Inxusa laseChina eWashington alizange liphendule izingcingo lifuna ukuphawulwa.
I-US neChina balungiselela izingxoxo ezihleliwe eWashington, eziqala ngoJuni 8, ezihlose ukuqhubekisela phambili ukukhulula ukuhamba kwezindiza phakathi kwala mazwe womabili. Izingxoxo zokugcina ezisemthethweni zamazwe amabili zenzeka ngo-2007.
Ingxabano iqondana nocwaningo olukhishwe yi-American Chamber of Commerce e-China ekhombisa ukukhathazeka okukhulayo phakathi kwamabhizinisi ase-US ukuthi izinqubomgomo zokuvikela zase-China zibeka engcupheni amathuba awo emakethe ebalulekile.
UMnyango WezokuThutha udlulise ukukhathazeka kwawo mayelana nezindawo ezingezinhle zaseMelika kuhulumeni waseChina “ngemigudu efanele yezokuxhumana,” kusho umkhulumeli womnyango eWashington. Inqabile ukuqagela ukuthi lolu daba lungazithinta kanjani izingxoxo ezivulelekile.
I-United Airlines ye-UAL Corp. inesabelo semakethe esikhulu kunazo zonke phakathi kwezinkampani zezindiza zase-US zezindiza ezingami phakathi kwe-US ne-Beijing ne-Shanghai, ngokusho kwe-OAG, inkampani yokucwaninga ngezindiza. I-Continental Airlines Inc. iyinombolo 2 phakathi kwezinkampani zenethiwekhi zase-US, ngokusekelwe kudatha ye-OAG.
I-Delta Air Lines Inc., okuyinkampani yezindiza enkulu kunazo zonke e-US, iphinde yafaka isicelo sezikhathi zokungena neziphathimandla zaseShayina ngenkonzo yayo engapheli ehleliwe phakathi kweSeattle neBeijing kusukela ngoJuni 4. izikhathi zokuphumula.
I-American ifinyelele isivumelwano ngasekuqaleni kwalo nyaka nenkampani yezindiza enkulu kunazo zonke yase-Japan, i-Japan Airlines Corp., ukwakha ibhizinisi elihlanganyelwe elihloselwe ukwandisa ukufinyelela kwenkampani yenethiwekhi yase-Texas ezimakethe ezikhula ngokushesha zase-Asia.
Kodwa i-American Airlines yehlulekile emizamweni yayo yokuqasha i-China Eastern Airlines Corp. ukuthi ijoyine umfelandawonye wayo wezwe elilodwa labathwali bomhlaba. Esikhundleni salokho, i-China Eastern ithe ekuqaleni kwale nyanga izojoyina umfelandawonye weDelta we-SkyTeam, okushiya i-oneworld kuwukuphela komfelandawonye womhlaba wonke ngaphandle kozakwethu ophelele ezweni laseChina.
I-China Southern Airlines Co., enye inkampani enkulu yaseShayina, isivele iyilungu le-SkyTeam. Enye inkampani enkulu yezwe, i-Air China Ltd., ingeye-Star Alliance, ehlanganisa i-United kanye ne-Continental.
Ocingweni lwengqungquthela ngesonto eledlule, isikhulu esiphezulu saseMelika uGerard Arpey uthe inkampani yakhe ihlezi isesimweni esihle ngokusebenzisana nozakwethu we-oneworld iCathay Pacific Airways Ltd., ezinze eHong Kong.
