ʻO American Airlines Inc. a me nā mokulele ʻē aʻe i komo i ka ʻimi ʻana i ka antitrust immunity e hoʻokumu i kahi ʻaelike loaʻa kālā e hoʻonui ai i ka hui oneworld i ʻōlelo ʻia he 43 mau kiaʻāina mokuʻāina, 28 US senators a me 133 mau ʻelele e kākoʻo ana i ka noi ʻana o nā mokulele no ka palekana.
E like me ka mea i hōʻike mua ʻia, ʻo Fort Worth-based AMR Corp., ka makua o American Airlines, ke hoʻāʻo nei e loaʻa ka ʻae e hoʻonui i kāna kuʻikahi me nā hoa hui oneworld British Airways, Iberia Airlines, Finnair a me Royal Jordanian. Ua hoʻopaʻapaʻa nā mokulele mai ka waiho ʻana i kā lākou noi mua e loaʻa iā lākou ka palekana antitrust e like me ka hui ʻana o Star a me SkyTeam.
Ua hōʻoia nā mokulele ʻelima i ka Pōʻalua ua waiho lākou i nā leka mai nā alakaʻi i koho ʻia e kākoʻo ana i ka hana me ka US Department of Transportation.
ʻO ka ʻaelike ʻo American Airlines me nā mokulele ʻē aʻe e ʻae iā lākou e kaʻana like i kekahi mau loaʻa kālā a hoʻoholo e pili ana i ke kūʻai aku ʻana, nā hoʻonohonoho mokulele a me nā pilikia ʻē aʻe e pili ana i ka ʻoihana me ka loaʻa ʻole o nā pilikia antitrust ma kekahi mau huakaʻi huakaʻi honua.
"He mea koʻikoʻi ke kau ʻana o oneworld me nā hui mokulele ʻē aʻe a he mea maikaʻi ia no Fort Worth," wahi a US Rep. Kay Granger, R-Fort Worth. "ʻO ka hoʻokūkū hou aʻe ma waena o nā hui mokulele e lawe mai i nā koho huakaʻi hou aku me kahi pūnaewele alahele hui pū ʻia a hāʻawi i ka lawelawe ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma waena o ʻAmelika, British Airways a me Iberia."
Ua hōʻike pū ʻia nā mokulele he 129 mau mokulele US i hōʻike i kā lākou kākoʻo i ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka palekana antitrust alliance.
E hana pū ana nā hoa hui oneworld ma o ke kaʻina hoʻoponopono o ka European Union e hoʻāʻo e loaʻa nā ʻae e pono ai ma ia wahi.
Akā ʻaʻole i nele ka hui kuʻikahi me kāna mau ʻōlelo hoʻohewa.
ʻO ka Allied Pilots Association, he hui e hōʻike ana i nā mokulele mokulele ʻAmelika, ua noi aku i ke aupuni federal i ka hopena o ka makahiki i hala e hoʻopaneʻe i ka hoʻoholo ʻana i ka hihia antitrust a hiki i ka pau ʻana o ka nānā ʻana i ka ʻaelike. Ua ʻōlelo ka hui e koi ʻia ka mokulele e kūkākūkā me ka uniona pailaka ma mua o ka neʻe ʻana me ka hui.
Ua kākau pū ka pelekikena o nā mokulele mokulele ʻo Virgin Atlantic ʻo Sir Richard Branson i nā moho pelekikena ʻo John McCain lāua ʻo Barack Obama ma mua o ka lanakila ʻana o ke koho balota ʻo Obama i ka makahiki 2008, e aʻo ana iā lākou e pili ana i ka manaʻo o ke kuʻikahi e hoʻopaʻa i ka hoʻokūkū ma nā "alanui transatlantic nui."
