WASHINGTON - U.S. department of Transportation ikuwoneka kuti ili pafupi kuvomereza chitetezo chosagwirizana ndi mgwirizano wa American Airlines ndi British Airways, Iberia ndi zonyamula zina.
"Mgwirizanowu ndiwopulumutsa moyo wandege," Secretary of Transportation a Ray LaHood adatero Lachisanu. "Izi ndizomwe timayambira. Ife timazikhulupirira izo. Oyendetsa ndege amakhulupirira. Chifukwa chake tipitilizabe kutsata mipata yamtunduwu komwe tili nayo. ”
Mgwirizano wina wapadziko lonse lapansi uli ndi chitetezo choletsa kukhulupilira, kuwalola kuti azigwirizana pamadongosolo, mitengo yamitengo ndi mitengo ya katundu.
A House Democrats amakayikira kwambiri kuposa LaHood ya mgwirizano wa ndege, ponena kuti ndizotsutsana ndi mpikisano ndipo zimakweza mitengo yamayiko akunja. Mtsogoleri wa Minnesota Jim Oberstar, wapampando wa House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, wanena kuti mgwirizano wa katemera ndi "kuphatikizana" kwa ndege.
American ikuti mgwirizano wadzetsa ntchito zambiri zodutsa pa Atlantic komanso mapindu oyenda pafupipafupi kwa apaulendo.
Malamulo operekera ndalama ku Federal Aviation Administration adadutsa komiti ya Oberstar m'mwezi wa Marichi ndikuphatikizanso gawo lomwe lingapumitse kusakhululukidwa komwe kulipo pakatha zaka zitatu. Idzalangizanso ofufuza a boma kuti afufuze ngati mgwirizano woterewu wawononga mpikisano komanso ngati zofunsira ziyenera kufufuzidwa ndi Dipatimenti Yachilungamo.
Komabe, LaHood Lachisanu idathandizira lingaliro lakuti mgwirizano ukufunika kuti ukwaniritse bwino pamsika wamakono. Mwezi watha, dipatimenti yake idaganiza zopatsa chitetezo ku Continental Airlines chifukwa chotenga nawo gawo mu Star Alliance, yomwe ikuphatikiza United Airlines, Air Canada ndi Lufthansa Airlines.
"Nditawayimbira ampando a United ndi Continental ndikuwauza kuti dipatimenti yathu ipita patsogolo ndi mgwirizano wawo, mukudziwa zomwe ananena?" La Hood anatero. ” ‘Ichi ndi chopulumutsa moyo kwa ife.’ ”
Maphwando omwe ali ndi chidwi ndi pulogalamu ya Oneworld ali ndi mpaka Meyi 18 kuti apereke ndemanga pankhaniyi. American ndi British Airways ali ndi mpaka Meyi 28 kuti ayankhe. Dipatimentiyi idzapereka chigamulo choyambirira pambuyo pake ndipo ili ndi mpaka Oct. 31 kuti ipereke chigamulo chomaliza.
European Union posachedwapa idayamba kufufuza mgwirizano wa Oneworld ndi Star chifukwa chophwanya malamulo odana ndi kudalirana.
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- It also would direct government auditors to study whether such alliances have hurt competition and whether applications should be subject to a merger analysis by the Department of Justice.
- Last month, his department proposed to grant antitrust immunity to Continental Airlines for its participation in the Star Alliance, which includes United Airlines, Air Canada and Lufthansa Airlines.
- “When I called the chairmen of United and Continental and told them our department was going to move ahead with their alliance, you know what they said.
