Isivumelwano saseJapan-US "Open Skies" sivula amabhidi wokungathembeki wokuvikela ukungathembeki

Izwe laseMelika kanye neJapan bavumelene ngohlaka lohlelo oluthiwa “Open Skies”, oluvula indlela yokuba abathwali kubalwa i-United Airlines, i-All Nippon Airways Co, ne-Continental Airlines Inc. bafune ukuzivikela ekulweni nokungezwani.

Lesi sivumelwano sichaza izinhlelo zokusula imikhawulo kahulumeni ezindizeni eziphakathi kwalezi zizwe zombili, kubandakanya nemikhawulo yamanani entengo abathwali abangayikhokhisa nezimakethe abangazisebenzela, kusho iJapan ne-US namuhla ngokukhishwa okuhlukile.

Izinkampani zezindiza e-US, imakethe yezindiza enkulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni, kanye neJapan, okuyindawo yesithathu ngobukhulu, bazokwazi ukwenza njengenkampani eyodwa yamanani entengo, ukuhlela nokukhangisa izindiza zomhlaba. UMnyango Wezokuthutha wase-US, odinga izivumelwano ze-Open Skies ngaphambi kokuthi uphasise ukungavikeleki kwamasheya, uthe la mazwe ahlose ukusayina lesi sivumelwano ngaphambi kuka-Okthoba ozayo.

"Sinabalingani abafanele futhi sibheke phambili ekwenzeni ibhizinisi elihlanganyelwe ngaphesheya kwePacific nabalingani bethu besikhathi eside i-All Nippon Airways kanye ne-Continental," kusho uGlenn Tilton, isikhulu esiphezulu senhlangano yomzali waseChicago i-United Airlines umzali u-UAL Corp. isitatimende esithunyelwe ngeposi.

Faka isicelo 'Ngokushesha'

I-United ihlela ukufaka isicelo sokuvikelwa kokungathembeki kanye nabalingani beStar Alliance i-All Nippon ne-Continental “kungekudala,” ngokusho kwe-imeyili. Ozakwethu, abangamalungu eqembu lezindiza elikhulu kunawo wonke emhlabeni, njengamanje banqunyelwe ekuthengiseni izihlalo ezindizeni zabanye futhi babelane ngenzuzo ethile.

I-All Nippon yaseTokyo, okuyisithuthi sesibili ngobukhulu e-Asia, ithe "izokwenza" masinyane "ukulungiselela amalungiselelo obudlelwano nabalingani bayo baseMelika, kanti iZwekazi laseHouston lathi likhuluma ngokubambisana okujulile ne-All Nippon ne-United, abathwali Kusho izitatimende ezihlukene.

I-Open Skies "yizindaba ezinhle kubahambi bezindiza namabhizinisi ezinhlangothini zombili zePacific," kusho uNobhala Wezokuthutha uRay LaHood. "Abathengi baseMelika nabaseJapan, izindiza kanye nezomnotho bazojabulela izinzuzo zamanani okuncintisana kanye nensizakalo elula."

IJapan Airlines Corp., okuyisiphathimandla esikhulu kunazo zonke e-Asia, izokwazi ukuthola ukuvikelwa kokungathembeki ne-Oneworld umlingani we-American Airlines noma iSkyTeam yenethiwekhi iDelta Air Lines Inc., kuya ngokuthi yiziphi izinkampani ezimbili umphathi azikhethayo ngemuva kwezingxoxo eziqhubekayo manje.

Abagibeli abaningi

"Siyayithokozela imizamo emikhulu efakwe yiziphathimandla zombili zamazwe ngalolu daba, futhi sibheke phambili ekwandisweni kwenqola yabagibeli nezimpahla phakathi kwala mazwe kusukela ngo-Okthoba 2010," kusho uMengameli weJAL uHaruka Nishimatsu esitatimendeni asithumele nge-imeyili.

IDelta, okuyinkampani yezindiza enkulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni, izama ukuheha iJAL ezinze eTokyo kwaSkyTeam, okuyiqembu lesibili ngobukhulu ezindizeni. IDelta ezinze e-Atlanta inikezele ngokutshala imali engamaRandi ayizigidi ezingama-500 kuJAL njengengxenye yohlelo lwezigidigidi zamaRandi ezibandakanya ukubolekwa kwemali kanye neziqinisekiso zokuthengisa.

I-American, inkampani yesibili ngobukhulu emhlabeni, iphikisane nesiphakamiso sokutshala imali engango- $ 1.1 billion kuJAL, kanye neqembu elizimele le-TPG. I-American iphethwe yi-AMR Corp., ezinze eFort Worth, eTexas, futhi eyilungu le-Oneworld, umfelandawonye wesithathu ngobukhulu emhlabeni.

Ukulungiswa Okukhulu

Isivumelwano kuzoba ukulungiswa kokuqala okukhulu kwesivumelwano sezindiza sango-1952 phakathi kwe-US neJapan kusukela ngo-1998. Babalelwa ku-178 million abagibeli bezindiza bamazwe ngamazwe abangena bephuma e-US ngonyaka odlule, kwathi abayizigidi ezingama-56.5 benza kanjalo eJapan, ngokusho kwe-International Air. Inhlangano Yezokuthutha.

Izingxoxo ziqale ngoDisemba 7 eWashington zaze zaphela ngoDisemba 11. Bekungumzuliswano wesihlanu wezinkulumo ngesivumelwano se-Open Skies.

Imikhawulo ezosulwa ngaphansi kwe-Open Skies ifaka eyodwa evumela ohulumeni baseMelika nabaseJapan ukuthi bavote imali yokunyuka kwezindiza ezivela emazweni abo. Omunye umkhawulo uvumela kuphela abathwali be-US abathathu, i-Delta, i-United ne-FedEx Corp., ukuthi basebenzise zonke izimakethe zaseJapan ngezindiza ezingenamkhawulo.

I-United Parcel Service Inc., i-American, Continental, i-US Airways Group Inc., iHawaiian Holdings Inc. kanye ne-Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings Inc. baphakathi kwabathwali abangeke besabhekana nemikhawulo yezindiza ngaphansi kwe-Open Skies.