I-Qantas Airways Ltd., oyena mphathi mkhulu e-Australia, inokugcina amalungiselelo okwabelana ngekhowudi kunye neJapan Airlines Corp. nokuba iziphene zithwele umanyano lwenqwelomoya ye-SkyTeam, ngokutsho kwabahlalutyi eMacquarie Group Ltd.
I-Qantas yabelana ngamanani aqhelekileyo okuhamba ngenqwelomoya njengeenqwelo moya ezifana neAir France-KLM, ilungu leSkyTeam, kwaye amalungiselelo afanayo anokugcinwa ukuba iTokyo Air yaseJapan ishiya umanyano lwayo lwe-Oneworld, abahlalutyi abakhokelwa nguRussell Shaw kwileta yabathengi.
I-Delta Air Lines Inc., oyena mphathi mkhulu emhlabeni, ikhupha iJapan Air kwi-SkyTeam phakathi kokuqikelela ukuba inqwelo moya iza kungena njengongenamali. Iinqwelomoya phakathi kweJapan neAustralia zimele malunga neepesenti ezi-6 zamandla eQantas kwaye indlela "yinto ebonakalayo" kwinkampani, utshilo uMacquarie.
"I-Qantas okwangoku inandipha ulungelelwaniso lwexesha elide kunye neJapan Airlines, kwaye ingakulangazelela ukuyigcina le nto nokuba ingakanani na ukuzithoba kweJAL," utshilo uShaw kwingxelo kaJan. I-Qantas isenokugcina imeko ekuyo ngoku, wabhala, eqinisekisa inqanaba lakhe "lokuphumelela" kwinkampani yeenqwelo moya eSydney.
Izabelo zeQantas zenyuka nge-1, okanye iipesenti ezi-0.3, zaya kwi-A $ 2.95 xa kuvalwa urhwebo eSydney. Isitokhwe senyuka ngepesenti ye-14 kunyaka ophelileyo.
Imanyano yeenqwelo moya
U-Olivia Wirth, isithethi seQantas, walile ukuphawula ngengxelo yomhlalutyi.
I-Japan Airlines, eyona mphathi inkulu eAsia, inokungena ngokungabinamali emva kokuba iNkulumbuso u-Yukio Hatoyama izolo ethe abanini zabelo kufuneka bathathe uxanduva "ngokubanzi" kwinkampani yeenqwelomoya, ebheyelwe ngaphandle kathathu kwiminyaka elithoba.
Nakuphi na ukuphambuka kwiSkyTeam kuya kuba "sisifotho esikhulu" e-Oneworld, siyishiya njengoyena mncinci kwimibutho emithathu yehlabathi ekwabandakanya i-Star Alliance, utshilo uShaw.
I-American Airlines yase-AMR Corp, eyinxalenye ye-Oneworld, kunye ne-private-equity firm TPG ziye zanikela ngokutyala imali eyi-1.1 yezigidigidi kwiJapan Airlines njengenxalenye yemizamo yokugcina ophetheyo kumdibaniselwano ngelixa iQantas inokukunceda ukuseka umphathi wexabiso eliphantsi.
I-Delta kunye namaqabane ayo eSkyTeam banikezele ngokutyala imali eyi-1 yezigidigidi ukuyizisa kwi-Oneworld.
