ISebe lezoThutho laseUnited States (DOT) libhengeze ukuba likhuphe isohlwayo se-425,000 yeedola kwi-Ethiopian Airlines ngokuqhuba iinqwelomoya ezisebenzisa ikhowudi yomqambi we-United Airlines, kunye nesohlwayo se-400,000 yeedola kwi-Etihad Airways ngokuqhuba iinqwelomoya phantsi kwekhowudi yomqambi weJetBlue Airways, zombini kwiindawo apho iFederal Aviation Administration (FAA) yenza isithintelo sokubhabha kubasebenzi base-US. Iinkampani zeenqwelo moya ziyalelwe ukuba ziyeke ukunyhashwa kolu hlobo kwixesha elizayo.
Uphando olwenziwe yiOfisi yeSebe yoKhuseleko lwabaThengi beenqwelomoya (OACP) lufumanise ukuba ukusukela ngoFebruwari 2020 ukuya kuDisemba 2022, Airlines yaseTopiya iqhube iinqwelomoya ezininzi zisebenzisa ikhowudi ye-United Airlines phakathi kwe-Ethiopia ne-Djibouti kwisithuba somoya esithintelwe yi-FAA yabasebenzi base-US. Okuqaphelekayo, enye yezi nqwelomoya zingavumelekanga yenzeka emva kokuba i-OACP ithumele isaziso sophando kwi-Ethiopian Airlines malunga nalo mba. Ngokuqhuba ezi nqwelomoya, i-Ethiopian Airlines yaphule imimiselo yegunya layo lokusebenza kwaye ibandakanyeka kuthutho lwenqwelomoya ngaphandle kwesigunyaziso esiyimfuneko se-DOT.
Uphando oluzimeleyo lwe-OACP lufumanise ukuba ukususela ngo-Agasti 2022 ukuya kuSeptemba 2022, i-Etihad Airways iqhube iinqwelomoya ezininzi isebenzisa ikhowudi ye-JetBlue Airways phakathi kwe-United Arab Emirates kunye ne-United States, kwisithuba somoya i-FAA esichonge njengesithintelo kubasebenzi base-US. Ngaphaya koko, ngaphandle kokuba i-OACP ixelele i-Etihad Airways ngolu lwaphulo-mthetho ngoSeptemba ka-2022 nangoNovemba ka-2022, kwafunyaniswa ukuba phakathi kukaJanuwari ka-2023 no-Epreli ka-2023, i-Etihad Airways iqhubekile nokuqhuba iinqwelomoya ezininzi ezongezelelweyo phantsi kwekhowudi ye-JetBlue Airways kwindawo enye enemiqathango. Oku kuziphatha kubangele ukwaphulwa kwemimiselo yegunya layo lokusebenza kwaye kubandakanye imisebenzi yokuthutha ngomoya ngaphandle kogunyaziso oluyimfuneko lweDOT.