Sir Richard Branson: Mgwirizano wa BA-BMI umabweretsa UK kubwerera ku mibadwo yamdima

Apaulendo amakumana ndi zokwera mtengo komanso kuchepetsedwa ntchito pakati pa ma eyapoti aku Scottish ndi London Heathrow ngati British Airways ipambana kutenga BMI, Virgin Atlantic wati.

Ndegeyo idanenanso izi pomwe idapereka madandaulo okhudza kuphatikizidwa kwa European Commission.

Inanenanso kuti okwera adzasiyidwa ndi "kusankha imodzi" paulendo wandege pakati pa Aberdeen ndi Edinburgh ndi Heathrow.

Kumapeto kwa chaka chatha, mwini wa BA IAG adavomereza mgwirizano wogula BMI kuchokera ku Lufthansa.

Kusunthaku, komwe kumaloledwa ndi mabungwe ampikisano, kumapatsa BA mwayi wokhala pakati pa Heathrow ndi mizinda itatu yayikulu yaku Scotland.

Pakugonjera kwake ku bungweli, Virgin adati BA idzakhala ndi "mwayi ndi njira" zowonjezeretsa mitengo yamtengo wapatali ndikuchepetsa maulendo apaulendo.

'Mibadwo yamdima'

Ndege ya Sir Richard Branson inanena kuti BMI yachotsa ndege zake kuchokera ku Heathrow kupita ku Glasgow koyambirira kwa 2011, zomwe zidasiya BA monga woyendetsa yekha.

Ananenanso kuti zomwe zachitika m'mafakitale zikuwonetsa kuti izi zidapangitsa kuti ndalama zolipirira anthu okwera zikwere ndi 34%, pomwe kuchuluka kwa maulendo apaulendowo kudatsika ndi theka.

Namwali adatinso osachepera 1.8 miliyoni okwera aku Scottish adakumana ndi kukwera kwamitengo.

Sir Richard adati kutengako "kutengera kuwuluka kwa Britain kubwerera kunthawi yamdima".

Anati: "Pamene British Airways idasiyidwa yokha yoyendetsa njira ya Glasgow kupita ku Heathrow mu 2011, mitengo yolipiridwa ndi apaulendo aku Scotland idakwera ndi 34% m'miyezi isanu ndi umodzi. Izo sizopindulitsa, ndiko kusweka msana ndi kusalungama.

"BA ikugwira ntchito kale pa 60% ya njira za BMI kotero kuti kusunthaku ndikuchotsa mpikisano."

Ananenanso kuti: "Owongolera sangalole British Airways kusoka ndege zaku UK ndikufinya moyo wapaulendo waku Scotland.

"Ndikofunikira kuti akuluakulu oyang'anira, ku UK komanso ku Europe, awonetsetse kuti kuphatikiza uku kuthetsedwa ndikuwonetsetsa kuti kuyimitsidwa."

IAG yati ikukhulupirira kuti olamulira avomereza mgwirizanowu.

'Mpikisano wathanzi'

M'mawu ake, idati: "BMI ndi ndege yotayika kwambiri.

"Kugulitsa kwa IAG kumapereka njira yabwino kwambiri kwa ogula aku Britain ndi UK plc, kupeza ntchito zambiri kuposa ngati ndegeyo idasweka ndikugulitsidwa chifukwa cha malo ake a Heathrow.

"Mgwirizanowu ndiye njira yokhayo yotetezera ntchito kumadera aku UK. Tadzipereka kusunga mautumiki kuchokera ku Belfast kupita ku Heathrow ndikuwonjezera maulendo apandege opita ku Scotland.

"Kutali ndi kuchepetsa, British Airways idawonjezera mipando 4,000 sabata iliyonse pamasewera ake kuchokera ku Heathrow kupita ku Glasgow chaka chatha.

"Virgin Atlantic sanakwerepo kupita ku Scotland ndipo, monga tikudziwira, alibe malingaliro otero."

Inanenanso kuti: "Heathrow ili ndi mpikisano wabwino ndi ndege zopitilira 80 zomwe zimagwira ntchito pa eyapoti. Ndi gawo limodzi la msika wonse waku London ndipo tikukumana ndi mpikisano wamphamvu kuchokera kumakampani oyendetsa ndege kudutsa ma eyapoti asanu aku London. "

'Kuwononga' kusuntha

Ma MEP angapo aku Scottish ndi MSPs afotokoza nkhawa zawo pazokhudzana ndi kuphatikizika kwa European Union's Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia, akutsutsa kuti kusunthaku kumatha kuwononga kwambiri kusankha ndi mpikisano kwa okwera ku Scotland.

MEP wa SNP Alyn Smith adati: "Ngati kusamukaku kupitirire patsogolo IAG ikhala ndi ulamuliro panjira za Edinburgh-Heathrow ndi Aberdeen-Heathrow: izi zitha kupangitsa kuchepa kwa ntchito komanso kukwera mtengo.

"Izi zitha kukhala zovuta kwa okwera omwe amalumikizana ndi ndege ndi ndege zonse zochokera ku Aberdeen ndi Edinburgh akukakamizidwa kudzera pa Terminal 5 ya Heathrow."

Tory MSP Murdo Fraser, yemwenso wanenapo za nkhaniyi ndi Office of Fair Trading, adati: "Chodetsa nkhawa changa chachikulu ndi zomwe dziko la Scotland likufuna kulanda, makamaka, zomwe zingakhudze mpikisano wamakampani andege ku UK ndi komanso ngati BA isintha maulendo apandege pakati pa Scotland ndi UK kapena pamlingo wonse. "

MP wa Edinburgh Liberal Democrat Mike Crockart adati kulumikizana kwa ndege pakati pa Edinburgh ndi London "ndikofunikira" kwa mabizinesi ndi alendo.

Ananenanso kuti: "Mgwirizano womwe waperekedwa ukudzetsa nkhawa kwambiri pampikisano komanso kusankha kwa okwera.

"Si nkhani yongokhudza maulendo apandege pakati pa mizinda ikuluikulu yaku Scotland ndi London Heathrow, komanso zomwe zingakhudze mpikisano wolumikizira mayendedwe padziko lonse lapansi."