I-ATLANTA-Abathwali baseMelika i-United Airlines kunye ne-Continental Airlines Inc kunye ne-All Nippon Airways Co Ltd yaseJapan bathi ngolwe-Lwesithathu bafuna ukurhoxiswa kwemithetho yokungathembeki e-United States ukubavumela ukuba balungelelanise iinqwelomoya kunye neentlawulo zokuwela iPasifiki.
Kwisiteyitimenti, iinqwelomoya zithi zafaka isicelo kwiSebe lezoThutho laseMelika zifuna ukungathembeki kwiinzame “zokukhuphisana ngempumelelo” nolunye umanyano lweenqwelomoya zehlabathi.
I-ANA, i-Continental kunye ne-United, iyunithi ye-UAL Corp, ngamalungu e-Star Alliance.
I-Immunity ivumela abathwali ukuba babelane ngamaxabiso, ukucwangcisa kunye nolunye ulwazi kwiindlela ezithile kwaye iye yathatha indawo yokudibanisa kwiminyaka yamuva.
Ukufakwa kwefayile kuza ngaphantsi kweeveki ezimbini emva kokuba iJapan ne-United States zifikelele kwisivumelwano esibizwa ngokuba “yisibhakabhaka esivulekileyo” sokuqhubela phambili ukukhulula inkonzo yomoya, ngakumbi ukungena nokuphuma eTokyo. IJapan inyanzelise ukuba isivumelwano singasebenzi de i-US irhoxise imithetho ethile ye-antitrust kwaye ivumele abathwali base-US nabaseJapan baqinise umanyano lwabo.
I-United kunye namahlakani ayo bathi ukuvunywa kwesicelo sabo kuya kukhokelela ekwandisweni kokhetho lweendlela kunye noluhlu olubanzi lweentlawulo kunye neenkonzo.
"Olu manyano luhlangeneyo, ludityaniswa nesivumelwano sesibhakabhaka esisandul' ukubhengezwa phakathi kwe-US ne-Japan, siya kuphucula kakhulu amandla ethu okunceda abathengi baseJapan nakwi-Asia yonke," i-United Chief Executive Executive uGlenn Tilton uthe kwingxelo.
Imbangi ye-ANA yaseJapan Airlines Corp (9205.T) kulindeleke ukuba ifune ukugonyeka okufanayo ukuze ihlanganise imisebenzi yakuba ithathe isigqibo ngeqabane. I-JAL iqhutywa yi-AMR Corp's American Airlines, ihlakani layo elikhoyo kumanyano lwe-Oneworld, kunye nelinye iqela le-Delta Air Lines Inc, elilungu lomanyano lwe-SkyTeam.
Ishishini lijonge ngononophelo isicelo esele sikhona esivela e-American kunye neBritish Airways Plc yokhuselo lwe-antitrust oluya kubavumela ukuba balungelelanise iindlela ze-Atlantiki.
Ulawulo luka-Obama lufunge ukuba luza kujongisisa obu budlelwane kunye nezicelo zemiba yokhuphiswano.
Isebe lezoThutho lithe lisifumene esi sicelo, kodwa alikabinanto yakuthetha. ISebe liziphumeza rhoqo ezi zicelo, ngamaxesha amaninzi zinemiqathango.
Kule veki, iSebe lezoBulungisa laseMelika lathi i-American kunye neBritish Airways kufuneka zivume ukuvunyelwa ukuze ziqinisekise ukuba zikhuselekile.
Kwifayile kubalawuli bezothutho base-US, iSebe lezoBulungisa lathi imali yokukhwela kwiindlela ezithile ezidlula eAtlantiki ezibandakanya i-American and British Airways inokonyuka iye kuthi ga kwi-15 yeepesenti phantsi kwesicwangciso sokhuseleko somanyano lwabathwali be-Oneworld. Amagosa acebise ukuba i-Airways yaseMelika neBritish Airways ichithe ukunduluka kunye neendawo zokumisa okanye ithathe amanye amanyathelo okukrola iindlela zokwandisa amathuba okuba ezinye iinqwelomoya zisebenze kwezo marike.
