Ii-Feds zinika izithupha ezantsi ukuya kumanyano lwe-Delta-Virgin Blue

WASHINGTON - Ulawulo luka-Obama ngoLwesithathu lunike isithupha phantsi kwizicwangciso zeVirgin Blue Holdings Ltd. kunye neDelta Air Lines Inc. ukulungelelanisa imisebenzi kwiinqwelomoya ze-trans-Pacific phakathi kwe-Australia kunye ne-US.

Isebe lezoThutho lase-US licebise ukuba lisikhabe isicelo sokungahoywa kwe-antitrust ebeya kuvumela umfelandawonye phakathi kweDelta kunye ne-Virgin Blue affiliates. I-arhente ithe igqibe kwelokuba iDelta kunye neVirgin Blue Group khange babonise ukuba umanyano olucetywayo luya kuvelisa izibonelelo ezaneleyo zokuthethelela ukhululo kwimithetho ye-antitrust.

"I-Delta kunye namaqabane ayo isandula kungena kwimarike yase-US-Australia, abakhange babonise izicwangciso eziphuhlisiwe zokusebenza njengamaqabane ezorhwebo, kwaye banciphise intsebenziswano yabo kwiindlela ezimbalwa, ngaloo ndlela benciphisa izibonelelo zoluntu ezinokuveliswa ngumfelandawonye," i-US. Isebe lezothutho latsho kwingxelo libhengeza esi sigwebo. I-arhente yongeze ukuba iinqwelomoya aziphumelelanga ukubonisa umanyano lwazo ziya kukhokelela kumaxabiso omoya aphantsi, ukonyuka kwamandla okanye ezinye izibonelelo kubathengi.

Isigqibo siya kuba sesokugqibela emva kwexesha lokuvakalisa izimvo zoluntu ukuvumela iinqwelo-moya namanye amaqela anomdla ukuba avakalise inkcaso. Iinqwelomoya sele zifumene imvume karhulumente evela e-Australia ukuba ziqhubele phambili nezicwangciso zomfelandawonye.

Iqela le-Virgin Blue libandakanya i-V Australia, i-Virgin Blue, kunye ne-Pacific Blue Airlines edibeneyo e-Australia naseNew Zealand.

Ngeli xesha, iBritish Airways PLC kunye namahlakani ayo awela iAtlantiki aceba ukudibanisa iinkqubo zabo zokubhabha rhoqo ukuqala kwinyanga ezayo kwaye baqalise ngeenkonzo ezidityanelweyo ezintsha ngo-2011 kumzamo wokuphumelela abakhweli abaninzi abahlawula kakhulu.

I-BA, iqabane layo lokudityaniswa kwe-Iberia Lineas Aereas de Espana SA yaseSpain kunye ne-American Airlines iya kuphehlelela ngokusesikweni iphulo elandisiweyo kwisiqingatha sokuqala sika-Oktobha emva kokuba abalawuli banike amalungu omfelandawonye we-Oneworld ukulingana nabathwali kwiqela eliphikisanayo le-Star kunye ne-SkyTeam.

I-airline yase-UK kunye ne-American, iyunithi ye-AMR Corp., ngabona bathwali abakhulu abakhweli kwiindlela eziwela i-atlantic, kodwa babethintelwe ngaphambili ekuququzeleleni iishedyuli, ukuthengisa kunye neentlawulo, ukunciphisa amandla abo okugcina kunye nokutsala abahambi bamashishini aphezulu.

USimon Talling-Smith, usekela mongameli we-BA eMelika, uthe ukudibanisa iinkqubo zokunyaniseka iya kuba linyathelo lokuqala ekunyuseni umgangatho wabo wokukhuphisana, okulandelwa kukubonelela ngeentlawulo ezikhethekileyo ezivumela abakhweli ukuba babhabhe baphume kwelinye lamahlakani babuye kwelinye.

Iinqwelomoya ezintathu ziceba ukuqalisa ukuthengisa ngokudibeneyo kubathengi benkampani ekuqaleni kuka-2011, ukuvala esinye isikhewu kunye nobudlelwane obuphikisanayo, ngelixa utshintsho lweshedyuli luya kuqala ukuqala ngo-Epreli ozayo.

“Siqala ukuqoqosha izinto ezidityanisiweyo kunye nokubeka ezinye iishedyuli,” utshilo uMnu. Talling-Smith kudliwanondlebe. Iinqwelomoya zifuna ukuphelisa iinqwelomoya ezisondeleleneyo, ngakumbi eziya eNew York, eChicago naseMiami.