Abashayeli bezindiza beBritish Airways Plc namuhla babonise ekomkhulu lale nkampani eLondon bephikisana nezinhlelo zenkampani zokuqala inkampani yezindiza entsha.
Babalelwa ku-1,000 4 abashayeli bezindiza kanye namalungu omndeni wabo bamashe bebheke emahhovisi eBritish Airways eduze nesikhumulo sezindiza iLondon Heathrow, embhikishweni othathe amahora amabili nesigamu, kusho okhulumela uMnyango uKeith Bill namuhla engxoxweni yocingo. Amaphoyisa avale umgwaqo u-AXNUMX ukuze kungene abashayeli bezindiza.
Inhlangano yabashayeli bezindiza iBritish Air Line Pilots Association, noma i-Balpa, ivotele ukuteleka ikhala ngophiko lwe-BA's OpenSkies, oluzondiza phakathi kweParis neNew York kusukela ngoJuni. IBritish Izindiza ifuna ukunxenxa abashayeli bezindiza bebhizinisi elisha abavela ngaphandle kwesizinda sayo samanje, futhi inyunyana ithi i-BA izosebenzisa inkampani engaphansi kwayo ukuphoqelela izinguquko ekukhokheleni kanye nezimo zokusebenza zabo bonke abasebenzi bendiza yendiza.
"Sifuna abashayeli bezindiza abandizayo babe ngabashayeli bezindiza be-BA," kusho uJim McAuslan, unobhala jikelele we-Balpa, namuhla engxoxweni yocingo njengoba umbhikisho usufike esiphethweni. “Imayelana nokuphepha emsebenzini, imisebenzi kanye nenhlonipho.”
Isikhulu esiphezulu seBritish Airways, uWillie Walsh, uthe inkampani entsha yezindiza idinga izindleko eziphansi uma izoqhudelana nezinkampani zezindiza ezinkulu zenethiwekhi. I-OpenSkies iyingxenye yempendulo yenkampani yezindiza esivumelwaneni se-European Union-US esizokhulula ukuhamba kwezindiza ze-trans-Atlantic kusukela ngoMashi 31.
Iziqinisekiso Kubashayeli Bezindiza
Inkampani yezindiza inikeze isiqinisekiso sokuthi i-OpenSkies ngeke ithinte amaholo nemibandela yabashayeli bezindiza abahamba phambili. I-OpenSkies izosebenzisa indiza eyodwa ye-Boeing Co. 757 ukuze isebenzise isevisi yokuqala yaseParis-New York, ekhula ibe yizindiza eziyisithupha ekupheleni kuka-2009.
"IBritish Airways ifuna ukulondoloza ukuguquguquka kwayo - ifuna abagibeli bebhizinisi be-OpenSkies, bazozuza kanzima futhi badinga ukukwenza ngokwezomnotho," kusho uJohn Strickland, umqondisi wengcweti yezindiza ezinze eLondon i-JLS Consulting Ltd. kubonakala sengathi yenze konke okusemandleni ukudambisa ukwesaba kukaBalpa, kodwa inyunyana iye yathonywa yilokho abakubone e-States.”
Isivumelwano esibizwa nge-open-skys agreement sizovumela izindiza ze-EU ukuthi indize ziye e-US zisuka kunoma yisiphi isikhumulo sezindiza se-bloc, esikhundleni samazwe azo asekhaya kuphela. Iphinde iqede ukukhiya iBritish Izindiza kanye nezinye izinkampani ezintathu zenethiwekhi ezike zaba nayo kusevisi yase-US zisuka e-Heathrow, isikhumulo sezindiza esimatasa kakhulu eYurophu.
Abashayeli bezindiza base-Balpa bavotele ukuteleka ngo-Feb. 21. Ngaphansi komthetho waseBrithani babe nefasitela lezinsuku ezingu-28 ababezoqala kulo uhambo. INkantolo eNkulu yase-UK yelule umnqamulajuqu ngemuva kokuthi izingxoxo phakathi kwezinhlangothi zombili zibhuntshile futhi inyunyana ifuna ukuvimba umyalelo osatshiswa yinkampani yezindiza.
Ukuvimbela Isiteleka
IBritish Airways izama ukusebenzisa umthetho wokuncintisana we-EU ukuvimbela isiteleka, ngokusho kukaBalpa. Umthetho unikeza abantu be-EU ilungelo lokusungula amabhizinisi kwelinye lamazwe ale nhlangano.
I-Balpa imele cishe abashayeli bezindiza abangu-3,000 kwabangu-3,200 bendiza. I-Air Line Pilots Association, ithe izokweseka ukubonakaliswa kuka-Balpa kule mpelasonto ngokucosha ezikhumulweni zezindiza zase-US kuhlanganise noJohn F. Kennedy International waseNew York, eWashington Dulles, eLos Angeles International, eSan Francisco International naseSeattle Tacoma International.
Abashayeli bezindiza be-American Airlines Inc. bebetomula esikhumulweni sezindiza i-British Airways esikhumulweni sezindiza i-John F. Kennedy ngesikhathi esifanayo nemashi yombhikisho e-London, kusho uMcAuslan.
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