ATLANTA - Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Delta CEO Richard Anderson ua lilo i mea paʻakikī e hoʻopau i kahi hui mokulele.
ʻO ka loaʻa ʻana o Northwest i ka makahiki 2008, i ʻae ʻia e nā mea hoʻoponopono i loko o ʻehiku mau mahina, "ʻo ia paha ka wikiwiki o ke kālepa ʻana o kona nui i hala ma o ka 'Oihana Hoʻokolokolo," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Anderson i ka Pōʻalua ma kahi kelepona kūkā kālā. "Manaʻo wau he kaiapuni ʻokoʻa i kēia manawa," wahi āna.
Ua nīnau ʻia ka nīnau ʻoiai ke komo nei ʻo United i nā kūkākūkā e pili ana i ka hui ʻana me Continental a me US Airways.
ʻOiai ua hana ʻia ka ʻaelike Northwest i ka makahiki hope o ka Bush Administration, ua manaʻo nui ʻia ka Obama Administration i ka liʻiliʻi o ka hoʻokipa ʻana i nā kālepa mokulele. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Anderson, ʻo kahi swap slot i manaʻo ʻia e Delta a me US Airways "ua kali ʻoi aku ka lōʻihi ma mua o ka hui ʻana o Delta a me Northwest."
ʻO kahi kumu i neʻe wikiwiki ai ka ʻaelike Northwest, ʻōlelo ʻo ia, ʻo Delta i hoʻopiʻi i nā regulators me ka ʻike. "Ua loaʻa iā mākou i kahi manawa kokoke i 270 mau loio ma waena o Northwest a me Delta e hana ana i ka hōʻiliʻili ʻana i nā palapala, ua hoʻokō mākou i ka noi ʻelua mai DOJ i loko o 90 mau lā (a) manaʻo wau ua hana mākou i 35 miliona mau palapala," wahi āna.
Ua waiho ʻia ka swap slot i manaʻo ʻia i ʻAukake. I Pepeluali, ua ʻōlelo ka US Transportation Department e ʻimi ana i nā slot divestitures e Delta ma New York's LaGuardia Airport a me US Airways ma Washington Reagan National Airport. I Malaki, ua hāʻawi ʻo Delta a me US Airways i kahi kuʻikahi i hoʻoponopono hou ʻia e pili ana i nā divestitures, akā ʻaʻole like ka nui o nā regulators e ʻimi nei. Ke kali nei kēlā hāʻawi.
ʻO ka ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo nui ʻo Delta ʻo Ben Hirst, ʻo ia ka ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo ma mua o Northwest, ʻo ia ka ʻaha, ʻaʻole i ka 'Oihana Hoʻokolokolo, ka mea i kāhea hope loa i nā kālepa mokulele, "inā paha ua loaʻa iā ʻoe kēia hoʻokele a i ʻole ka hope."
"Ua noa nā pāʻina e pani," wahi a Hirst. "ʻO ke ala wale nō e kāpae ʻia ai inā hoʻoholo ka hoʻokolokolo e hoʻopiʻi a hiki iā ia ke hōʻoiaʻiʻo i ka ʻaha he anti-competitive ka hui." Ma muli o ka hoʻonui wikiwiki ʻana o nā mea lawe haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa a me nā pōmaikaʻi e hiki mai ana i nā mea kūʻai mai ka hui ʻana i nā ʻoihana mokulele, hiki ke paʻakikī i ka ʻoihana hoʻokolokolo e hōʻoiaʻiʻo i kahi hui i manaʻo ʻia he anti-competitive, wahi āna.
No ka mea e hoʻāla ʻia nā nīnau e pili ana i ka ʻoihana ʻo United/US Airways e pili ana i ka mana o ka mākeke o nā mea lawe ʻelua ma nā kahua mokulele ʻo National a me Washington Dulles, ua nīnau ʻia ʻo Hirst inā ua hoʻopilikia ʻia ka swap slot i manaʻo ʻia. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ua manaʻo ʻo ia i nā regulators e "hana ma ka noi ma mua o ka hiki ke hoʻoholo ʻia e pili ana i ka hui.
"Inā aia i ka hopena o ka lā kahi ʻaelike e pili ana i Airways, ʻaʻohe kumu no ka hele ʻole ʻana o ka swap swap," wahi āna. "Inā loaʻa ka pae hoʻonaʻauao kiʻekiʻe, hiki i ka 'Oihana Hoʻokolokolo ke koi i nā divestitures. (Akā) ʻo kā mākou manaʻo ʻo ke kūʻai ʻana i ka slot swap kūʻokoʻa i nā kūkākūkā hui ʻana e hana ʻia nei i kēia manawa.
