ATLANTA - Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a me Continental Airlines Inc a me Japan's All Nippon Airways Co Ltd i ka Pōʻakolu e ʻimi nei lākou i ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i nā lula antitrust mai ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa e ʻae iā lākou e hoʻonohonoho i nā mokulele a me nā kumukūʻai ma waena o ka Pākīpika.
Ma kahi ʻōlelo, ua ʻōlelo nā mokulele ua waiho lākou i kahi noi me ka US Department of Transportation e ʻimi ana i ka pale antitrust i ka hoʻāʻo ʻana e "hoʻokūkū maikaʻi" me nā hui mokulele mokulele honua.
ʻO ANA, Continental a me United, kahi hui o UAL Corp, he mau lālā o ka Star Alliance.
ʻAe ka Immunity i nā mea lawe e kaʻana like i nā kumukūʻai, ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana a me nā ʻike ʻē aʻe ma nā ala kikoʻī a ua lilo ia i pani no nā hui ʻana i nā makahiki i hala.
ʻO ka waiho ʻana ma lalo o ʻelua pule ma hope o Iapana a me ʻAmelika i loaʻa i kahi ʻaelike i kapa ʻia ʻo "open lani" e hoʻolalelale hou i ka lawelawe ea, ʻoiai hoʻi i loko a i waho o Tokyo. Ua koi ʻo Iapana ʻaʻole e hoʻokō ʻia ka ʻaelike a hiki i ka haʻalele ʻana o ka US i kekahi mau kānāwai antitrust a ʻae i nā mea lawe ʻAmelika a me Iapana e hoʻonui i kā lākou kuʻikahi.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo United a me kāna mau hoa ʻo ka ʻae ʻana i kā lākou noi e alakaʻi i nā koho ala i hoʻonui ʻia a me kahi ākea o nā kumukūʻai a me nā lawelawe.
"ʻO kēia ʻoihana hui, i hui pū ʻia me ka ʻaelike ākea ākea ma waena o US a me Iapana, e hoʻonui nui i ko mākou hiki ke lawelawe i nā mea kūʻai aku ma Iapana a ma Asia," wahi a ka Luna Nui o United Glenn Tilton ma kahi ʻōlelo.
Manaʻo ʻia ʻo ANA hoʻokūkū ʻo Japan Airlines Corp (9205.T) e ʻimi i ka pale like ʻole e hoʻohui i nā hana ke hoʻoholo ʻo ia i kahi hoa. Ke hoʻokipa ʻia nei ʻo JAL e AMR Corp's American Airlines, kāna hoa pili i ka hui ʻo Oneworld, a me ka mea hoʻokūkū hoʻokūkū ʻo Delta Air Lines Inc, he lālā ia o ka hui hui SkyTeam.
Ke nānā pono nei ka ʻoihana i kahi noi mai ʻAmelika a me British Airways Plc no ka palekana antitrust e hiki ai iā lākou ke hoʻonohonoho i nā ala trans-Atlantic.
Ua hoʻohiki ke aupuni o Obama e nānā pono i kēia mau pilina a me nā noi no nā pilikia o ka hoʻokūkū.
Ua ʻōlelo ke Keʻena ʻOihana ua loaʻa iā ia ka noi, akā ʻaʻohe ʻōlelo hou. ʻApono mau ka 'Oihana i kēia mau noi, pinepine me nā kūlana.
I kēia pule, ua ʻōlelo ka US Justice Department e ʻae ʻo ʻAmelika a me British Airways i ka ʻae ʻana e hoʻopaʻa i ka ʻae ʻana i kā lākou noi palekana.
I ka waiho ʻana i nā mea hoʻokele kaʻa kaʻa US, ua ʻōlelo ke Keʻena ʻOihana i nā kumukūʻai ma kekahi mau ala trans-Atlantic e pili ana i ʻAmelika a me British Airways hiki ke piʻi a hiki i ka 15 pakeneka ma lalo o ka hoʻolālā palekana no ka hui ʻana o Oneworld. Manaʻo nā luna e hoʻokuʻu aku ʻo American a me British Airways i nā wahi hoʻokuʻu a pae ʻana a i ʻole e hana i nā hana ʻē aʻe e kālai i nā ala e hoʻonui ai i nā manawa no nā mokulele e lawelawe i kēlā mau mākeke.
