Oyang'anira aku US mwina avomereza mgwirizano womwe waperekedwa ku British Airways Plc-American Airlines osafuna kuti onyamula ndegewo apereke ndege kwa omwe akupikisana nawo pa eyapoti ya London Heathrow, mkulu wa British Air adatero.
"Ndi malo opikisana kwambiri" kuposa mu 2002, pomwe dipatimenti yoyendera ku US idafuna kuti anthu 224 azinyamuka mlungu uliwonse ndikukatera ku Heathrow kuti apambane kuvomerezedwa ndi mgwirizano, Chief Executive Officer Willie Walsh adatero poyankhulana dzulo. "Sindikukhulupirira kuti ndikofunikira" kusiya mipata.
Pangano la ndege lomwe linakhazikitsidwa ndiye kuti ndege zinayi zokha zidutse njira za Heathrow ndi US. Izi zidakwera mpaka zisanu ndi zinayi zitayamba mgwirizano wa "Open Skies" chaka chatha, adatero Walsh.
AMR Corp.'s American, yonyamula katundu wachiwiri ku US, ndi British Airways, yachitatu ku Europe, ikufuna chilolezo cha US Transportation Department kuti igwirizane ndi Iberia Lineas Aereas de Espana SA, kampani yonyamula katundu ku Spain. Dipatimenti ya Transportation ili ndi mpaka Oct. 31 kuti isankhe.
"Sichidzavomerezedwa popanda mankhwala m'misika ina," adatero Stephen Furlong, katswiri wa Davy Stockbrokers ku Dublin ndi malingaliro "osakwanira" pa British Airways. "Sindikuganiza kuti tikuyang'ana chilichonse ngati zomwe adagwirizana kale, koma ndingadabwe ngati zochiritsirazo sizikuphatikiza mipata."
British Airways inali kugulitsa 0.5 peresenti pa 223.7 pence kuyambira 12:04 pm ku London. Ndalamayi yapeza 24 peresenti chaka chino. Iberia yawonjezera 14 peresenti ndipo AMR yatsika ndi 23 peresenti.
OneWorld Partners
Lingaliro la mgwirizanowu lilola kuti onyamula atatuwa azigwira ntchito limodzi paulendo wapadziko lonse lapansi mugulu lawo la Oneworld popanda kuimbidwa mlandu wotsutsa. Kutetezedwaku kukafikiranso ku mgwirizano ndi Finnair Oyj, ndege yayikulu kwambiri ku Finland, ndi Royal Jordanian Airlines, yonyamula boma ku Jordan.
British Airways ndi American akufuna chitetezo chokwanira kwa nthawi yachitatu kuyambira pamene ndondomeko yoyamba inalengezedwa mu 1996. Cholinga chomaliza chinathetsedwa mu 2002 pamene olamulira a US adanena kuti akufuna kuperekedwa kwa ndege zambiri ku Heathrow kwa omwe akupikisana nawo kuposa momwe makampani anali okonzeka kupereka. .
Mgwirizano wa Open Skies womwe unayamba mu 2008 unathetsa ulamuliro wandege wa US-Heathrow wa American, British Airways, Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd. ndi UAL Corp.'s United Airlines. Pamene mgwirizano unayamba, onyamula katundu kuphatikizapo Delta Air Lines Inc. ndi Continental Airlines Inc. anawonjezera njira zimenezo.
'Untouchable Duopoly'
Kuvomerezedwa kukanalola onyamula mumgwirizano wandege wa Oneworld kupikisana koyamba ndi Star ndi SkyTeam, magulu ena onyamula omwe ali ndi chitetezo chamthupi, Walsh adatero.
"Ngati Star ndi SkyTeam zikhalabe mgwirizano wokhawo wotetezedwa kunyanja ya Atlantic, titha kukhala ndi duopoly yosakhudzidwa," adatero Walsh pambuyo pake polankhula ku gulu la ndege.
M'mafunsowa, a Walsh adati dipatimenti ya Transportation "yakhazikitsa chitsanzo champhamvu kwambiri" povomereza chitetezo chamgwirizano cha Star ndi SkyTeam kuyambira chaka chatha.
Katswiri wazamayendedwe a Douglas McNeill ku Astaire Securities ku London adati Walsh amalankhula za chigamulo chomwe angafune.
"Ndizotsatira zomwe zingachitike, koma sizotsimikizika," adatero McNeill, yemwe ali ndi "kugula" pa BA. "Ngakhale olamulira adapempha kuti apereke nsembe m'mbuyomu, pali zifukwa zoganiza kuti sangatero nthawi ino, koma sitingatsimikize."
Walsh adati bizinesi yomwe amanyamula "yatsika," osawonetsa kuti ibwereranso.
"Zokonzekera zathu zamabizinesi ndikuti tiziwona kuchira ku US kumapeto kwa chaka cha kalendala ndipo tiwona UK ndi Europe zikuwonetsa kuchira pakatha miyezi ingapo," adatero Walsh. "Pepani kunena kuti pano sindikuwona zizindikiro zilizonse."
A CEO adanenanso kuti mitengo yamafuta, pafupifupi $70 mbiya, ikhoza kukwera.
"Kwanthawi yayitali tikukhulupirira kuti mafuta apeza mtengo pakati pa $70 ndi $90, mwina $70 ndi $100."
