I-Japan Airlines ithathe isigqibo sokulahla ubambiswano lwayo neAmerican Airlines kunye nomanyano lwayo lwe-Oneworld ngokuxhasa iDelta kunye neqela labaphethe iSkyTeam.
I-American kunye nefemu yabucala ye-equity yanikezela ukutyala imali eyi-1.4 yeebhiliyoni zeedola kwi-JAL kwaye yomeleza intsebenziswano phakathi kweenqwelomoya ezimbini, kodwa i-JAL igwebe umanyano kunye neDelta - eyona nqwelomoya inkulu kwihlabathi - iya kuvelisa izibonelelo ezinkulu.
Intsebenziswano kunye neDelta iya kubhengezwa ngokusemthethweni nguSihlalo omtsha we-JAL uKazuo Inamori ngoMvulo.
Ukuqinisa umfelandawonye omtsha, i-JAL ijonge ukufaka isicelo koorhulumente baseJapan kunye nabase-US kukhuseleko lokungathembeki. I-airline iphinda ihlolisise ukuqinisa uthungelwano lwamazwe ngamazwe ngeendlela ezintsha ezisuka kwi-Airport ye-Narita International ukuya e-Detroit - i-hub ye-Northwest Airlines, efunyenwe yi-Delta kulo nyaka uphelileyo - kwaye ukusuka kwi-Airport yase-Haneda ukuya e-Amsterdam's Schiphol, i-SkyTeam iqabane lesikhululo seenqwelomoya sasekhaya se-KLM.
I-Delta kunye ne-JAL zigubungela iindlela ezininzi ezifanayo, zivumela iinqwelomoya ezimbini ukuba zisebenze ngcono ngeshedyuli kunye nentsebenziswano yokukhwela. Ngokoqikelelo lwe-Enterprise Turnaround Initiative Corp. yaseJapan exhaswa ngurhulumente (ETIC) - eyongamela inkqubo yohlengahlengiso lwe-JAL - ukuba i-JAL ifumana ukungathembeki kokungathembeki, izibonelelo zobudlelwane beDelta zinokunyuka ziye kwi-yen ye-17.2 yeebhiliyoni. Nokuba isivumelwano se-JAL-Delta asifumani ukungakhuseleki, ubambiswano olutsha luya kukhokelela kwizibonelelo ezimalunga ne-9.2 yeebhiliyoni zee-yen - isengumtsi obalulekileyo osuka kwi-5.4 yeebhiliyoni zeebhiliyoni ezifunyenwe ngomanyano neMelika.
I-Delta yayisele inike i-1.02 yeebhiliyoni zeerandi kwinkxaso yemali kwi-JAL, kuquka i-500 yezigidi zeedola kutyalo-mali olutsha. Njengenkokeli ekwakhiweni kwakhona kwenkampani yeenqwelomoya, nangona kunjalo, i-ETIC ngokucacileyo yayityekele kwinkolelo yokuba imali yangaphandle yayingeyomfuneko ukuba ibuyiselwe, kwaye yanyula ukukhawulela nayiphi na inxaxheba kunye neDelta kwintsebenziswano yezoshishino.
