I-Ryanair inokunyanzeliswa ukuba ithengise i-stake yayo yonke kwi-Aer Lingus emva kokuba abalawuli namhlanje bathi ukubamba kungonakalisa ukhuphiswano kwiimali kunye neendlela.
Kodwa umphathi ophethe uhlahlo lwabiwo-mali uMichael O'Leary wakhawuleza watshica ukuba isigqibo sekomishini yoKhuphiswano malunga neepesenti ezingama-30 zesabelo se-Aer Lingus "sasimangalisa kwaye siphosakele ngokucacileyo" kwaye "enye inkcitho enkulu yezibonelelo zabarhafi base-UK kwityala. enempembelelo encinci kubathengi base-UK".
I-CC yathi i-Ryanair ye-29.8% yesilayi ye-rival yayo yase-Ireland ingabetha ukhuphiswano kwiindlela phakathi kwe-UK ne-Ireland kwaye yalumkisa: "isabelo sesabelo sinikeza i-Ryanair amandla okuphembelela umgaqo-nkqubo wezorhwebo kunye nesicwangciso se-Aer Lingus, okhuphisana naye oyintloko kwezi ndlela.
“Ivumela ukuba ithintele izigqibo ezikhethekileyo ngu-Aer Lingus kunye nokuthintela izicwangciso zayo zokukhupha izabelo kunye nokunyusa inkunzi; inokuthintela lowo ukhuphisana nayo ekulahleni iindawo zayo zokubeka ezixabisekileyo kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya saseHeathrow.”
Kodwa ekubeni i-CC yaqala ukujonga kwi-Ryanair ngo-Juni 2012, umphathiswa wenze ibhidi yakhe yesithathu ye-Aer Lingus, i-694 yezigidi (i-£ 594 yezigidi) enikezelwa yiKhomishini yaseYurophu ngoFebruwari. Namhlanje i-airline yebhajethi isebenzise iziphumo zelo tyala ukugxeka isigqibo somlawuli wase-UK samva nje.
URyanair uthe isigqibo seCC saphula umthetho we-EU, u-O'Leary esithi: “NgoFebruwari iKhomishini yaseYurophu yafumanisa ukuba ukhuphiswano phakathi kweRyanair kunye no-Aer Lingus 'luqinisiwe' ukususela ngo-2007. [Ngoko ke] isigqibo seCC siya kwaphula ngokucacileyo. umsebenzi weSivumelwano se-EU sentsebenziswano enyanisekileyo phakathi kwe-EU kunye ne-UK. IRyanair ke ngoko icela iKomishoni yoKhuphiswano ukuba ithobele lo mgaqo ugqwesileyo womthetho kwaye iphelise lo mbuzo wobuqhophololo nongenasiseko kwisabelo esincinci esineminyaka emithandathu enesiqingatha phakathi kweenqwelomoya ezimbini zaseIreland. "
I-Ryanair ithe imbono yokuba i-stake yakhe ibambe amandla ka-Aer Lingus ukutsala ezinye iinqwelo-moya yachithwa yi-Etihad yokuthengwa kwe-£ 12 yezigidi zeepesenti ezi-3 ze-stake ngoMeyi ophelileyo. U-O'Leary wongeze wathi: “I-Aer Lingus ibalelwa ngaphantsi kwe-1 pesenti yezothutho zizonke zase-UK…
I-Ryanair ithe iya kuthatha ityala kwiNkundla yeZibheno zoKhuphiswano lwase-UK ukuba i-CC iqinisekisile isigqibo sayo ngoJulayi, kwaye "emva koko, ukuba kuyimfuneko, kwiNkundla yesiBheno".
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- But the budget carrier's chief executive Michael O'Leary immediately spat back that the Competition Commission's provisional decision on its near-30 per cent stake in Aer Lingus was “bizarre and manifestly wrong” and “yet another enormous waste of UK taxpayer resources on a case which has little if any impact on UK consumers”.
- I-Ryanair ithe iya kuthatha ityala kwiNkundla yeZibheno zoKhuphiswano lwase-UK ukuba i-CC iqinisekisile isigqibo sayo ngoJulayi, kwaye "emva koko, ukuba kuyimfuneko, kwiNkundla yesiBheno".
- “Aer Lingus accounts for less than 1 per cent of the UK's total air traffic… [This case] is yet another enormous waste of UK taxpayer resources on a case which has little if any impact on UK consumers.
