Ke ulu nei ke kaua ma luna o ka Moana ʻAkelanika – kiʻekiʻe ma luna o ka moana.
Ke hoʻāʻo nei ʻo American Airlines, British Airways a me Spanish carrier Iberia e hui pū i kahi neʻe i kapa ʻia e ko lākou poʻe hoʻokūkū he monopolistic a ʻōlelo lākou hiki ke alakaʻi i nā kumukūʻai mokulele kiʻekiʻe.
Ua ʻōlelo nā mea lawe ʻekolu i kā lākou ʻaelike ʻoihana hui e hāʻawi i ka poʻe huakaʻi i nā koho ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi, nā pilina maikaʻi a me ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i nā papa holo mokulele. Ke ʻimi nei lākou i ka palekana mai ka hoʻopiʻi antitrust ma ʻaneʻi a ma ʻEulopa.
"Inā hoʻolohe ʻoe i nā kuʻikahi, ʻo ia ka mea e pōmaikaʻi ai nā mea kūʻai aku i ka wazoo," wahi a Robert Mann, he mea loiloi mokulele a me ke kūkākūkā. "Inā ʻoe e nānā i ka mea a lākou e ʻōlelo nei iā Wall Street, ʻōlelo ʻia ka hiki ke hoʻonohonoho i nā papa manawa a me nā kumukūʻai, ʻo ia ka mea e hoʻopau ai i ka nui o ka haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa, ʻaʻole ia he mea maʻamau ka mea kūʻai aku."
Ma lalo o ka manaʻo, e noho mau nā mokulele ʻekolu i nā hui kūʻokoʻa akā hiki ke hana pū me ka hoʻolālā hoʻonohonoho a me nā kumukūʻai. I kēia manawa, ʻaʻohe kānāwai o ia mau hana ma lalo o nā kānāwai antitrust.
E hoʻonui pū nā ʻoihana i kā lākou ʻaelike codeshare kahi e kūʻai aku ai kekahi mokulele i nā noho ma kahi mokulele e lawelawe ʻia e kekahi. No ka laʻana, hiki i ka mea huakaʻi e hele ana mai St. Louis, Mo., i Lākana ke kūʻai mai i tiketi ma o ʻAmelika akā ma luna o kahi mokulele ʻAmelika no ka hapa mua o ka huakaʻi a me kahi mokulele British Airways no ka wāwae ʻelua.
Ua loaʻa i kekahi mau mokulele he antitrust immunity no kā lākou hui.
ʻO Lufthansa a me nā lālā ʻē aʻe o kā lākou Star Alliance i loaʻa ka palekana.
ʻO ka mokulele ʻĀkau a me Dutch ʻo KLM (i hui pū ʻia me Air France) i loaʻa kēlā pale. Hoʻohui ʻia ʻo Delta me Northwest a pale pū ʻia mai nā kānāwai antitrust. ʻO kēlā mau mokulele āpau he ʻāpana o ka hui kuikahi SkyTeam.
ʻO ʻAmelika, British Airways a me Iberia kekahi ʻāpana o ka hui kuikahi oneworld.
ʻO kēia ke kolu o ka manawa a ʻAmelika a me British Airways i ʻimi ai i ia palekana. ʻO ka manawa mua ma 1996, i ka wā i hui pū ai ʻo Northwest a me KLM a i ka wā i hui pū ai ʻo United a me Lufthansa. ʻO ka lua o ka hoʻāʻo ʻana ma 2002. ʻO nā manawa ʻelua, ʻo ka ʻaelike kūʻē i ka pale ʻana ʻo ia ka mālama ʻana o nā mokulele ʻelua i nā wahi pae nui ma London's Heathrow Airport, kekahi o nā mākeke ʻoi loa o ka honua.
Nā huakaʻi haʻahaʻa a i ʻole ka piʻi ʻana o ke kumu kūʻai?
I ka wā i hōʻole ʻia ai ka hoʻāʻo mua, ua ʻōlelo ke poʻo o ka ʻāpana antitrust o ka 'Oihana Hoʻokolokolo i loko o kahi ʻōlelo: "ʻO ka hui ʻana o ʻAmelika a me British Airways e hopena i nā huakaʻi mokulele e uku nui i nā kumukūʻai no ka huakaʻi ma waena o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a me Pelekane Nui."
Akā, ua loli nā mea a pau i kēia makahiki i ka wā i hoʻokō ʻia ai ka ʻaelike Open Skies, e wehe iki ana iā Heathrow i nā mokulele ʻē aʻe i hoʻoponopono lōʻihi ʻia i nā mokulele ʻē aʻe o Lākana.
Ua loaʻa iā Continental, Delta, US Airways a me Northwest nā pae pae ʻana ma Heathrow ma muli o Open Skies, akā ʻōlelo ʻo Mann makemake lākou a pau. Manaʻo ʻo ia e hoʻāʻo ka poʻe lawe US e hoʻopaʻa i ka pale ʻana ma ke ʻano he kūkākūkā e loaʻa ai ke komo nui aku iā Heathrow.
ʻO ka mākeke United States-a-London kekahi o ka honua nui loa, wahi a Mann. Akā ʻoi aku ka mea nui, ma muli o ke kahe ʻana o nā huakaʻi huakaʻi ʻoihana e hiki ai i nā mokulele ke uku aku i kekahi o nā uku kiʻekiʻe no nā ala, nā mokulele e pae ana ma Heathrow ma kahi o kekahi o nā mokulele ʻē aʻe o Lākana, e like me Gatwick, hiki ke piʻi i ka 15 pakeneka i ka 20 pakeneka ʻoi aku ka nui. .
Ua kapa ʻia ʻo Mann "ʻo ia kekahi o nā mākeke ʻoi loa o ka honua."
ʻO Richard Branson, ka pelekikena o Virgin Atlantic, ua hoʻāla pū ʻo ia i kahi ʻōlelo e ʻōlelo nei e "pōʻino ka hoʻokūkū."
I loko o kahi leka i nā moho pelekikena ʻelua o ʻAmelika, ʻo Sens. Barack Obama lāua ʻo John McCain, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Branson "ke paio nei nā mokulele ma nā wahi āpau me ke kumukūʻai o ka aila i kēia manawa, akā ʻaʻole pono ka hoʻonā ʻana i ko lākou mau pilikia i loko o kahi ʻaelike kūʻē i ka hoʻokūkū. ʻAʻole hiki ke alakaʻi i ka hoʻokūkū liʻiliʻi a me nā kumukūʻai kiʻekiʻe.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Rick Seaney, he mea kākau moʻolelo ABC News a me Luna Hoʻokele o FareCompare.com, kahi kahua huli mokulele, ʻo ka hoʻokūkū ka mea hoʻokele helu 1 o ke kumu kūʻai tiketi mokulele.
"I kēlā me kēia manawa e holo ai kahi mokulele, a i ʻole ʻelua a ʻoi aku paha ka hui ʻana, ʻo ia ke ʻano o nā tiketi mokulele kiʻekiʻe no nā poʻe holo," wahi a Seaney. "Ua ʻike mua mākou i nā ʻenemi make ʻo British Airways a me Virgin Atlantic e ʻae nei i ka hui pū ʻana i nā uku hoʻolimalima a ʻae e uku i nā uku nui. … ʻO kēia mau kuʻikahi antitrust e hoʻokō pono i kēia ʻano hana."
ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o nā koho lele
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Mann he mau ʻōlelo hoʻopaʻapaʻa kūpono ka American a me British Airways: ʻO ka mea mua, loaʻa i nā mokulele ʻē aʻe ka palekana; ʻO ka lua, ʻoiai lākou e hoʻomalu nei ma mua o ka hapalua o nā mokulele ma Heathrow, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā mokulele Star Alliance o nā mokulele ma Frankfurt a ʻo SkyTeam ka hapa nui ma Paris.
Eia kekahi, hiki i nā mokulele ke lawelawe i kekahi mau ala ma o nā kuikahi a lākou e hoʻāʻo ʻole ai. No ka laʻana, ua loaʻa iā Northwest a me kāna hoa hui ʻo KLM ka lawelawe hoʻomaha mai Hartford, Conn., a i Amsterdam.
"He mākeke kēlā ʻaʻole loa e lawelawe ʻia me ka ʻole o kahi kuʻikahi," wahi a Mann.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Richard Aboulafia, he mea loiloi mokulele me ka Teal Group, ʻo Iberia kahi ʻāpana o ka ʻaelike no ka mea makemake nā mokulele nui e "hoʻonui i nā mea pāʻani niche ma mua o ka hopu ʻana o kekahi iā lākou."
Loaʻa iā Iberia kekahi mau ala koʻikoʻi o Latin America, hiki ke hoʻohui ʻia i ka British Airways a me nā pūnaewele ʻAmelika.
"No ka nui o kou makemake iā lākou a ʻaʻole paha, ʻaʻole ʻoe makemake i ke kanaka ʻē aʻe e hui pū me lākou," wahi a Aboulafia. "E pili ana i ka mālama ʻana i kēlā pūnaewele puni honua koʻikoʻi."
Akā ʻo ka mea hope loa, ʻōlelo ʻo Aboulafia e mau ana ka ʻaelike e pili ana iā Heathrow a me ka nui o ka American a me British Airways e makemake e haʻalele ma laila.
"Ke hilinaʻi nei ka nui i ka mea a lākou e hāʻawi ai ma ke ʻano he ʻae. Ua iho nui ia i Heathrow a komo, "wahi āna. "ʻAʻohe mea ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o North Atlantic Heathrow. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻo BA [British Airways] a me AA [ʻAmelika] e loaʻa kahi kūlana ikaika loa ma laila. He nui nā kahua mokulele maikaʻi, nui ka poʻe i noho ʻia e nā unicorn a me nā leprechauns.
