PARIS - ʻO ka hui transatlantic hou ma waena o Franco-Dutch carrier Air France-KLM a me Delta Air Lines Inc. e hoʻonui i ka loaʻa kālā o kēlā me kēia hoa ma ka $ 150 miliona, ua ʻōlelo nā luna o nā mokulele ʻelua i ka Pōʻakolu, e hoʻonui ana i kahi kuikahi i loaʻa i nā hui ʻelua ma mua o nā loli. i ke kuleana.

Ua haʻi aku ʻo Air France-KLM CEO Pierre-Henri Gourgeon i ka hālāwai kūkā o ka ʻaelike e hoʻohui i ka loaʻa kālā a me nā kumukūʻai no nā mokulele ma waena o ʻEulopa a me ʻAmelika, a me ka hui pū ʻana i nā mokulele ʻē aʻe, e hoʻokiʻekiʻe loa i nā loaʻa kālā ʻelua i ka wā e ʻoki ana i nā kumukūʻai. Pono e hoʻokō ʻia ka huina o $ 300 miliona e hoʻomaka i ka makahiki e hiki mai ana, akā ʻo ka pact, i hoʻokō ʻia e like me ka mahina i hala aku nei e hāʻawi pū i nā synergies nui i kēia makahiki, wahi a Mr. Gourgeon.

ʻO ka ʻaelike, e holo ana ma lalo o 13 mau makahiki, kūkulu ʻia ma kahi ʻoihana hui lōʻihi ma waena o Northwest Airlines a me KLM Royal Dutch Airlines a me kahi mea hou loa ma waena o Delta a me Air France. Ua kūʻai ʻo Air France iā KLM i ka makahiki 2004, a ua kūʻai ʻo Delta i ka makahiki i hala ma Northwest.

ʻO nā mokulele i hoʻohui ʻia, aia i loko o ka hui kūʻai kūʻai SkyTeam, ua ʻōlelo lākou ua hoʻolālā lākou e hoʻonohonoho hou a hoʻonui i kā lākou hui. Loaʻa ka hoʻonui kālā i nā pōmaikaʻi mai nā hui mua. Ua hōʻole nā hui e wehewehe i ka nui o ka pact hou e hoʻonui ai i ka loaʻa kālā

Ua ʻōlelo ka ʻelua, ʻo kā lākou ʻoihana e hōʻike nei ma kahi o 25% o ka nui o ka transatlantic o ka ʻoihana a e hoʻoikaika i ko lākou hiki ke hoʻokūkū kūʻē i nā hui mokulele ʻē aʻe, ʻo Star a me oneworld. Ma muli o ka ʻikepili 2008-2009, ua manaʻo ʻia ka loaʻa kālā o ka hui hui makahiki he $12 biliona, wahi a nā hui.

E komo ka ʻoihana hou ma mua o 200 mau mokulele transatlantic a ma kahi o 50,000 mau noho i kēlā me kēia lā, wahi a nā hui.

Hiki i nā mokulele ke hana like me ka kaʻana like ʻana i nā kumukūʻai koʻikoʻi a me nā ʻikepili kūʻai aku - ʻaʻole i pāpā ʻia ka hana ma ke ʻano he hui hewa ʻole - no ka mea ua hāʻawi ʻia lākou i ka pale antitrust e nā mea hoʻoponopono US. Ke nānā nei ka European Union i nā hopena antitrust o nā hui mokulele mokulele no nā makahiki he nui.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Delta Chief Executive Richard Anderson i ka hui ʻana "ua nānā ʻia e nā luna ma nā ʻaoʻao ʻelua o ka Atlantika."

He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:

The agreement, which will run for at least 13 years, builds on a longstanding joint venture between Northwest Airlines and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines and a more recent one between Delta and Air France.
Air France-KLM CEO Pierre-Henri Gourgeon told a press conference that the agreement to pool revenue and costs for flights between Europe and the U.
The pair said their venture now represents about 25% of the industry’s total transatlantic capacity and will sharpen their ability to compete against the other airline alliances, Star and oneworld.