Abalawuli baseMelika cishe bazogunyaza umfelandawonye ohlongozwayo weBritish Airways Plc-American Airlines ngaphandle kokudinga ukuthi abathwali banikeze izindiza izimbangi zabo esikhumulweni sezindiza i-Heathrow eLondon, kusho isikhulu seBritish Air.
"Kuyindawo yokuncintisana ehluke kakhulu" kunango-2002, lapho uMnyango Wezokuthutha e-US ufuna umhlatshelo wezindawo zokusuka kanye nokuhlaliswa kwamasonto onke angama-224 e-Heathrow ukuze uzuze ukugunyazwa komfelandawonye, kusho isikhulu esiphezulu uWillie Walsh engxoxweni izolo. “Angikholwa ukuthi kudingekile” ukuyeka izikhala.
Isivumelwano sezindiza esikhona ngaleso sikhathi sivumela abathwali abane kuphela ukuba bandize imizila ye-Heathrow-US. Lokho kukhuphuke kwafinyelela kwabayisishiyagalolunye ngemuva kokuqala kwesivumelwano se-"Open Skies" ngonyaka odlule, kusho u-Walsh.
I-AMR Corp.'s American, inkampani yenethiwekhi yase-US yesibili ngobukhulu, kanye ne-British Airways, okuyinkampani yesithathu enkulu kunazo zonke e-Europe, bafuna imvume yoMnyango Wezokuthutha wase-US ukuze bahlanganyele ne-Iberia Lineas Aereas de Espana SA, inkampani enkulu yenethiwekhi yaseSpain. UMnyango Wezokuthutha unesikhathi kuze kube u-Oct. 31 ukuthi unqume.
"Ngeke kugunyazwe ngaphandle kwamakhambi ezimakethe ezithile," kusho uStephen Furlong, umhlaziyi wakwaDavy Stockbrokers eDublin ngesincomo "esingasebenzi kahle" kuBritish Izindiza. "Angicabangi ukuthi sibheka into efana nalokhu obekufanele bavumelane ngakho ngaphambili, kodwa ngingamangala uma lawo makhambi engabandakanyi uhlobo oluthile lwezikhala."
IBritish Airways ibihweba phansi ngamaphesenti angu-0.5 ngo-223.7 pence kusukela ngo-12:04 pm eLondon. Isitoko sizuze amaphesenti angama-24 kulo nyaka. I-Iberia ingeze amaphesenti angu-14 kanti i-AMR yehle ngamaphesenti angu-23.
I-OneWorld Partners
Isiphakamiso sombimbi sizovumela abathwali abathathu ukuthi basebenze ndawonye ezindizeni zamazwe ngamazwe eqenjini labo le-Oneworld ngaphandle kokushushiswa ngokungathembeki. Ukungavikeleki kuzodlulela ekusebenzisaneni neFinnair Oyj, inkampani yezindiza enkulu kunazo zonke eFinland, kanye neRoyal Jordanian Airlines, inkampani ephethwe uhulumeni waseJordani.
IBritish Airways kanye neMelika bafuna ukungathembeki okwesithathu kusukela kwamenyezelwa uhlelo lokuqala ngo-1996. Isiphakamiso sokugcina sahoxiswa ngo-2002 ngemuva kokuthi abalawuli baseMelika bethi bafuna ukunikezela ngezindiza eziningi e-Heathrow kubancintisana nabo kunalokho izinkampani ezazizimisele ukuhlinzeka ngazo. .
Isivumelwano se-Open Skies esaqala ngo-2008 saqeda ukubusa kwezindiza zase-US-Heathrow ze-American, British Airways, Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd. kanye ne-UAL Corp.'s United Airlines. Lapho isivumelwano siqala, izinkampani zenethiwekhi ezihlanganisa i-Delta Air Lines Inc. kanye ne-Continental Airlines Inc. zengeze leyo mizila.
'I-Untouchable Duopoly'
Ukugunyazwa kuzovumela abathwali bomfelandawonye wezindiza ze-Oneworld ukuthi baqhudelane okokuqala ne-Star kanye ne-SkyTeam, amanye amaqembu amakhulu ezinkampani ezithwala izifo ezingavikeleki ekuthembekeni, kusho u-Walsh.
"Uma i-Star ne-SkyTeam behlala bewukuphela kwemifelandawonye egonyiwe ngaphesheya kwe-Atlantic, singagcina sine-duopoly engathinteki," kusho u-Walsh kamuva enkulumweni yakhe neqembu lezindiza.
Engxoxweni, u-Walsh uthe uMnyango Wezokuthutha "ubeke isibonelo esiqine kakhulu" ngokugunyaza ukungathembeki kwezivumelwano ze-Star kanye ne-SkyTeam kusukela ngonyaka odlule.
Umhlaziyi wezokuThutha uDouglas McNeill kwa-Astaire Securities eLondon uthe uWalsh ubekhuluma ngesinqumo asifisa kakhulu.
“Kuwumphumela ocatshangwayo ngokuphelele, kodwa awuqinisekisiwe,” kusho uMcNeill, onesilinganiso “sokuthenga” ku-BA. "Yize abalawuli bebecele ukudela i-slot esikhathini esedlule, kunezizathu zokucabanga ukuthi kungenzeka bangakwenzi kulokhu, kodwa umuntu akanaso isiqiniseko."
UWalsh uthe ibhizinisi enkampanini yakhe yenkampani "yehlile," ngaphandle kokukhombisa noma yiziphi izinkomba zokubuya.
"Okwethu ukuhlela ibhizinisi bekuwukuthi sizobona izimpawu zokululama e-US ngasekupheleni kwalo nyaka wekhalenda futhi sizobona i-UK ne-Europe ikhombisa izimpawu zokululama ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ngemuva kwalokho," kusho u-Walsh. “Ngiyaxolisa ukusho ukuthi angiziboni izimpawu zalokho okwamanje.”
I-CEO iphinde yathi amanani kawoyela, angaba ngu-$70 umphongolo, angase akhuphuke.
"Isikhathi eside sikholelwa ukuthi uwoyela cishe ungathola inani endaweni ethile phakathi kwaleyo $70 kanye ne-$90, mhlawumbe i-$70 ne-$100."
