I-Frontier: I-JetBlue ayikutsheli iqiniso

I-Frontier Group Holdings, Inc., inkampani engumzali ye-Frontier Airlines, Inc., namuhla ikhiphe isitatimende esilandelayo mayelana nokuhlanganiswa okuhlongozwayo kukaFrontier no-Spirit.

Emasontweni ambalwa adlule, i-JetBlue imemezele ukuthi abaphathi be-Spirit bacashe ngemuva kokukhathazeka "okungamanga" kanye "nokudukisa" kwe-antitrust ukuze kwenqabele i-JetBlue ilungelo lokuthatha izintambo-nokwesula ekubeni khona-inkampani yenethiwekhi enkulu kunazo zonke yezwe enezindleko eziphansi.

I-JetBlue ayikutsheli iqiniso. A umoya ukutholwa ngu JetBlue kungaholela esiphethweni esibulalayo—iqiniso lokuthi akukho mali, imfucumfucu, noma ukuduka okuyoshintsha. Futhi okuwukuphela kwenani abanikazi bamasheya be-Spirit abangase balithole esiphakamisweni se-JetBlue yimali ehlehlisiwe yokunqanyulwa, ngoba isiphakamiso se-JetBlue asinawo noma yimaphi amathuba angokoqobo okuthola imvume yokulawula.

I-JetBlue ivumile ukuthi izosusa unomphela umthamo emakethe ngokufaka kabusha izimoto ze-Spirit ukuze zisuse izihlalo. Abameli be-Antitrust babiza lokho "umkhawulo wokukhipha," futhi kuyabulala kubhidi ye-JetBlue. Kanjalo nokunyuka kwentengo okuvunyelwe kwe-JetBlue. Umthamo omncane wendiza usho amanani okugibela aphezulu. Isikhulu esiphezulu seJetBlue, uRobin Hayes, uyakwazi lokho. Uphawule ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezedlule, “Inani elijwayelekile lemali yokugibela lizokhuphuka ngoba kukhona [sic] izihlalo ezincane.” Yilokho kanye iJetBlue ebizokwenza ngemikhumbi ye-Spirit. Impela, lapho imemezela isicelo sayo ngo-Ephreli 6, iJetBlue ithe ukutholwa kuzokwenziwa. ukwandisa izilinganiso zayo zenzuzo, naphezu kwezindleko eziphakeme.

Lawa maqiniso—avuma amanani aphakeme nokukhishwa okuphansi—aqinisekisa ukuthi i-JetBlue ayisoze yathola imvume yokutholwa kwayo okuhlongozwayo kwe-Spirit. Awekho “ama-divestitures” afunwayo wezikhala zesikhumulo sezindiza noma amasango, noma izimangalo ezingamanga noma amasu, okungalungisa izinkinga ezibulalayo ze-JetBlue.

Futhi lezi akuzona izinkinga zokulawula ze-JetBlue kuphela. Isizathu esiphikisana nokuncintisana ngebhidi yayo sisobala. I-JetBlue ize yakuvuma, yasho ngo-2021 10-K yayo ukuthi isivumelwano se-Frontier/Spirit siwusongo “ekuqhudelaneni kwe-JetBlue”—kanye nesibonelo sokuhlangana “okungabangela ukuba imali yokugibela yezimbangi zethu yehliswe.” UMnu. Hayes kamuva wavuma ukuthi "isikhathi" sebhidi ye-JetBlue "ngokuqinisekile siqhutshwa isimemezelo" sokuhlanganisa okuhlongozwayo kwe-ULCC.

Bese kuba khona icala elilindile loMnyango Wezobulungiswa wase-US ngokumelene ne-JetBlue lokuvimba uMfelandawonye wabo waseNyakatho-mpumalanga ne-American Airlines. Naphezu kokuqinisekisa wonke umuntu—kuhlanganise nabanikazi bamasheya be-Spirit—ukuthi ukuthengiselana kuzosakaza inganekwane, ebizwa ngokuthi “I-JetBlue Effect,” uMnu. Hayes ngaphambilini wavuma isizathu se-DOJ sokuletha icala le-NEA: “I-DOJ ikholelwa ukuthi ithonya laseMelika lizoqeda "I-JetBlue Effect." Ngakho-ke i-DOJ isivele iziphikisile izimpikiswano ze-JetBlue mayelana nokwenziwe. Futhi, ngokuphambene nokugomela kukaMnu. Hayes ukuthi icala le-NEA lizoxazululwa maduze-futhi ngaleyo ndlela ngeke libe nomthelela kunoma iyiphi indlela ekuthathweni kwe-JetBlue/Spirit-ngokuqinisekile kuzothatha iminyaka ukuxazulula icala le-NEA, ngokuqulwa kwecala kanye nazo zonke izikhalazo ezingenakugwemeka. Ngenkathi abanikazi bamasheya be-Spirit belinde ini, ngempela? Imali yokuhlukana, eminyakeni kamuva, ngaphandle kwebhidi ye-JetBlue ekhohlisayo?

Sekuphele amasonto, i-JetBlue igcwalise amaza omoya ngomsindo. Yabelane ngoxhaxha olumangalisayo lwezimangalo ezidukisayo, sonke kuyilapho iziba izinkinga ezisobala nezibulalayo zokungathembeki. Impela, izolo nje, iJetBlue ithe "ochwepheshe bangaphandle bayavuma ukuthi, ngaphakathi kwabaphathi bamanje, ukuthengiselana kwethu kunethuba elifanayo neleFrontier ekutholeni imvume."⁴ I-JetBlue ayifaki umthombo, kunjalo-ngakho "ochwepheshe bangaphandle" kubonakala sengathi bakhuluma ngabo? Eyakhe uqobo, ummeli we-antitrust oqashwe yi-JetBlue.

I-JetBlue ifuna ukuthi ucabange ukuthi i-Frontier ne-JetBlue ziletha amaphrofayli engozi e-antitrust ahluke kuphela ngezinga, hhayi ngohlobo. Kodwa akukho okungaba ngaphezu kweqiniso. Ukuthengwa kwe-JetBlue ye-Spirit akukwazanga ukuphumelela.

Ukuhlanganiswa kwe-Frontier/Spirit kuhluke ngokuphelele. Umsebenzi wethu uzokhuphula umkhiqizo futhi wehlise izintengo ngokuletha amanani okugibela aphansi kakhulu emigwaqweni eyengeziwe ngokuncintisana nezindiza ezinkulu, eziphakeme, eziphakeme. I-Frontier ne-Spirit ehlanganisiwe izogqugquzela isidingo ngokunxenxa abantu ukuthi bandize lapho amanani okugibela aphezulu anikezwa i-JetBlue kanye ne-Big Four izobakhipha emakethe.