Delta yamaliza mgwirizano kuti igule Northwest Airlines

MINNEAPOLIS - Delta Air Lines inamaliza kugula kwake kwa Northwest Airlines $ 2.8 biliyoni Lachitatu, kutembenuza ndege ziwiri zapamwamba kwambiri ku America kukhala zonyamulira zazikulu kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi.

Delta ndi Northwest adatseka mgwirizano patangopita maola ochepa kuchokera pomwe Dipatimenti Yachilungamo idati ilibe zotsutsa zotsutsa.

Kampaniyo idzasunga dzina la Delta, likulu la Atlanta, ndi mkulu wamkulu Richard Anderson, yemwe ankayendetsa kumpoto chakumadzulo. Oyang'anira Delta adati apaulendo sadzawona kusiyana nthawi yomweyo. Zovala zatsopano zidzasinthidwa chaka chamawa, ndipo zombo za kumpoto chakumadzulo zomwe zili ndi mchira wake wofiira zidzasinthidwa pazaka ziwiri zikubwerazi, makampaniwa adatero.

"Ndikuwuzani momwe makasitomala amawonera komanso momwe amawonera pafupipafupi ndi bizinesi monga mwanthawi zonse," adatero Anderson.

Ndege zophatikizana zitha kunyamula anthu ambiri kuposa Air France-KLM (yemwe pakadali pano ndi yayikulu padziko lonse lapansi) kapena American Airlines, yomwe ndi ndege yayikulu kwambiri ku US. Koma olamulira a antitrust adakana nkhawa kuti Delta yatsopano ingapweteke ogula, kapena mpikisano.

Oyang'anira Federal adalemba m'mawu kuti "mgwirizano womwe waperekedwa pakati pa Delta ndi Kumpoto chakumadzulo ukhoza kutulutsa mphamvu zodalirika zomwe zingapindulitse ogula aku US ndipo sizingachepetse mpikisano."

Adanenanso kuti zonyamula zina zimaperekanso maulendo apaulendo ambiri komwe Delta ndi Northwest amapikisana wina ndi mnzake. Dipatimenti Yachilungamo inanenanso kuti ogula akuyenera kupindula ndi ndalama zomwe zimagwiritsidwa ntchito pa eyapoti, zamakono, ndi ogulitsa. Makampaniwa ati atha kuchepetsa ndalama zokwana $2 biliyoni pachaka akaphatikiza.

Chigamulochi chimalepheretsa kufufuza kwa Dipatimenti Yachilungamo kwa miyezi isanu ndi umodzi, yomwe idatsekedwa popanda kutsutsa mgwirizanowu kuchokera ku dipatimentiyo.

Lachitatunso, loya wa anthu 28 oyenda pandege omwe adazengereza kuti aletse mgwirizanowu adati mlanduwo wathetsedwa. Woyimira milandu, a Joseph Alioto, adakana kutulutsa zigamulo zomwe adati zidachitika Lachisanu ndikumalizidwa masiku angapo apitawa.

Kevin Mitchell, wapampando wa Business Travel Coalition, adati kuphatikizaku kudzatanthauza mitengo yokwera komanso kulumikizana kochepa pakati pa mizinda yapakatikati ndi mabizinesi. Anatinso akuda nkhawa ndi kukula kwa Delta ndi njira zina zophatikizira ndege ndi mabizinesi ogwirizana.

"Choyamba chofunikira kwambiri pa kayendetsedwe katsopano kayenera kukhala kuganiziranso zifukwa zoyendetsera mgwirizano wosagwirizana ndi chitetezo komanso mphamvu za msika zomwe angagwiritse ntchito kuti awononge ogula," adatero Mitchell, yemwe adachitira umboni pamaso pa Congress mu April motsutsana ndi mgwirizano wa ndege.

Pamene Delta Air Lines Inc. ndi Northwest Airlines Corp. adalengeza mgwirizano wawo mu April, anthu ambiri ankaganiza kuti akuyang'ana chivomerezo cha boma Pulezidenti watsopano asanayambe ntchito. Ogawana nawo adavomereza kuphatikiza pa Seputembala 25.

Zikuyembekezekanso kukhala zoyamba pakuphatikizana kwa ndege. Izi sizinachitike, ngakhale zokambirana pakati pa ambiri onyamula akuluakulu. Awiri mwa ndege zolumikizana bwino kwambiri, UAL Corp.'s United ndi US Airways Group Inc., asiya kupangana nawo mu Meyi. Izi zisanachitike, Continental Airlines Inc. idalingalira, koma idakana, kutsata mgwirizano ndi United.

Komabe, American Airlines ndi British Airways akutsimikiza kuvomereza Lachitatu ku Delta pomwe akufuna chitetezo chosagwirizana ndi mgwirizano wawo womwe ungawalole kuti azigwira ntchito limodzi pamitengo ndikukonzekera maulendo apaulendo kudutsa nyanja ya Atlantic. Virgin Atlantic Airways yatsutsa pempholi, ponena kuti zingapweteke mpikisano. BA ndi America akufunanso kuwonjezera Iberia ku mgwirizano.

A Tim Smith, wolankhulira ku America, adati kuphatikiza kwa Delta-Northwest "kumasintha mawonekedwe amakampani, komanso zovuta zomwe timakumana nazo m'miyezi ndi zaka zikubwerazi."

American amakhulupirira kuti mgwirizano wake ndi BA "upereka mtundu womwewo wa phindu la ogula potilola kuti tipikisane bwino ndi mabungwe ena omwe ali ndi chitetezo chotere," adatero Smith.

Oyendetsa ndege aku America akukakamiza Congress kuti iletse mgwirizano ndi BA.

"Makonzedwe ogawana mphamvu monga zomwe American Airlines ikufuna kulowamo ndi njira yophatikizira mafakitale, zomwe zingapangitse kuti anthu aku America azigwira ntchito molimbika," atero Lloyd Hill, Purezidenti wa bungwe loyendetsa ndege ku America. .

Continental Airlines Inc. ikufuna chivomerezo cholowa nawo mgwirizano wodutsa Atlantic wamakampani angapo a ndege kuphatikiza United ndi Lufthansa, omwe ali ndi chitetezo chokwanira kuti agwire ntchito limodzi pamitengo ndi madongosolo a trans-Atlantic. Akuluakulu aku Continental adakana kuyankhapo.

Katswiri wina wa bungwe la Calyon Securities a Ray Neidl ananena kuti ngakhale kuphatikizika kwa ndege “sikumachita monga momwe anakonzera poyamba,” kuphatikiza kumeneku kukuwoneka kuti n’komveka bwino kuti kumalizike chifukwa zambiri zakonzedwa kale.

"Zambiri mwazovuta monga kugwirizanitsa oyendetsa ndege, ntchito ndi (teknoloji) zayankhidwa kale, choncho ndi miyezo ya ndege, izi ziyenera kuyenda bwino," adatero ndi e-mail. "Koma zambiri zimatengera (oyang'anira) kuyang'anira ntchitoyi."

"Vuto lalikulu ndikupeza zikhalidwe ziwiri - kasamalidwe ndi ntchito - ya ndege iliyonse kuti igwire ntchito limodzi kuyambira pachiyambi," adawonjezera.

Purezidenti wa Delta Ed Bastian akutenga udindo wa Chief Executive waku Northwest nthawi yomweyo, ndege zatero. Mtsogoleri wamkulu waku Northwest a Doug Steenland adzakhala pagulu la Delta. M'mawu ake, adati chotengera chatsopanocho "chidzathetsa mavuto azachuma omwe alipo komanso kupereka bata komanso chitetezo chantchito kwa antchito athu."

Nkhani za ogwira ntchito ku Northwest ndizodziwika bwino, pomwe mgwirizano waukulu wa Delta ndi oyendetsa ndege. Oyendetsa ndege pamakampani onsewa adagwirizana mgwirizano, koma vuto lomwe limakhala lovuta kwambiri, kukula kwawo, likuganiziridwa. Mbali ziwirizi zagwirizana kuti zitsatire chigamulo cha woweluza milandu. Zokambirana zikupitirirabe pakati pa magulu awiriwa, wapampando wa bungwe loyendetsa ndege la Delta, Lee Moak, adalembera kalata oyendetsa ndege Lachitatu.

Delta ikuyembekeza kupewa zinthu ngati zomwe zidachitika ku US Airways Group Inc., zomwe sizinathetsebe mkangano pakati pa America West ndi oyendetsa ndege ku US Airways, yomwe idapeza mu 2005.

Mgwirizanowu udatsutsidwa ndi International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, yomwe imayimira onyamula katundu kumpoto chakumadzulo, ogwira ntchito pazipata, ndi othandizira matikiti, ndipo akuyembekeza kukopa ogwira ntchito ku Delta omwe ali m'malo amenewo kuti nawonso asayine.

"Delta ikupanga ndege yayikulu kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi. Machinists Union ithandiza ogwira ntchito ku Northwest ndi Delta kuti akhale ndege yayikulu kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi, "atero Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti wa IAM Robert Roach m'mawu okonzekera.

Mgwirizanowu unali wosinthitsa masheya, pomwe eni ake aku Northwest adapeza magawo 1.25 a Delta pagawo lililonse lakumpoto chakumadzulo lomwe anali nalo. Chivomerezo cha Antitrust chidalengezedwa pafupifupi ola limodzi misika isanatseke. Magawo a Delta adatseka masenti 17 pa $ 7.99, ndipo magawo aku Northwest adakwera masenti 13 kuti atseke $9.90.