Mgwirizano wa Japan ndi US "Open Skies" umatsegula mwayi woti anthu asatengere chitetezo chokwanira

Mayiko a US ndi Japan adagwirizana pa mgwirizano wa "Open Skies", kuyeretsa njira kwa onyamula kuphatikizapo United Airlines, All Nippon Airways Co., ndi Continental Airlines Inc. kuti apeze chitetezo cha antitrust.

Panganoli likuwonetsa mapulani ochotsa malire aboma pamaulendo apa ndege pakati pa mayiko awiriwa, kuphatikiza zoletsa zomwe onyamula mitengo atha kulipiritsa komanso misika yomwe angayigwiritse ntchito, Japan ndi US zatero lero m'mawu osiyana.

Makampani oyendetsa ndege ku US, msika waukulu kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi woyendetsa ndege, komanso Japan, yachitatu pazikuluzikulu, azitha kuchita ngati kampani imodzi pamitengo, kukonza komanso kutsatsa ndege zapadziko lonse lapansi. Dipatimenti ya Zamayendedwe ku US, yomwe ikufuna mapangano a Open Skies isanavomereze chitetezo chosagwirizana ndi chitetezo, idati mayiko awiriwa akufuna kusaina panganoli pofika Okutobala wamawa.

"Tili ndi othandizana nawo oyenera ndipo tikuyembekezera kupanga mgwirizano kudutsa Pacific ndi anzathu omwe akhalapo kwanthawi yayitali All Nippon Airways and Continental," Glenn Tilton, wamkulu wa bungwe la United Airlines kholo la Chicago UAL Corp., adatero mu e- mawu otumizidwa.

Ikani 'Posachedwa'

United ikukonzekera kutumiza fomu yofunsira chitetezo cha antitrust pamodzi ndi ogwirizana a Star Alliance All Nippon ndi Continental "posachedwa," malinga ndi imelo. Othandizana nawo, omwe ali m'gulu lalikulu kwambiri la ndege padziko lonse lapansi, pakadali pano amangogulitsa mipando pandege za wina ndi mnzake ndikugawana ndalama.

All Nippon yochokera ku Tokyo, chonyamulira chachiwiri chachikulu ku Asia, idati "mwachangu" ikonzekere kulumikizana ndi abwenzi ake aku US, pomwe Continental yochokera ku Houston idati ikukambirana za mgwirizano wakuya ndi All Nippon ndi United, onyamula. adatero m'mawu osiyana.

Open Skies "ndi nkhani yabwino kwa apaulendo apaulendo ndi mabizinesi kumbali zonse za Pacific," Secretary of Transportation a Ray LaHood adatero potulutsa. "Ogula aku America ndi Japan, ndege ndi azachuma azisangalala ndi mitengo yampikisano komanso ntchito yabwino."

Japan Airlines Corp., chonyamulira chachikulu ku Asia, adzatha kupeza chitetezo chosagwirizana ndi okondedwa a Oneworld American Airlines kapena SkyTeam chonyamulira Delta Air Lines Inc., malingana ndi makampani awiri omwe wonyamulirayo asankhe pambuyo pa zokambirana zomwe zikuchitika tsopano.

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"Tikuyamikira khama lomwe akuluakulu a mayiko awiriwa achita pankhaniyi, ndipo tikuyembekezera kuwonjezereka kwa magalimoto onyamula anthu ndi katundu pakati pa mayiko awiriwa kuyambira Okutobala 2010," Purezidenti wa JAL Haruka Nishimatsu adatero m'mawu ake a imelo.

Delta, ndege yayikulu kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi, ikuyesera kunyengerera JAL yochokera ku Tokyo kupita ku SkyTeam, gulu lachiwiri lalikulu la ndege. Delta yochokera ku Atlanta yapereka ndalama zokwana $500 miliyoni ku JAL ngati gawo la pulani ya $ 1 biliyoni yomwe imaphatikizapo ngongole ndi zitsimikiziro zogulitsa.

American, wonyamula wachiwiri padziko lonse lapansi, watsutsana ndi lingaliro loti akhazikitse ndalama zokwana $1.1 biliyoni ku JAL, pamodzi ndi gulu la anthu wamba la TPG. American ndi ya AMR Corp., yomwe ili ku Fort Worth, Texas, ndipo ndi membala wa Oneworld, mgwirizano wachitatu padziko lonse lapansi.

Kukonzanso Kwakukulu

Mgwirizano ukanakhala woyamba kukonzanso kwakukulu kwa mgwirizano wa ndege wa 1952 pakati pa US ndi Japan kuyambira 1998. Pafupifupi 178 miliyoni okwera ndege apadziko lonse adalowa ndi kutuluka ku US chaka chatha, ndipo 56.5 miliyoni anachita ku Japan, malinga ndi International Air. Transport Association.

Zokambirana zinayamba pa Dec. 7 ku Washington ndipo zinatha pa Dec. 11. Inali gawo lachisanu la zokambirana pa mgwirizano wa Open Skies.

Zoletsa zomwe zidzafafanizidwe pansi pa Open Skies zikuphatikizapo zomwe zimalola maboma a US ndi Japan kuti awonjezere ndalama za ndege zochokera kumayiko awo. Malire ena amalola onyamula atatu okha aku US, Delta, United ndi FedEx Corp., kuti azitumizira misika yonse yaku Japan ndi maulendo apandege opanda malire.

United Parcel Service Inc., American, Continental, US Airways Group Inc., Hawaiian Holdings Inc. ndi Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings Inc. ali m'gulu la zonyamulira zomwe sizingakumanenso ndi malire othawira ndege pansi pa Open Skies.