Isibhengezo esenziwe yiJapan Air Lines ekugcineni intsebenziswano kunye neAmerican Airlines-kwaye ngenxa yoko ne-Oneworld Alliance- siphelisa idabi elikhulayo phakathi kweAmerican kunye neDelta Air Lines ukurhwebesha umthuthi waseJapan. Amarhe agqugqisile kwezi nyanga zintandathu zidlulileyo zokunduluka okunokwenzeka kwinkampani yaseJapan ukusuka kwi-Oneworld ukuya kwi-Skyteam ngokutshintshela iqabane layo lase-USA kwiDelta Air Lines. Imbali yesigqibo seJapan Airlines sijongeka sisiphithiphithi: Ngomhla we-15 kaJanuwari, icaphula 'imithombo yangaphakathi ye-JAL', iphephandaba laseYomiuri Shimburi liqinisekisile ukuba iJapan Airlines ifikelele kwisivumelwano malunga nokudibana neDelta Air Lines. I-Delta Air Lines iza kufaka i-US$ 1 yebhiliyoni kwi-JAL ukuyinceda itshintshe umanyano. Olu lwazi lwabethelelwa ubukhulu becala ngamaziko eendaba ehlabathini lonke. I-tie-up iya kuthi ke iguqulelwe kwikhowudi yokwabelana ngeenqwelomoya kunye neDelta kunye nesicelo kwabasemagunyeni base-US sokungathembeki kwiindlela ze-trans-pacific. I-JAL yafaka ifayile okwangoku yokukhusela i-bankruptcy kwaye yangena kwinkqubo yohlengahlengiso ngenkxaso karhulumente waseJapan.
Isibhengezo se-JAL edlala ngothando neDelta sele sinesiphumo: I-American Airlines kunye namahlakani ayo e-Oneworld baluphakamisile uncedo lwabo lwezemali kumthwali ogulayo ukusuka kwi-US$ 1.1 ukuya kwi-US$ 1.4 yebhiliyoni. Ngomhla we-18 kaJanuwari, i-Dutch daily De Telegraaf ibike ukuba i-Delta kunye ne-Air France-KLM ifikelele kwisivumelwano apho umthwali we-Franco-Dutch uya kuba negalelo kwiphakheji yezemali kunye ngamakhulu ezigidi ze-euro. "I-JAL ifumene ingcebiso esemthethweni yokuba ukuhlangana neDelta kuya kuba luncedo ngakumbi, ngokutsho kwabantu abaqhelene nalo mbandela, ngenxa yokuba iDelta inothungelwano lwenqwelomoya oludlulayo lwePacific kunye nenethiwekhi eyomeleleyo yaseAsia kuneAmerican Airlines, ” lacaphula iphephandaba.
Emva koko, ekupheleni kukaJanuwari, kwangena uMasaru Onishi, umongameli omtsha we-JAL. Ngubani owabhengeza ukuba iingxoxo kunye ne-American kunye ne-Delta ziqhubeka kunye nesigqibo sokugqibela esithathwe "kungekudala". Ngomhla we-8 kaFebruwari, i-AFP yabhala ukuba "i-JAL igqibe ekubeni igcine i-tie-up yayo yangoku kunye ne-American Airlines kunye nokuphelisa iingxoxo kwi-Delta Air Lines, i-media yasekhaya (yaseJapan) ingxelo ngoMvulo". Esi sigqibo saqinisekiswa kusuku kamva kunye ne-CEO u-Onishi elandela ingcaciso: "Siwuhlalutye lo mbandela ngokweenkcukacha ezinkulu, kwaye sichulumancile ngamathemba malunga nokulula kunye neenzuzo kubathengi bethu. Sikwakholelwa ngokuqinileyo ukuba iingenelo zolu phuhliso kunye ne-American Airlines inokuxhasa ngamandla i-JAL ngexesha apho sizabalazela ukuvuselela ishishini lethu. Ngokuqinisekileyo sijonge phambili kubudlelwane obunzulu, obuluncedo ngakumbi kunye neqabane lethu ekudala lisebenza. ” I-JAL njengelungu le-Oneworld ukususela ngo-2007 ikwanolwazi olungcono lweendlela zoshishino ze-American Airlines. Kwaye ngokolawulo lwe-JAL, ukuhlala nomanyano olufanayo kuya kuba yindleko ngakumbi kwaye kungabhideki kubathengi be-JAL…
I-JAL kunye neMelika ngoku iya kusebenza ngokudibeneyo kwiSebe lezoThutho lase-US (DOT) kunye ne-Japan Ministry of the Land Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism for anti-trust immune in transpacific. Yakuba ivunyiwe, bobabini abathwali bajonge ukungena kwishishini elidibeneyo kunye nolungelelwaniso olungcono lothungelwano, iishedyuli zenqwelomoya kunye neenkonzo zabakhweli.
Okubangel’ umdla kukuba, de kwabhengezwa isigqibo sokugqibela, zonke izicatshulwa ezichazwe ngamaphephandaba namaziko oshicilelo zazingaziwa. Ngokungathi enyanisweni yayiyinxalenye yomdlalo wokukhohlisa. Ukujonga ngokusondeleyo kwisivumelwano neAmerican Airlines, iJapan Airlines ibonakala iphumelele ngokupheleleyo. Ayiphelelanga nje ekubeni inkampani yeenqwelomoya ikhusele imali eninzi kunokuba ibicetyiwe ekuqaleni, kodwa ngenxa yokuba iza kugcina indawo ephambili kwiindlela ezidlula iPasifiki ukusuka eJapan/Korea ngaphakathi kweOneworld. Umfelandawonye usebuthathaka kwi-Asia yonke njengoko uneCathay Pacific kuphela njengelinye iqabane eliphambili kulo mmandla kwaye akukho maqabane akuMzantsi-mpuma Asia. IAmerican Airlines ngokwembali ibuthathaka eAsia. Ibonelela ngeenqwelomoya ezintlanu kuphela zemihla ngemihla eziya eTokyo zisuka eChicago, eDallas, eLos Angeles naseNew York JFK. Ukuya eTshayina, inqwelomoya ibhabha kuphela eChicago-Shanghai kwaye iza kuqalisa ngo-Epreli inqwelomoya entsha yemihla ngemihla isuka eChicago isiya eBeijing.
Ngokuthelekisa, iDelta sele ikhuphisana ne-JAL njengoko inendawo yayo eTokyo Narita ekhonza izixeko ezingama-23 ezingayekiyo kuquka izixeko ezili-14 zaseAsia nasePasifiki. Isigqibo se-JAL sokuhlala ne-Oneworld mhlawumbi siya kuguqulela ukomelezwa ngakumbi kwesikhundla seDelta e-Asia. Ukusukela ekudityanisweni kwayo noMntla-ntshona, iDelta sele ibalelwa ngaphezulu kwe-30% yokuhamba ngenqwelomoya yase-US ukuya eTokyo.
Lo ngumbono wokunika iDelta ukukhululwa ngokusemthethweni kulandela isibhengezo se-JAL: “I-Delta ikwindawo entle njengoNombolo woku-1 othwala phakathi kwe-US ne-Asiya. Abathengi banokuqhubeka nokuthembela kwi-Delta yokufikelela okungahambelaniyo eJapan, kunye nenkonzo engapheliyo phakathi kweendawo ezili-10 zase-US kunye neTokyo. Ngezicwangciso ezisanda kubhengezwa kutyalo-mali kwi-1 yeebhiliyoni zeedola kwimveliso yethu, iDelta ihleli izibophelele ekuboneleleni ngeyona ndlela iphambili yokuhamba kuyo yonke iPasifiki. Ubukho bokhuphiswano lweDelta lwePasifiki, kunye neshishini lethu elihlangeneyo le-Atlantiki kunye ne-Air France/KLM kunye nesikhundla esiphambili kwiimarike zehlabathi, buya kuqhubeka nokuvumela iDelta kunye namahlakani ethu eSkyTeam ukuba ahlangabezane nemfuno kwihlabathi liphela.
