EU ifufuza dziko limodzi, mgwirizano wa ndege za Star

Mgwirizano wa Star Alliance ndi mabungwe omwe amawuluka pafupipafupi padziko lonse lapansi ali pakatikati pa kafukufuku wampikisano, malinga ndi malipoti osiyanasiyana atolankhani lero. Nyuzipepala ya Wall Street Journal inalemba kuti "European Commission yati Lolemba yakhazikitsa milandu iwiri yosagwirizana ndi anthu omwe akuyang'ana mgwirizano wa ndege panjira zodutsa m'mphepete mwa nyanja ya Atlantic zomwe zingapangitse cartel yosaloledwa." Bloomberg News yati kafukufukuyu akukhudzidwa ndi nkhawa ngati "onyamula katundu mkati mwa gulu lililonse akugwirizana mosaloledwa panjira ndi mitengo yodutsa pa Atlantic."

Reuters inalemba kuti: "Kufufuzaku kukukhudza magulu awiri a mgwirizano pakati pa mamembala a Star Alliance Air Canada, Continental, Lufthansa ndi United kumbali imodzi, komanso pakati pa mamembala a American Airlines, British Airways ndi Iberia kumbali inayo. Woyang'anira wolamulira wa mayiko 27 a European Union adati mapanganowa adathandizira kugwirizanitsa ntchito zamalonda, kutsatsa, ndi magwiridwe antchito a ndege makamaka panjira zapakati pa EU ndi North America.

Koma "mgwirizano womwe ukufunsidwa ukuwoneka wokulirapo kuposa mgwirizano wapakati pa ndegezi ndi ndege zina zomwe zili mbali ya mgwirizano wa Star and oneworld," European Commission yochokera ku Brussels idatero m'mawu omwe Bloomberg adalemba. Nyuzipepalayi inalemba kuti "komitiyi inanena kuti ikukhudzidwa ndi malingaliro a ndege kuti ayang'anire limodzi ndondomeko, mphamvu, mitengo ndi ndalama panjira zodutsa nyanja ya Atlantic zingayambitse kuchepa kwa mpikisano pamayendedwe."

Bloomberg adalemba kuti: "Makampani amatha kulipitsidwa chindapusa cha 10% pachaka ndipo amatha kukakamizidwa kuti abweze ngati bungwe likuwona kuti aphwanya malamulo odana ndi kudalirana."

The Associated Press inalemba kuti "ngati ndege iliyonse ipezeka kuti ndi yolakwa, Commission ikhoza kukakamiza kampaniyo kuti isinthe ndikulipiritsa chindapusa cha 10% pazachuma padziko lonse lapansi. ... Kufufuzaku kumangoyang'ana ndege zomwe zili membala zomwe zimadutsa njira za Atlantic ndipo sizikhudza mamembala ena amgwirizano. "

Komabe, akuluakulu a ndege zambiri zomwe zakhudzidwa ndi kafukufukuyu adanyoza kafukufukuyu. Mkulu wa bungwe la British Airways akuuza AP kuti kafukufukuyu "ndi njira yachibadwa ya EU yowunika momwe tingagwiritsire ntchito chitetezo chathu chodana ndi kukhulupilira ndi American Airlines ndi Iberia." Komabe, European Commission inali ndi lingaliro lina. Mneneri a Jonathan Todd akuuza Bloomberg kuti: "Zingakhale zolakwika kunena kuti kutsegulidwa kwa kafukufukuyu ndi chizolowezi."