I-AMR Corp.'s American Airlines iye yarhoxisa inqwelomoya ebicetyiwe phakathi kweChicago neBeijing ngoMvulo, ikhankanya ukungaboni ngasonye nabaphathi beenqwelomoya baseTshayina malunga nokuhamba kunye namaxesha okufika.
Lo mbhodamo ulibazisa iinzame zaseMelika, indawo yesibini ngobukhulu e-US ngezithuthi, ukwenza iindlela ezinkulu kuqoqosho olukhula ngokukhawuleza kwihlabathi. Isenokwenza nzima iingxoxo "zesibhakabhaka esivulekileyo" ezicwangcisiweyo phakathi kwe-US kunye ne-China njengoko amanye amashishini e-US evakalisa inkxalabo yokhuseleko lwaseTshayina lukhula.
I-American ithe ngoMvulo ikuyekile ukusungulwa kwenkonzo yemihla ngemihla engamisiyo phakathi kweSikhululo seenqwelomoya saseChicago O'Hare kunye neSikhululo seenqwelomoya saseBeijing Capital International ngenxa yokuba khange ifumane indawo “yorhwebo” yokufika kunye neendawo zokunduluka ezivela kwabasemagunyeni beenqwelomoya baseTshayina.
Inqwelomoya, eseFort Worth, eTexas, ithe izakukuhlehlisa ukusungulwa kwendlela yayo yaseBeijing de kube ngoMeyi 4 njengoko izama ukusombulula ingxabano. IMelika ineenqwelomoya zemihla ngemihla phakathi kweChicago neShanghai ukusukela ngo-2006.
UMerika wayecwangcise inqwelomoya entsha ye-Boeing 777 ukuba ihambe eChicago ngoMvulo kwaye ifike eBeijing ngo-1:55 emva kwemini ngoLwesibini, ngaphambi kokuba ihambe eBeijing kwakhona emva kwemini. Ithe abasemagunyeni baseTshayina endaweni yoko banika indawo yokuhlala yaseMelika yonke imihla kunye neendawo zokunduluka nge-2:20 am kunye ne-4:20 am.
Kwisiteyitimenti sangoMvulo, iSebe lezoThutho laseMelika lathi "lidane kakhulu" i-China ayikhange inike amaxesha afanelekileyo e-US.
“Amakhonkco ezothutho amatsha anjengala anceda ekomelezeni amakhonkco ezorhwebo nenkcubeko phakathi kwezizwe zethu ezimbini,” yongezelela. "Sinethemba elinyanisekileyo lokuba iChina iza kusebenzisana neAmerican Airlines ukufumana isisombululo esinokubakho ngokwentengiso."
Uzakuzo waseTshayina eWashington khange abuyise iminxeba efuna izimvo.
I-US kunye ne-China zilungiselela uthethathethwano olucwangcisiweyo eWashington, ukuqala nge-8 kaJuni, ezijonge ukuqhubela phambili ukukhulula ukuhamba kweenqwelomoya phakathi kwala mazwe mabini. Iingxoxo zokugqibela ezisesikweni zamazwe amabini zabanjwa ngo-2007.
Ingxabano ihambelana nophando olukhutshwe yi-American Chamber of Commerce e-China ebonisa ukunyuka kwenkxalabo phakathi kwamashishini ase-US ukuba imigaqo-nkqubo yokukhusela yaseTshayina yayibeka esichengeni amathemba abo kwimarike ebalulekileyo.
Isebe lezoThutho livakalise inkxalabo yalo malunga neendawo ezingathandekiyo zaseMelika kurhulumente waseTshayina “ngeendlela ezifanelekileyo zozakuzo,” satsho isithethi sesebe eWashington. Lalile ukuthelekelela ukuba lo mcimbi ungazichaphazela njani na iingxoxo ezivulelekileyo.
I-UAL Corp.'s I-United Airlines inesabelo esikhulu semakethi phakathi kwabathwali beenqwelomoya zase-US ezingapheliyo phakathi kwe-US ne-Beijing kunye ne-Shanghai, ngokutsho kwe-OAG, ifemu yophando ngenqwelomoya. I-Continental Airlines Inc. yiNombolo yesi-2 phakathi kwabathwali base-US, ngokusekelwe kwidatha ye-OAG.
I-Delta Air Lines Inc., eyona nkampani inkulu yase-US, nayo ifake isicelo samaxesha okufakwa kunye nabasemagunyeni baseTshayina ngenkonzo yayo ecwangcisiweyo engayekiyo phakathi kweSeattle neBeijing ukuqala nge-4 kaJuni. amaxesha ngaphandle.
I-American ifikelele kwisivumelwano ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka neyona nkampani inkulu yeenqwelo moya yaseJapan, iJapan Airlines Corp., ukwenza umanyano olubanzi olujolise ekwandiseni ukufikelela komthuthi waseTexas kwiimarike ezikhula ngokukhawuleza zaseAsia.
Kodwa iAmerican Airlines yasilela kwiinzame zayo zokufumana iChina Eastern Airlines Corp. Endaweni yoko, i-China Eastern ithe ekuqaleni kwale nyanga iza kujoyina umanyano lwe-Delta lwe-SkyTeam, ishiya i-oneworld njengekuphela komfelandawonye wehlabathi ngaphandle kweqabane elipheleleyo kwilizwe laseTshayina.
I-China Southern Airlines Co., enye inkampani enkulu yaseTshayina, sele ililungu le-SkyTeam. Omnye umthwali omkhulu welizwe, i-Air China Ltd., yeyoMbutho weNkwenkwezi, oquka i-United kunye ne-Continental.
Kwinkomfa yenkomfa kwiveki ephelileyo, uMlawuli oyiNtloko waseMelika uGerard Arpey uthe umthwali wakhe uhlala ekwindawo entle ngeqabane elinye lehlabathi uCathay Pacific Airways Ltd., eseHong Kong.
