Ama-Feds anika izithupha ezansi ku-Delta-Virgin Blue alliance

WASHINGTON - Abaphathi baka-Obama ngoLwesithathu banikeze isithupha ezinhlelweni ze-Virgin Blue Holdings Ltd. kanye ne-Delta Air Lines Inc. zokuxhumanisa ukusebenza kwezindiza ze-trans-Pacific phakathi kwe-Australia ne-US

UMnyango Wezokuthutha wase-US uhlongoze ukwenqaba isicelo sokugonywa kwe-antitrust obekungavumela umfelandawonye phakathi kwezikhulu zeDelta neVirgin Blue. Lesi sikhungo sithe sesifinyelele esiphethweni sokuthi iDelta neVirgin Blue Group bebengakhombisi ukuthi umfelandawonye ohlongozwayo uzoveza izinzuzo ezanele ukuze kuvunyelwe ukukhululwa emithethweni yokungathembeki.

"I-Delta kanye nozakwethu basanda kungena emakethe yase-US-Australia, abakaze babonise izinhlelo ezithuthukisiwe zokusebenza njengabalingani bezentengiselwano, futhi balinganisele ukusebenzisana kwabo emizileni embalwa, ngaleyo ndlela benciphisa izinzuzo zomphakathi ezingase zikhishwe umfelandawonye wabo," i-US. UMnyango wezokuThutha uthe esitatimendeni umemezela lesi sinqumo. I-ejensi yengeze ngokuthi izindiza zehlulekile ukukhombisa umfelandawonye wazo kuzoholela ekwehleni kwezindleko zendiza, ukwanda kwamandla noma ezinye izinzuzo kubathengi.

Isinqumo sizoba ngujuqu ngemuva kwesikhathi sokuphawula komphakathi ukuze kuvunyelwe izinkampani zezindiza nezinye izinhlangano ezinentshisekelo ukuthi zizwakalise ukuphikisa. Izinkampani zezindiza seziyitholile imvume kahulumeni evela e-Australia ukuze ziqhubekele phambili nezinhlelo zomfelandawonye.

I-Virgin Blue Group ihlanganisa i-V Australia, i-Virgin Blue, ne-Pacific Blue Airlines esebenzisana nayo kokubili e-Australia naseNew Zealand.

Khonamanjalo, iBritish Airways PLC kanye nabalingani bayo be-transatlantic alliance bahlela ukuxhumanisa izinhlelo zabo zokundiza njalo kusukela ngenyanga ezayo futhi bethule izinsiza ezintsha ezihlanganyelwe ngo-2011 ngomzamo wokuwina abagibeli abaningi abakhokha kakhulu.

I-BA, ukuhlanganiswa kozakwethu u-Iberia Lineas Aereas de Espana SA wase-Spain kanye ne-American Airlines bazokwethula ngokusemthethweni ibhizinisi elinwetshiwe engxenyeni yokuqala ka-Okthoba ngemva kokuba abalawuli benikeze amalungu omfelandawonye we-Oneworld ukulingana nabathwali bamaqembu ezimbangi ze-Star ne-SkyTeam.

Inkampani yezindiza yase-UK kanye ne-American, iyunithi ye-AMR Corp., yizinkampani ezinkulu ezithwala abagibeli emizileni enqamula i-Atlantic, kodwa zavinjelwa ngaphambilini ekuxhumaniseni amashejuli, ukumaketha nemali yokugibela, okunqinda amandla azo okugcina nokuheha abahambi bebhizinisi ababiza imali ephezulu.

USimon Talling-Smith, iphini likamengameli we-BA emazweni aseMelika, uthe ukuxhumanisa izinhlelo zokwethembeka kuzoba yisinyathelo sokuqala sokukhulisa isikhundla sabo sokuncintisana, okulandelwa wukunikeza imali yokugibela ekhethekile evumela abagibeli ukuthi bandize baye komunye wozakwethu bese bebuyela komunye.

Izinkampani zezindiza ezintathu zihlela ukuqala ukumaketha ngokuhlanganyela kumakhasimende ezinkampani ekuqaleni kuka-2011, ukuvala elinye igebe nemifelandawonye eyizimbangi, kuyilapho izinguquko zeshejuli zizoqala ukusebenza kusukela ngo-Ephreli ozayo.

"Sesiqala ukuqoqa ukugqagqana futhi sihlukanise amanye amashejuli," kusho uMnu. Talling-Smith engxoxweni. Izinkampani zezindiza zifuna ukuqeda izindiza ezisondelene, ikakhulukazi eziya eNew York, eChicago naseMiami.