Umda: JetBlue ayikuxeleli inyani

I-Frontier Group Holdings, Inc., inkampani engumzali yeFrontier Airlines, Inc., namhlanje ikhuphe le ngxelo ilandelayo malunga nokudityaniswa okucetywayo kukaFrontier noMoya.

Kwiiveki ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo, i-JetBlue ivakalise ukuba ulawulo loMoya lufihla emva kweenkxalabo "zobuxoki" kunye "ezilahlekisayo" ze-antitrust ukwenzela ukukhanyela i-JetBlue ilungelo lokuthatha-kunye nokucima ubukho-isizwe esikhulu se-ultra-cost-low carrier.

I-JetBlue ayikuxeleli inyani. A umoya ukufumana nge JetBlue bekuya kukhokelela kwisiphelo esingenakuthelekiswa nanto—isibakala sokuba akukho sixa semali, isiphithiphithi, okanye ilahleko eya kutshintsha. Kwaye ixabiso kuphela abagcini boMoya abanokuthi bafumane kwisiphakamiso se-JetBlue yintlawulo yokuphelisa umva, kuba isiphakamiso se-JetBlue asinayo nayiphi na into enokwenzeka yokufumana imvume yokulawula.

I-JetBlue yavuma ukuba iya kususa ngokusisigxina umthamo kwimarike ngokubuyisela kwakhona i-Spirit's fleet ukususa izihlalo. Amagqwetha e-Antitrust abiza ukuba "sisithintelo semveliso," kwaye iyabulala kwibhidi ye-JetBlue. Kukwanjalo nokunyuka kwexabiso elivunyiweyo le-JetBlue. Umthamo omncinci wenqwelomoya uthetha amaxabiso aphezulu. I-CEO yeJetBlue, uRobin Hayes, ngokuqinisekileyo uyayazi loo nto. Uye waqaphela kwiintsuku nje ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo, “Umndilili wexabiso lokukhwela ngenqwelomoya uya kunyuka kuba kukho [Sic] izihlalo ezincinci.” Yiloo nto kanye iJetBlue eya kuyenza ngeenqanawa zoMoya. Ewe, xa ibhengeza isicelo sayo nge-6 ka-Epreli, iJetBlue yathi ukufunyanwa kuya Nyusa imida yayo yenzuzo, nangona iindleko eziphezulu.

Ezi nyaniso-zavuma amaxabiso aphezulu kunye nemveliso ephantsi-isiqinisekiso sokuba i-JetBlue ayinakuze iqinisekise imvume yokufumana kwayo okucetywayo koMoya. Akukho "divestitures" ezibangwayo kwiindawo zokubeka isikhululo seenqwelomoya okanye amasango, okanye amabango obuxoki okanye amaqhinga, anokulungisa iingxaki ezibulalayo zeJetBlue.

Kwaye ezi azikho iingxaki zokulawula kuphela zeJetBlue. Ingqiqo echasene nokukhuphisana kwibhidi yayo icacile. I-JetBlue yade yavuma, ichaza kwi-2021 10-K yayo ukuba i-Frontier / Spirit deal iyingozi kwi-JetBlue "yokukhuphisana" -kunye nomzekelo wokudityaniswa "kunokubangela ukuba iintlawulo zabakhuphisana bethu zincitshiswe." UMnu. Hayes kamva wavuma ukuba "ixesha" lebhidi ye-JetBlue "ngokuqinisekileyo iqhutywe ngokubhengezwa" kokuhlanganiswa kwe-ULCC ecetywayo.

Emva koko kukho iSebe lezoBulungisa lase-US elilindele ukuxoxwa kweJetBlue ukuvala i-Northeast Alliance kunye ne-American Airlines. Ngaphandle kokuqinisekisa wonke umntu-kuquka abaninizabelo boMoya-ukuba intengiselwano iya kusasaza intsomi, ebizwa ngokuba yi "JetBlue Effect," uMnumzana Hayes ngaphambili wavuma isizathu se-DOJ sokuzisa ityala le-NEA: "I-DOJ ikholelwa ukuba impembelelo yaseMelika iya kuphelisa "Isiphumo seJetBlue." I-DOJ ke ngoko sele iphikise iingxoxo ze-JetBlue malunga nokuthengiselana. Kwaye, ngokuchasene nenkcazo kaMnu Hayes yokuba i-NEA isimangalo iya kusonjululwa ngokukhawuleza-kwaye ke ayiyi kuba nefuthe kuyo nayiphi na indlela ekufumaneni i-JetBlue / uMoya-ngokuqinisekileyo kuya kuthatha. iminyaka ukusombulula isimangalo se-NEA, ngovavanyo kunye nazo zonke izibheno ezingenakuthintelwa. Ngelixa abaninizabelo beMoya belindele ntoni, kanye? Umrhumo wokuqhawula, iminyaka kamva, ngaphandle kwebhidi ye-JetBlue ekhohlisayo?

Kwiiveki, i-JetBlue igcwalise i-airwaves ngengxolo. Yabelane ngothotho olumangalisayo lwamabango alahlekisayo, lonke ixesha ingahoyi iingxaki ezicacileyo nezibulalayo zokungathembeki. Ewe, izolo nje, uJetBlue ubanga ukuba "iingcali zangaphandle ziyavuma ukuba, kulawulo lwangoku, intengiselwano yethu inethuba elifanayo neFrontier lokufumana imvume."⁴ I-JetBlue ayibandakanyi umthombo, ngokuqinisekileyo-ngoko "iingcali zangaphandle" zibonakala zithetha ngazo? Yeyakhe, igqwetha le-antitrust eliqeshwe nguJetBlue.

I-JetBlue ifuna ukuba ucinge ukuba i-Frontier kunye ne-JetBlue zizisa iiprofayili zengozi ye-antitrust eyahlukileyo kuphela ngeqondo, kungekhona ngohlobo. Kodwa akukho nto ibiya kuba yinyani ngakumbi. Ukufumana i-JetBlue yoMoya ayikwazanga ukuphumelela.

Ukudityaniswa kweFrontier / uMoya kwahluke ngokupheleleyo. Intengiselwano yethu iya kwandisa imveliso kwaye icuthe amaxabiso ngokuzisa amaxabiso aphantsi kakhulu kwiindlela ezininzi ngokukhuphisana neenqwelomoya ezinkulu, eziphakamileyo, neendleko eziphezulu. I-Frontier edibeneyo kunye noMoya iya kuvuselela imfuno ngokubangela ukuba abantu babhabhe xa iintlawulo eziphezulu ezinikezelwa yi-JetBlue kunye ne-Big Four ngenye indlela iya kubahlawula ngaphandle kwemarike.