I-United Airlines namhlanje ibhengeze ukuba ifikelele kwisivumelwano neCompañía Panameña de Aviación SA (Copa), Aerovías del Continente Americano SA (Avianca) kunye nabaninzi ababambisene neAvianca, kwisivumelwano seshishini esihlangeneyo (JBA) esithi, kusalindelwe ukuvunywa ngurhulumente, kulindeleke ukuba ukubonelela ngezibonelelo ezinkulu kubathengi, ekuhlaleni nakwindawo yentengiso yohambo lomoya phakathi kwe-United States kunye ne-19 kumazwe akuMbindi nase Mzantsi Melika.
Uninzi lokukhetha ngakumbi kubathengi
Ngokudibanisa iindlela zabo zokuncedisa kwi-JBA, i-United, i-Avianca kunye ne-Copa icebo lokubonelela abathengi ngeenzuzo ezininzi, kuquka:
Inkonzo edibeneyo, engenamthungo ngaphezulu kwe-12,000 yeedolophu
• Iindlela ezintsha ezingamisiyo
• Iinqwelomoya ezongezelelweyo kwiindlela esele zikhona
• Ukuncitshiswa kwamaxesha okuhamba
Qhuba izibonelelo zoqoqosho kubathengi kunye noluntu esikhonza kulo
Abaphetheyo balindele ukuba i-JBA iqhube ukukhula okukhulu kwezithuthi kwiidolophu ezinkulu zonxweme ukuya kunxweme, ekulindeleke ukuba kuncede ukuzisa utyalomali olutsha kunye nokudala amathuba ophuhliso loqoqosho. Ngaphaya koko, i-JBA kulindeleke ukuba ibonelele abathengi ngeendlela ezandisiweyo zokuhamba ngenqwelomoya, iindleko zokukhuphisana, amava ohambo ahlengahlengisiweyo kunye nenkonzo yabathengi ebhetele, okukhokelela kwizibonelelo zabathengi eziqikelelweyo.
Bakhonza ngcono abathengi bethu
Ukongeza, ukuvumela abaphathi abathathu ukuba bakhonze abathengi ngokungathi yinkampani enye yenqwelomoya kulindeleke ukuba iinkampani zikwazi ukulungelelanisa iinkqubo zazo zokuhamba rhoqo, zilungelelanise iishedyuli zenqwelomoya kunye nokuphucula izibonelelo zesikhululo seenqwelomoya.
"Esi sivumelwano simele isahluko esilandelayo kuhambo lwaseMelika lwaseLatin American," utshilo uScott Kirby, umongameli wase-United. "Siyavuya ukusebenzisana namaqabane ethu e-Star Alliance i-Avianca kunye neCopa ukuzisa ukhuphiswano olufunekayo kunye nokukhula kwiimarike ezininzi ezingasetyenziswanga ngelixa sibonelela ngamava abhetele kumashishini nakubathengi bokuzonwabisa abahamba ngapha kweNtshona yeHlabathi."
"Siyavuya ukuqinisa ubudlelwane bethu kunye ne-United Airlines kwaye sijonge phambili ekwandiseni iinkonzo kubathengi bethu ngokusebenza ngokusondeleyo neAvianca," utshilo uPedro Heilbron, igosa eliyintloko leCopa Airlines. "Siyakholelwa ukuba esi sivumelwano sinceda abakhweli bethu ngokubonelela ngexabiso lokukhuphisana kunye nenethiwekhi engaphezulu kweendawo ezingaphaya kwama-275 kulo lonke elaseLatin America naseMelika, kwaye ikhuthaza ukukhula okuthe kratya kunye nokwenziwa kwezinto ezintsha kushishino lweenqwelo moya eMelika."
"Siqinisekile ukuba xa sisonke somelele e-United States-eLatin America kwintengiso kunazo naziphi na iinqwelomoya ezintathu," utshilo uHernan Rincon, umongameli olawulayo we-Avianca- igosa eliyintloko. "Olu bambiswano luza kuvumela i-Avianca ukuba yomeleze isikhundla sayo njengomdlali wenqanaba lokuqala kumzi-mveliso wenqwelo moya eMelika njengoko sizokwandisa indawo yethu kwilizwekazi kunye ne-United neCopa, sinika unxibelelwano olungcono kubathengi bethu."
Ukhuphiswano lokuqhuba lweJBAs olunceda abathengi
Nangona ii-JBAs zingqinwe kwihlabathi liphela ukunceda abathengi kunye nokwenza ngcono ukhuphiswano, okwangoku iipesenti ezingama-99 zezithuthi zaseMelika ezithwala abantu ezenza unxibelelwano kuMbindi nase Mzantsi Melika zenza njalo ngaphandle kweJBA. Ukhuphiswano kwimakethi yase-US-Latin American lukhulile kwaye lubandakanya iseti eyahlukeneyo yabathwali abanikezela ngenkonzo kumanqaku amaxabiso amaninzi. Nangona kunjalo imarike ayinalo ulwabelwano olubanzi lwengeniso, uthungelwano olungathathi cala lwentsimbi kunye nezinto ezinxulumene nazo eziphakanyisiweyo ezikhuthaza ixabiso kunye namava angcono kubathengi. I-JBA imele into entsha, ekumgangatho ophezulu enikezela ngemveliso eya kwenza ukhuphiswano kule marike yomelele ngakumbi.
"Uhlalutyo lwethu lubonisa ukuba i-JBA yentsimbi engathathi hlangothi phakathi kwe-United, Copa kunye ne-Avianca iya kubonelela ngezibonelelo ezibonakalayo kubathengi abahamba phakathi kwamazwe afanelekileyo," utshilo uGqirha Darin Lee, usekela-mongameli olawulayo wenkampani yabacebisi kwezoqoqosho iCompass Lexecon kunye nengcali kumzi-mveliso wenqwelo moya. "Le JBA izakwenza ukuba i-United, iCopa kunye ne-Avianca zikhuphisane ngokukuko, zinike imali yokukhuphisana, kwaye zonyuse iinkonzo, zikhuthaze ukwenziwa kwezinto ezintsha kunye nokuseka indawo yokuthengisa eyomeleleyo nenamandla."
Ukwenza ulungelelwaniso olunzulu olufunekayo ukuhambisa ezi zibonelelo kubathengi, uluntu kunye nemarike, i-United, i-Copa kunye ne-Avianca iceba ukufaka isicelo kwixesha elisondeleyo lokwamkelwa kokulawulwa kwe-JBA kunye nesibonelelo esikhaphayo sokugonywa kwe-antitrust kwiSebe lezoThutho laseMelika kunye ezinye ii-arhente zolawulo. Amaqela awacwangcisi ukuphumeza ngokupheleleyo i-JBA de afumane imvume efunekayo kurhulumente. I-JBA okwangoku iquka intsebenziswano phakathi kwe-US kunye ne-Central and South America, ngaphandle kweBrazil. Ngesivumelwano esandula kugqitywa se-Open Skies phakathi kwe-US ne-Brazil, abathwali bahlola ukuba nokwenzeka kokongeza i-Brazil kwi-JBA.
