Emva kweKingfisher, i-Oneworld iphinde yajonga e-China Mpuma ukujoyina

Ngaba i-2010 iya kujika ibe ngunyaka woloyiso e-Asia kwi-Oneworld? Emva kokugcina ngempumelelo iJapan Airlines ngaphakathi kweOneworld, umfelandawonye oqhutywa yiAmerican Airlines, British Airways kunye neCathay Pacific ubhengeze kwiiveki ezimbini ezidlulileyo ukuba iKingfisher Airlines iqalise zonke iinkqubo zokujoyina. Esona sithwali sikhulu sasekhaya sase-Indiya esinabakhweli abazizigidi ezili-10.9 kunye nothungelwano lweendawo ezimalunga nama-60 phakathi kwe-Subcontinent kufuneka libe lilungu phakathi kuka-2011 njengoko kuthatha iinyanga ezili-18 ukugqiba zonke izigaba zobugcisa zokudibanisa. Kodwa ngoku, onke amehlo ajika kwakhona kwi-China Eastern Airlines, elinye lawona maqabane anomtsalane ukuba aphumelele. Inkampani ephetheyo esekwe eShanghai yeyokugqibela kwizigebenga zomoya ezintathu zaseTshayina ukuhlala ngaphandle komfelandawonye. Ngabakhweli abangaphezu kwezigidi ezingama-36 ngonyaka kunye nezihlalo ezizigidi ezili-14.5 ezinikezelwa ngokwe-avareji nyanga zonke, i-China Eastern yinto ekujoliswe kuyo enqwenelekayo. Ngokutsho kwe-Dallas Business Journal ukususela ngoFebruwari 28, i-AMR Corp., inkampani yabazali ye-American Airlines, ibhengeze ukuba ibambe iingxoxo kunye nomthwali waseTshayina. I-Oneworld ijonge eChina eMpuma ubuncinci iminyaka emithathu kwaye sele ibambe iingxoxo kunye nomthwali weShanghai amaxesha amaninzi. Kubonakala ngathi i-Oneworld iphinde yaxoxa ngobulungu kunye ne-Hainan Airlines, enye inkampani ebalulekileyo yaseTshayina.

Okwangoku, ukukrokra kuhleli. Ethetha ne-arhente yeendaba yeReuters nge-25 kaFebruwari, isikhulu esiphezulu senkampani yase-China Eastern Airlines yabonisa ukuba ikwiingxoxo kunye nemibutho emithathu yehlabathi-i-Oneworld, i-Skyteam kunye ne-Star Alliance-. Kodwa isigqeba sase-China saseMpuma sathi umthwali akanalo iqabane amthandayo ukuza kuthi ga ngoku.

“Sibambe iingxoxo ezifanayo nawo omathathu amaqela ngoku. Sinethemba lokujoyina omnye wabo ekugqibeleni kodwa asazi ukuba yeyiphi okwangoku, ”utshilo umphathi kwiReuters. I-China Eastern sele inyawo kwi-Star Alliance emva kokudibana kwayo ne-Shanghai Airlines, esele ililungu le-Star. Kodwa iShanghai Airlines inempembelelo encinci kwiqela lehlabathi xa kuthelekiswa ne-Air China, ekwalilungu le-Star Alliance. KuMichael Blunt, uSekela Mongameli wezoNxibelelwano lwe-Oneworld, “i-China Mpuma yokujoyina i-Oneworld iya kuba lolona khetho lwayo lungcono. Kwaye ukudityaniswa kwamva nje neShanghai Airlines akuyi kusichaphazela isigqibo senqwelomoya?

I-Oneworld okwangoku ayinaso isicwangciso sokudibanisa umthwali kuMzantsi-mpuma Asia. KuMichael Blunt, "kunye neCathay Pacific kunye neDragonair edibeneyo, sicinga ukuba zombini iinqwelomoya ziphephezela iflegi ye-Oneworld kakuhle kule ndawo". Umfelandawonye nangona kunjalo ngoku usemngciphekweni wokubhengeza indibaniselwano yenkampani yaseBrazil, mhlawumbi i-GOL.