Ua hoʻolaha ʻo Allegiant a me Viva Aerobus i kēia lā ua ʻae ʻia ka Federal Economic Competition Commission (COFECE) i ka ʻae ʻana i ka Commercial Alliance Agreement ma waena o nā mokulele ʻelua i hoʻolaha ʻia ma Dekemaba 2021.
Hoʻokomo pū ʻia kēia kuʻikahi i kahi hoʻopukapuka kaulike e Allegiant ma ka mokulele ʻo Mekiko.
ʻO kēia ʻaelike, kahi ʻano mua loa ma ka ʻoihana mokulele ma waena o ʻelua mau mea lawe uku haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa (ULCC), e ʻimi e hoʻonui i ka lawelawe haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa ma waena o Mexico a me ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. ʻO ka mea hope loa, e hāʻawi kēia kuʻikahi i ka lehulehu i ke ala palekana a hilinaʻi hoʻi ma waena o nā ʻāina ʻelua me ka nānā ʻana i ka lawelawe ʻana i nā wahi i hāʻawi ʻole ʻia i kēia manawa ka lawelawe ʻole.
"ʻO ka ʻae ʻana o COFECE kahi hana i mua i ka hoʻokumu ʻana i kahi kuʻikahi e hoʻoikaika ai i kahi hoʻokūkū hoʻokūkū me kahi makana nui ma waena o Mexico a me US," wahi a Juan Carlos Zuazua, Luna Nui o Viva Aerobus. "Ke hana nei ma ke ʻano he hui, e hoʻoikaika mākou i ka huakaʻi ea a me ka mākaʻikaʻi ʻoiai e ʻohi ana i nā pono waiwai e pili ana i ka ʻoihana huakaʻi."
ʻO kēia kuʻikahi paʻa piha e hiki ai iā Allegiant a me Viva Aerobus ke loaʻa ka hana cross-functionality ma waena o kā lākou mau papahana kūpaʻa, codesharing, nā ʻōnaehana kūʻai a me nā ʻoihana ala e hana i nā mokulele me nā pono a me nā pono āpau o nā mokulele ʻelua. Ma o kēia kuʻikahi, hiki i ka Allegiant, ka mea lawelawe ʻole iā Mexico i kēia manawa, ke komo wikiwiki a hoʻonui i ka mākeke, ʻoiai ʻo Viva e hiki ke ulu i kona noho ʻana ma nā mākeke US.
"He hana koʻikoʻi kēia ʻae ʻana no ka hoʻokō ʻana i kahi kuʻikahi mōʻaukala a kū hoʻokahi ma waena o ʻelua mau mea kūʻai haʻahaʻa i ka mākeke mokulele ʻoi loa o ka honua," wahi a John Redmond, Luna Nui o Allegiant. "E hui pū mākou e hiki ai i nā poʻe he nui ke lele a hauʻoli i ka moʻomeheu kūʻokoʻa, nā kuʻuna a me nā wahi nani a nā ʻāina ʻelua e hāʻawi ai."
ʻO ka palapala noi hui e noi ana i ka ʻae ʻia a me ka palekana antitrust no ka hui kuikahi ke kali nei i ka ʻae ʻia e ka US Department of Transportation (DOT).
