Inkantolo YaseMelika Yokudlulisa Amacala Yesifunda sase-Columbia ikhiphe isinqumo esiphikisayo UkuBhebhanaumzamo wokwenza izinkampani zezindiza zase-US zithobelane ne-Montreal Convention, isivumelwano samazwe ngamazwe esilawula ukuhamba ngendiza.
I-Athikili 19 ye-Montreal Convention iqinisekisa isinxephezelo sabagibeli ngokwesisekelo esingenalo iphutha ngokubambezeleka kwendiza ohambweni lwamazwe ngamazwe kufika ku-$6,400. Ngokwe-Athikili 3 yesivumelwano, izinkampani zezindiza kufanele zinikeze isaziso esanele sokuthi abagibeli bangase babe nelungelo laleyo nhlawulo yokulibaziseka kwendiza.
Isinqumo senkantolo sivumela i-DOT ukuthi iqhubeke nokulahla isibopho sayo ngaphansi kwegunya layo elingokomthetho lokuvimbela imikhuba yendiza engalungile noma ekhohlisayo ngokuqeda ukuntuleka kwesaziso mayelana namalungelo abagibeli be-Montreal Convention. Inkantolo ihlehlisele i-DOT, ephikise ngokuthi ayikabuqoqi ubufakazi obanele bokudideka kwabagibeli.
U-Paul Hudson, uMongameli we-FlyersRights.org, uchaze “Izinkampani zezindiza zikwazisa kuphela ukuthi isinxephezelo singakhawulwa, ngaphandle kokudalula inani lesinxephezelo sokulibaziseka (kufika ku-$6400), ukuthi sitholwa kanjani isinxephezelo, noma ukuthi isivumelwano sidlula noma yiziphi izinhlinzeko eziphambene Inkontileka yenkampani yendiza yokuthwala. Izinkampani zezindiza zivala ulwazi ngemithetho eqinile ezinkontilekeni ezinde zenqola kumawebhusayithi azo, ukuze iningi labagibeli liwazi amalungelo abo okulibaziseka okunxeshezelwa ohambweni lwamazwe ngamazwe.”
Izinkampani zezindiza ezinkulu ezintathu zase-US (i-American, Delta kanye ne-United) ezinezindiza zamazwe ngamazwe azinikezi isaziso noma zingcwabe izaziso ngamagama angokomthetho angaqondakali ekujuleni kwesizindalwazi sazo, futhi izisebenzi zendiza zihlala ziqamba amanga abagibeli ukuthi abanawo amalungelo okunxeshezelwa ngokubambezeleka.”
UMnu. Hudson uqhube wathi, “Manje kusemahlombe eNgqungquthela ukugunyaza izaziso zolimi olulula ukuze kuqedwe inkohliso yesinxephezelo sokubambezeleka kwezinkampani zezindiza. Lo mkhuba okhohlisayo uye waphuca abagibeli izigidigidi zamaRandi isinxephezelo sokulibaziseka ngaphansi komthetho wamazwe ngamazwe.”
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