I-Ryanair ingaphoqeleka ukuthi ithengise yonke ingxenye yayo ku-Aer Lingus ngemuva kokuthi abalawuli namuhla bethi ukubamba kungalimaza ukuncintisana ngemali yokugibela nemizila.
Kepha isikhulu esiphezulu senkampani ephethe isabelomali, uMichael O'Leary, sakuphikisa ngokushesha ukuthi isinqumo sesikhashana seKhomishana Yezokuncintisana mayelana nengxenye yayo engamaphesenti angama-30 e-Aer Lingus "sasiyinqaba futhi siyiphutha ngokusobala" futhi "nokunye nokumosha okukhulu kwezinsiza zabakhokhi bentela base-UK ecaleni. elinomthelela omncane uma likhona kubathengi base-UK”.
I-CC ithe ucezu lweRyanair luka-29.8% lwembangi yalo yase-Ireland lungase luqhudelane emizileni ephakathi kwe-UK ne-Ireland futhi yaxwayisa: “ukuba namasheya kunikeza iRyanair ikhono lokuthonya inqubomgomo yezohwebo kanye namasu e-Aer Lingus, imbangi yayo enkulu kule mizila.
“Ivumela ukuthi ivimbe izinqumo ezikhethekile ze-Aer Lingus futhi ivimbele izinhlelo zayo zokukhipha amasheya kanye nokukhuphula imali; kungase futhi kuvimbele imbangi yayo ukuba ilahle izindawo zayo ezibalulekile esikhumulweni sezindiza i-Heathrow.”
Kodwa kusukela i-CC yaqala ukubheka isigxobo sikaRyanair ngoJuni 2012, inkampani yenethiwekhi yenza isicelo sayo sesithathu ku-Aer Lingus, umnikelo wama-euro ayizigidi ezingu-694 (ama-£594 wezigidi) owavinjwa yiKhomishini YaseYurophu ngoFebhuwari. Namuhla inkampani yezindiza yesabelomali isebenzise okutholwe yileso simo ukugxeka isinqumo sakamuva somlawuli wase-UK.
URyanair uthe isinqumo se-CC besiphula umthetho we-EU, u-O'Leary ethi: “NgoFebhuwari iKhomishini YaseYurophu yathola ukuthi ukuncintisana phakathi kweRyanair kanye no-Aer Lingus 'kushubile' kusukela ngo-2007. [Ngakho lesi] isinqumo se-CC sizokwephula ngokusobala. umsebenzi weSivumelwano se-EU wokubambisana okuqotho phakathi kwe-EU ne-UK. Ngakho-ke iRyanair icela iKhomishini Yezokuncintisana ukuthi ihambisane nalesi simiso somthetho eseqile futhi iqede lolu phenyo mbumbulu nolungenasisekelo mayelana namasheya amancane aneminyaka eyisithupha nesigamu phakathi kwezindiza ezimbili zase-Ireland.”
I-Ryanair ithe umbono wokuthi isigxobo sayo sibambe ikhono le-Aer Lingus lokuheha ezinye izindiza waphikiswa ukuthenga kwe-Etihad okungu-£12 million wesiteki esingamaphesenti amathathu ngoMeyi odlule. U-O'Leary wanezela: “I-Aer Lingus yenza imali engaphansi kwephesenti elingu-3 lokuhamba kwezindiza zase-UK…
I-Ryanair ithe izoyisa icala e-UK Competition Appeals Tribunal uma i-CC iqinisekisa isinqumo sayo ngoJulayi, futhi "ngemuva kwalokho, uma kunesidingo, eNkantolo Yokudlulisa Amacala".
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- But the budget carrier's chief executive Michael O'Leary immediately spat back that the Competition Commission's provisional decision on its near-30 per cent stake in Aer Lingus was “bizarre and manifestly wrong” and “yet another enormous waste of UK taxpayer resources on a case which has little if any impact on UK consumers”.
- I-Ryanair ithe izoyisa icala e-UK Competition Appeals Tribunal uma i-CC iqinisekisa isinqumo sayo ngoJulayi, futhi "ngemuva kwalokho, uma kunesidingo, eNkantolo Yokudlulisa Amacala".
- “Aer Lingus accounts for less than 1 per cent of the UK's total air traffic… [This case] is yet another enormous waste of UK taxpayer resources on a case which has little if any impact on UK consumers.
