IJapan Airlines, emva kokubhengeza ukubhanga kwinyanga ephelileyo, ibonakale isetiwe ngoMvulo ukugcina unxibelelwano lwayo lwangoku neAmerican Airlines kwaye igqibe iintetho ukuba ingabikho kweyona ndawo iphethe iDelta.

Izigebenga zase-US zaseMelika kunye neDelta Air Lines bezikhuphisana ngokutyala imali kwi-JAL egulayo, eyafaka isicelo sokubhanga nge-26 yeebhiliyoni zeerandi zamatyala kwenye yezona ntsilelo zinkulu zaseJapan.

Zombini iinqwelomoya zenze isangqa kwi-JAL, zinethemba lokuxhamla kwisivumelwano esitsha se-US-Japan “esibhakabhaka esivulekileyo” sokwandisa ukufikelela kwabo kwimakethi enengeniso yenqwelomoya yaseAsia-Pacific. Imarike kunyaka ophelileyo yodlula uMntla Melika njengeyona inkulu ehlabathini.

Amajelo eendaba aseJapan ngaphambili athi i-JAL icwangcise ukutshintshela kumfelandawonye we-SkyTeam weDelta kunye nokulahla umanyano lwaseMelika lwe-Oneworld, equka iBritish Airways kunye neQantas.

Kodwa amaphephandaba aquka ishishini le-Nikkei imihla ngemihla, kunye nomabonwakude we-NHK, uthe ulawulo olutsha lwe-JAL kunye ne-Enterprise Turnaround Initiative karhulumente yaseJapan bakholelwa ukuba ukutshintshwa kuya kuba yindleko kwaye kuyingozi.

Umphathiswa ojongene noloyiko lokuba ukutshintshela kwi-Delta kunye ne-SkyTeam kuya kubabhida abakhweli bayo, kwaye banokungaphumeleli ukungathembeki kwabasemagunyeni e-US kuba kuya kulawula imarike ye-Pacific.

Isithethi se-JAL sithe: "Akukho nto igqitywe ngalo mbandela kwaye iingxelo zisekelwe kuqikelelo."

Kwisiteyitimenti, i-American Airlines ithe "de i-JAL ibhengeze ngokusesikweni izicwangciso zayo zomfelandawonye zexesha elizayo, akufanelekanga ukuphawula".

“Ii-American Airlines kunye ne-Oneworld ziyaqhubeka nokukholelwa ukuba ubudlelwane ne-Oneworld sesona siphumo silungileyo se-JAL, kwiminqweno yesizwe yaseJapan kunye nakubathengi abahamba phakathi kweJapan ne-United States,” yatsho.

NgoDisemba, iJapan kunye ne-United States zafikelela kwisivumelwano senkululeko sokuthatha indawo yesivumelwano sika-1952 esalungisa inani leenqwelomoya zase-US-Japan.

Isivumelwano esitsha siya kuvumela abathwali ukuba balungelelanise iishedyuli zabo kwimfuno yabakhweli, ukwenza ukwabelana ngekhowudi kube lula kwaye kuya kunika iinqwelomoya zase-US ukufikelela ngakumbi kwizikhululo zeenqwelomoya zaseTokyo eNarita naseHaneda.

IMelika, amaqabane e-Oneworld kunye nefemu yabucala yezabelo zamashishini kule nyanga iphelileyo banyuse isibonelelo sabo sotyalo-mali kwi-JAL ukuya kwi-1.4 yeedola ukusuka kwibhiliyoni e-1.1 yeedola, ngokuchasene ne-1 yebhiliyoni ye-Delta.

I-American yathi ngokunamathela kwi-Oneworld, i-JAL ime ukuze izuze enye yeebhiliyoni ezimbini zeedola kwiminyaka emithathu kumakhonkco ayo namalungu omfelandawonye.

I-JAL ixakene neendleko ezinzima ezisukela kwiintsuku zayo njengomphathi weflegi karhulumente, kunye nothungelwano lwendlela equka iinqwelomoya eziya kwizikhululo zeenqwelomoya ezincinci nezingenangeniso zasekhaya.

Inkampani yeenqwelomoya iqeshe ishishini elikhulu uKazuo Inamori njengosihlalo wayo omtsha kwaye yabhengeza uhlengahlengiso olumandla, okubandakanya ukucutha imisebenzi engaphezulu kwe-15,600, iindlela zokulahleka kwe-axing kunye nokuthengisa ezinye izinto zexabiso.

I-JAL iceba ukuxelela i-Delta kwangoko kule veki ukuba izokuphelisa iingxoxo kwaye ifake isicelo kunye ne-American yokungathembeki kubaphathi baseMelika kule nyanga, utshilo uNikkei.

Kodwa isithethi seDelta sixelele i-AFP ukuba i-airline ayinazo izicwangciso zokuyeka iingxoxo zayo kunye ne-JAL, kwaye igxininise ukuba ikulungele ukugubungela zonke iindleko ezinxulumene nokudluliselwa kwe-JAL kwi-Oneworld.

"Sisakholelwa ukuba intsebenziswano kunye ne-Delta kunye ne-Skyteam yethu iya kunika i-Japan Airlines ithuba lokunyusa ingeniso kwixesha elifutshane kunye nexesha elide," utshilo umkhulumeli, onqabile ukubizwa ngegama.