ʻO ka pule i hala aku nei, ua haʻi ʻo CEO ʻo Delta Air Lines, ʻo Ed Bastian, i ka nūhou i ka wā o ka loaʻa kālā o ka ʻoihana ma ka hoʻolaha ʻana ua hoʻohuli ʻo Delta i kona kūlana ma ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i ka ea a ke "hana maikaʻi nei" ia ma ke kānāwai o ka Hale US a Pelekikena Trump i kākoʻo, e like me ka Air. ʻO nā loina hoʻoponopono hou o ka Traffic Control (ATC) i kau inoa ʻia e ka Pelekikena ma kahi hui White House i ka mahina i hala. I ka pane ʻana i kahi nīnau mai kahi kanaka loiloi Wall Street, ʻo Bastian i haʻi aku, "ʻaʻole mākou e kūʻē i ka pilikino."
Ma muli o ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻino a Delta e kūʻē i ka Luna Hoʻokele o ke Kōmike Hoʻokele Hale Shuster i ka bila hoʻoponopono ATC like loa i ka makahiki i hala, ua hopu kēia i nā mea he nui. ʻO ka mea hoʻohenehene, ʻoiai ʻo Bastian i ʻōlelo ai i kēia ʻōlelo, ua kāhea ka poʻe kūʻē i ka hoʻoponopono ATC i ka inoa ʻo Delta a me ka hoʻohana ʻana i kāna noiʻi hoʻoponopono anti-ATC mai ka makahiki i hala ma ke ʻano he mea kaua lobbying e kūʻē i ka bila e hana nei ʻo Delta i kēia manawa.
He nui nae ma Wasinetona, aole nae i pihoihoi. No nā mahina, e like me ka maunu ma ka hopena o kahi laina lawaiʻa, ua lele ʻo Delta i mua o ka Administration i kahi ʻāpana a lākou i manaʻo ai he mea paʻakikī loa ke kūʻē: E hoʻohuli ʻo Delta i kona kūlana kūʻē i ka hoʻoponopono ATC a kākoʻo i ka helu ʻekahi o ka mokulele mokulele a Pelekikena Trump. IF ua ʻae ka Administration e kōkua iā Delta ma kāna helu ʻekahi, ʻo ka pilikia ʻo Gulf Carrier/Open Skies. ʻO ka nīnau ākea inā paha e hōʻike ana ka flip-flop o Delta ua loaʻa iā ia kahi hana hoʻoponopono ATC / Open Skies. Na ka manawa e haʻi.
Pehea e hiki ai iā Delta ke kū i kahi kūlana kūʻē i ke kānāwai hoʻoponopono ATC a ka luna hoʻomalu Shuster i ka makahiki i hala e hōʻole ana e hoʻolei ʻo ia i ka ATC modernization a hoʻopōʻino i nā mea kūʻai aku akā, hoʻokahi makahiki ma hope e apo a hana maikaʻi iā ia? Inā he haʻuki 'Olumepika ka hoʻolaha mokulele, a laila e lanakila maʻalahi ʻo Delta i ka Medal Gula a puni no nā haʻuki i hāʻawi ʻia i kona ʻano akamai. Ma mua o kāna mau ʻōlelo, pono e hoʻokolokolo ʻia ʻo Delta e kāna mau hana.
ʻO nā hiʻohiʻona o ka hilahila ʻole i ka poʻe limahana ʻAmelika e ʻike ʻia.
I loko o kāna hoʻolaha hoʻolaha ʻana i ka honua e kūʻē iā Open Skies, ʻōlelo ʻo Delta he poʻokela ia o nā hana ʻAmelika. ʻO nā huaʻōlelo hoʻopiʻi politika akā pono wale kekahi e nānā i nā kūʻai mokulele hou a Delta e ʻike ai he hakahaka. Ma Iulai 13, me ka hauʻoli nui, lawe ʻo Delta i kāna Airbus 350-900 mua. ʻO ia ka mea lawe mua ma ʻAmelika ʻĀkau e lawe i kēia ʻano hoʻohālike Airbus. Ua hopohopo nui ʻo Delta e pili ana i nā hana ʻAmelika, ua huli ʻo ia i ka Boeing a me nā limahana hana aerospace US ma ke koho ʻana i nā limahana Airbus a me ʻEulopa. E like me kā Aviation Daily i hōʻike ai i kāna moʻolelo alakaʻi, ʻo Delta - a me American Airlines a me United Airlines pū kekahi - ʻaʻole i kauoha i hoʻokahi hanauna hou Boeing 777X. Ua hiki i ka polokalamu 777X ke hoʻomaka, a e hana i nā haneli haneli o nā hana hana ʻAmelika, ma muli o ke kākoʻo kūpaʻa mai Gulf Carriers Emirates, Etihad a me Qatar i kūʻai aku i 235 o nā 306 777X i kūʻai ʻia.
Akā, ʻaʻole wale ʻo Airbus a me nā limahana ʻEulopa e pōmaikaʻi ana i nā kūʻai mokulele hou o Delta. ʻO kāna kālā loaʻa, ua haʻaheo ʻo Bastian i ka mea mua o kāna 75 Bombardier C series CS100 mokulele e hōʻea i ka Spring aʻe a e hana ma ka mākeke o New York. Eia hou, ua huli ʻo Delta i kāna hana hana Boeing a me ʻAmelika. ʻAʻohe kānalua o nā limahana aerospace Kanada. I ka nīnau ʻia ʻana e pili ana i ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa kalepa pono ʻole ma waena o Boeing a me Bombardier i kū mai ma muli o ke kuʻikahi aloha i loaʻa iā Delta, ua hoʻohuli ʻo Bastian i ka ʻōlelo ʻana "e ʻike kākou pehea e hui pū ai ka paio ma waena o kēlā mau ʻaoʻao ʻelua." ʻAʻohe kānalua he nui nā limahana ʻAmelika - ma ka laina hui ma Boeing a ma ke kaulahao hoʻolako ʻāina holoʻokoʻa o Boeing - ka poʻe i manaʻoʻiʻo he hui pū kekahi a makemake ʻo Delta i hoʻonoho mua iā ʻAmelika, ʻaʻole ʻo Kanada.
Wahi a Delta ʻo kāna hoʻolaha kūʻē iā Open Skies e pale i nā hana a nā limahana Delta. No ka lohe ʻana iā Delta i ka haʻi ʻana iā ia ma kāna wikiō limahana Open Skies he 15 mau minuke, he mea hoʻoweliweli maoli ka Gulf Carriers iā lākou a me ko lākou ʻohana. Eia nō naʻe, ke hoʻomau nei ka hui hoʻokō o Delta i ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā hana Delta i nā hoa hana hui like ʻole (JV) ma mua o ka nalowale ʻana i ka hoʻokūkū ʻo Gulf Carrier. Ma muli o ka māhele like ʻana o ka loaʻa kālā o JV, ʻaʻole ia he mea pili iā Delta inā ʻo kāna mau mokulele i holo ʻia e kāna mau limahana e lele i nā ala a i ʻole hāʻawi lākou i nā manawa lele i nā hui mokulele ʻē aʻe a me kā lākou mau hui haole.
Loaʻa ʻo Delta i kāna ʻāpana kālā i kēlā me kēia ala. No ka laʻana, ma mua o kēia makahiki ua hoʻopau ʻo Delta i ka lele ʻana iā Seattle-London Heathrow. Akā, hāʻawi ia i ke ala i ka hoa JV ʻo Virgin Atlantic. I loko o kāna hoʻolaha ʻo Gulf Carrier, ʻōlelo ʻo Delta i kēlā me kēia mokulele US i nalowale i kahi mea lawe haole he 1,500 mau hana ʻAmelika. Ua hoʻoholo anei ʻo Delta e hāʻawi i kēia ala i kāna hoa ʻāina ʻē he 1,500 mau hana US? I ka manawa aʻe e hele ai ʻoe ma kahi kikowaena Delta US, e nānā a puni i ka heluna nui o nā mokulele Delta JV hoa ma laila a nīnau iā ʻoe iho i ka nui o ia mau mokulele e hiki ke hoʻokele ʻia e Delta, me nā hui ʻo Delta, inā ʻaʻole no ka hoʻokaʻawale kālā JV.
Ma kēlā wikiō Delta, hoʻohiki ʻo Bastian e hoʻomaka hou ʻo Delta i India inā hoʻoholo ka Trump Administration e haʻalele i ka Open Skies a hoʻopaʻa i nā ʻēheu o nā Gulf Carriers. Hōʻike pinepine ʻo Delta i kāna lele ʻana iā Amsterdam-Mumbai ma ke ʻano he pōʻino o ka hoʻokūkū ʻo Gulf Carrier. Ua nalo wale anei kēlā mau mea kaʻa Delta US-India? ʻAʻole naʻe. Ua hāʻawi ʻo Delta iā lākou i nā hoa haole - Air France / KLM ma luna o Paris a me JetAirways ma Amsterdam. Ma muli o kāna koi ʻana i ka hihia ʻo Gulf Carrier, ua nalowale kekahi mau hana ʻAmelika 1,500 ma muli o ka hoʻoholo a ka hoʻokele Delta.
Manaʻolana mākou ʻaʻole i lawe ka Trump White House i ka maunu a Delta. I ka makahiki makahiki o ka Open Skies, pono mākou e hoʻolauleʻa i nā pōmaikaʻi nui e hoʻomau ʻia ana i nā mea kūʻai aku, nā kaiāulu a me ka hoʻokele waiwai o ka lāhui. Ma kahi o ka mea kaumaha, ke hoʻopaʻapaʻa nei mākou inā paha e hoʻololi ʻia kēia kulekele lawelawe ea bipartisan nui loa, i kū i ka hoʻāʻo o ka manawa, e kahi hoʻolālā hoʻokūkū hoʻokele e like me ke kulekele Blue Skies a Canada e hoʻonui hou i ʻekolu mau mokulele oligopoly - Delta, ʻAmelika a me United - me ka loaʻa kālā hoʻopaʻa moʻolelo.
ʻO Mitchell ka mea hoʻokumu o Business Travel Coalition a me OpenSkies.travel.
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He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- Last week Delta Air Lines CEO, Ed Bastian, made news during the companys earnings call by announcing that Delta has flipped its position on air traffic control reform and is now working constructively on US House legislation President Trump supports, which closely resembles Air Traffic Control (ATC) reform principles the President signed at a White House ceremony last month.
- How is it that Delta can take an adamant position against Chairman Shusters ATC reform legislation last year decrying that it would throw ATC modernization off-course and harm consumers but, one year later embrace it and work constructively on it.
- For months, like bait at the end of a fishing line, Delta has been dangling in the front of the Administration a morsel they thought would be too tantalizing to resist.
