Abalawuli base-US ngokuqinisekileyo baya kuvuma umfelandawonye ocetywayo weBritish Airways Plc-American Airlines ngaphandle kokufuna abathwali ukuba banikezele ngenqwelo moya kwabo bakhuphisana nabo kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya saseLondon iHeathrow, intloko yeBritish Air yatsho.
"Ngumhlaba okhuphisanayo owahluke kakhulu" kunango-2002, xa iSebe lezoThutho lase-US lalifuna ukunikela nge-224 yeveki kunye neendawo zokumisa e-Heathrow ukuphumelela imvume yomanyano, iGosa eliyiNtloko lesiGqeba uWillie Walsh uthe kudliwanondlebe izolo. “Andikholelwa ukuba kuyimfuneko” ukuyeka iindawo zokubeka.
Isivumelwano senqwelomoya ke sivumeleke ukuba abathwali abane babhabhe iindlela zeHeathrow-US. Inyuke yaya kutsho kwisithoba emva kokuqala kwesivumelwano “seSibhakabhaka esivulekileyo” kulo nyaka uphelileyo, utshilo uWalsh.
I-AMR Corp.'s American, eyesibini ngobukhulu e-US, kunye ne-British Airways, eyesithathu ngobukhulu eYurophu, ifuna imvume yeSebe lezoThutho lase-US kwindibaniselwano ne-Iberia Lineas Aereas de Espana SA, esona sithwali sikhulu saseSpain. ISebe lezoThutho linexesha kude kube yi-31 ka-Oct.
“Ayizukwamkelwa ngaphandle koncedo kwiimarike ezithile,” utshilo uStephen Furlong, umhlalutyi weDavy Stockbrokers eDublin ngengcebiso “engasebenzi kakuhle” kwiBritish Airways. "Andicingi ukuba sijonga into efana nale bebevumelene ngayo ngaphambili, kodwa ndingamangaliswa ukuba olu ncedo alubandakanyi uhlobo oluthile lweendawo zokubeka."
IBritish Airways yayirhweba phantsi nge-0.5 yeepesenti kwi-223.7 pence ukusukela ngo-12:04 ebusuku eLondon. Isitokhwe sifumene ipesenti ze-24 kulo nyaka. I-Iberia yongeze ipesenti ze-14 kwaye i-AMR iphantsi kweepesenti ze-23.
OneWorld Partners
Isindululo somfelandawonye siza kuvumela abathwali abathathu ukuba basebenze kunye kwiinqwelomoya zamazwe ngamazwe kwiqela labo le-Oneworld ngaphandle kokutshutshiswa ngokungathembeki. Ukhuseleko luya kunabela kwintsebenziswano kunye neFinnair Oyj, eyona nqwelomoya inkulu yaseFinland, kunye neRoyal Jordanian Airlines, ethwala ilizwe laseJordan.
IBritish Airways kunye neMelika zifuna ukungathembeki okwesithathu ukusukela oko kwabhengezwa isicwangciso sokuqala ngo-1996. Isindululo sokugqibela sarhoxiswa ngo-2002 emva kokuba abalawuli base-US bathi bafuna ukunikezelwa kweenqwelo moya ezininzi eHeathrow kubakhuphisana nabo kunokuba iinkampani bezizimisele ukubonelela. .
Isivumelwano se-Open Skies saqala ngo-2008 saphelisa ukulawulwa kweenqwelomoya zase-US-Heathrow zase-American, British Airways, Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd. kunye ne-UAL Corp.'s United Airlines. Xa isivumelwano saqala, abathwali ababandakanya i-Delta Air Lines Inc. kunye ne-Continental Airlines Inc. yongeza ezo ndlela.
'Untouchable Duopoly'
Ulwamkelo luya kuvumela abathwali kumanyano lwenqwelomoya ye-Oneworld ukuba bakhuphisane okokuqala ne-Star kunye ne-SkyTeam, amanye amaqela amakhulu abathwali anokhuselo lokungathembeki, utshilo u-Walsh.
"Ukuba i-Star kunye ne-SkyTeam zihlala ziyimbumbano ezigonyelweyo ngaphesheya kwe-Atlantiki, sinokuphela kunye ne-duopoly engabonakaliyo," watsho uWalsh kamva kwintetho kwiqela leenqwelomoya.
Kudliwano-ndlebe, uWalsh uthe iSebe lezoThutho "limisela umzekelo onamandla kakhulu" ngokuvuma ukugonywa kwe-antitrust kwi-Star kunye ne-SkyTeam yomanyano ukusukela kunyaka ophelileyo.
Umhlalutyi wezoThutho uDouglas McNeill kwa-Astaire Securities eLondon uthe uWalsh uthetha ngesigwebo asithanda kakhulu.
“Sisiphumo esinokucingeleka ngokugqibeleleyo, kodwa asiqinisekiswanga,” utshilo uMcNeill, onomlinganiselo “wokuthenga” kwi-BA. "Ngelixa abalawuli bebecele idini le-slot kwixesha elidlulileyo, kukho izizathu zokucinga ukuba abanakuyenza ngeli xesha, kodwa umntu akanakuqiniseka."
UWalsh uthe ishishini kwinkampani yakhe "yehlile," ngaphandle kokubonisa naziphi na iimpawu zokuphinda zibuyele.
"Isicwangciso sethu seshishini yayikukuba sibone iimpawu zokubuyela e-US ngasekupheleni kwalo nyaka wekhalenda kwaye siza kubona i-UK neYurophu zibonisa iimpawu zokubuyela kwimeko yesiqhelo kwiinyanga ezimbalwa emva koko," utshilo uWalsh. “Ndiyaxolisa ukuthi andiboni zimpawu zaloo nto okwangoku.”
I-CEO ikwatsho ukuba amaxabiso eoli, malunga ne-70 yeedola ngomphanda, anokwenyuka.
Ixesha elide sikholelwa ukuba i-oyile iya kufumana ixabiso kwindawo ethile phakathi kwe-$70 kunye ne-$ 90, mhlawumbi i-$ 70 kunye ne-100 yeedola.
