Olamulira amatha kukakamiza Ryanair kugulitsa gawo lake lonse mu mpikisano wa Aer Lingus

Ryanair akhoza kukakamizidwa kugulitsa mtengo wake wonse ku Aer Lingus pambuyo pa olamulira lero adanena kuti kugwira kungawononge mpikisano pamitengo ndi njira.

Koma wamkulu wa onyamula bajeti a Michael O'Leary adayankha nthawi yomweyo kuti lingaliro lakanthawi la Competition Commission pagawo lawo pafupifupi 30 peresenti ku Aer Lingus linali "lodabwitsa komanso lolakwika" komanso "kuwononga kwina kwakukulu kwa chuma cha okhometsa msonkho ku UK pamlandu. zomwe zilibe vuto kwa ogula aku UK".

The CC anati Ryanair wa 29.8% kagawo wa mdani wake Irish akhoza kugunda mpikisano pa njira pakati UK ndi Ireland ndipo anachenjeza kuti: "shawoholding amapereka Ryanair mphamvu kukhudza ndondomeko malonda ndi njira ya Aer Lingus, mpikisano wake waukulu pa njira izi.

"Zimalola kuti aletse zigamulo zapadera za Aer Lingus ndikulepheretsa mapulani ake opereka magawo ndikukweza ndalama; Zitha kulepheretsanso mdani wake kutaya mipata yake yamtengo wapatali pa eyapoti ya Heathrow.”

Koma kuyambira pamene CC inayamba kuyang'ana pamtengo wa Ryanair mu June 2012, wonyamulirayo adapereka ndalama zachitatu kwa Aer Lingus, € 694 miliyoni (£ 594 miliyoni) zomwe zinaletsedwa ndi European Commission mu February. Masiku ano ndege ya bajeti idagwiritsa ntchito zomwe zapezeka pamlanduwu kudzudzula chigamulo chaposachedwa cha olamulira aku UK.

Ryanair adanena kuti chisankho cha CC chinali kuphwanya malamulo a EU, ndipo O'Leary adanena kuti: "Mu February European Commission inapeza kuti mpikisano pakati pa Ryanair ndi Aer Lingus 'wakula' kuyambira 2007. [Choncho ichi] chigamulo cha CC chidzaphwanya momveka bwino. udindo wa mgwirizano wa EU wa mgwirizano wowona mtima pakati pa EU ndi UK. Ryanair chifukwa chake ikuyitanitsa Komiti Yoyang'anira Mpikisano kuti itsatire lamulo lopambanali ndikuthetsa kufunsa kwabodza komanso kopanda maziko kumeneku pakugawana magawo ochepa azaka zisanu ndi chimodzi ndi theka pakati pa ndege ziwiri zaku Ireland. "

Ryanair adati lingaliro loti gawo lake liletsa kuthekera kwa Aer Lingus kukopa ndege zina silinatsutsidwe ndi Etihad yogula $ 12 miliyoni pamtengo wa 3 peresenti Meyi watha. O'Leary anawonjezera kuti: "Aer Lingus amawerengera ndalama zosakwana 1 peresenti ya kuchuluka kwa magalimoto ku UK ... [Mlanduwu] ndikuwononganso chuma cha okhometsa msonkho ku UK pamlandu womwe uli ndi vuto lililonse kwa ogula aku UK."

Ryanair adanena kuti idzatengera mlandu ku UK Competition Appeals Tribunal ngati CC idatsimikizira chigamulo chake mu July, ndipo "pamenepo, ngati kuli kofunikira, ku Khoti la Apilo".