Ua hoʻolaha ʻo Air Canada i kēia lā i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka ʻoihana kūpaʻa Aeroplan ʻo Aimia Inc. ua hoʻopau i nā koi hoʻoponopono, ma hope o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka hōʻoia i koi ʻia ma lalo o ke Kānāwai Kūʻai ʻo Canada a me kahi "palapala hana ʻole" i hoʻopuka ʻia e ka Canadian Competition Bureau. Ma hope o ka hopena o ka ʻaelike kūʻai kūʻai ʻana me Aimia no ka loaʻa ʻana o Aimia Canada Inc., nona a me ka mea hoʻokele o ka ʻoihana kūpaʻa ʻo Aeroplan.
I ka manawa like me ke kau inoa ʻana o ka ʻaelike kūʻai mahele i hoʻolaha ʻia i ka lā 26 o Nowemapa, 2018, ua kau inoa ʻo Air Canada, The Toronto-Dominion Bank, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, a me Visa Canada Corporation i nā ʻaelike kalepa like ʻole e pili ana i ke kākoʻo ʻana i ka loaʻa ʻana, me ka hōʻaiʻē. polokalamu kūpaʻa kāleka a me nā ʻaelike pūnaewele no ke komo ʻana i ka wā e hiki mai ana i ka papahana kūpaʻa hou o Air Canada, ʻo ia mau mea a pau e pili ana i ka pani ʻana o ka loaʻa ʻana o Aimia Canada. Hoʻohui, noho mau ʻo Air Canada i ke kūkākūkā ʻana me American Express, ka mea nāna i hoʻopuka i nā huahana co-branded Aeroplan, e hoʻopaʻa i kona komo mau ʻana i ka papahana Aeroplan ma hope o 2020.
ʻO ke kumukūʻai kūʻai ʻokoʻa no ka loaʻa ʻana o ʻAimia Canada he $450 miliona ma ke kālā e pili ana i ka hoʻoponopono ʻana ma hope o ka pani ʻana a me ka manaʻo o kahi $1.9 biliona o ke kuleana o Aeroplan Miles. E loaʻa iā Air Canada nā uku mai TD a me CIBC ma ka huina o $822 miliona. E uku ana ʻo Visa iā Air Canada. Eia hou, e uku ʻo TD a me CIBC i Air Canada, i ka pau ʻana, i ka huina o $400 miliona ma ke ʻano he uku mua e hoʻohana ʻia i nā uku mahina e hiki mai ana e pili ana i nā mile Aeroplan.
ʻO ka pani ʻana o ka loaʻa, i manaʻo ʻia e hana ʻia ma Ianuali 2019, noho mau ia i ka ʻoluʻolu o nā kūlana maʻamau a me ka ʻae ʻana o ka mea kuleana Aimia e ʻimi ʻia e Aimia ma kāna hālāwai kūikawā o nā mea kuleana i hoʻopaʻa ʻia no Ianuali 8, 2019.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- 26, 2018, Air Canada, The Toronto-Dominion Bank, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, and Visa Canada Corporation signed various commercial agreements relating to and in support of the acquisition, including credit card loyalty program and network agreements for future participation in Air Canada’s new loyalty program, all of which are conditional upon closing of the acquisition of Aimia Canada.
- ʻO ka pani ʻana o ka loaʻa, i manaʻo ʻia e hana ʻia ma Ianuali 2019, noho mau ia i ka ʻoluʻolu o nā kūlana maʻamau a me ka ʻae ʻana o ka mea kuleana Aimia e ʻimi ʻia e Aimia ma kāna hālāwai kūikawā o nā mea kuleana i hoʻopaʻa ʻia no Ianuali 8, 2019.
- In addition, TD and CIBC will make payments to Air Canada, at closing, in the aggregate amount of $400 million as prepayments to be applied towards future monthly payments in respect of Aeroplan miles.
