E ʻae paha nā mea hoʻoponopono o ʻAmelika i kahi hui kuikahi ʻo British Airways Plc-American Airlines me ka ʻole o ka koi ʻana i nā mea lawe e hāʻawi i nā mokulele i nā hoʻokūkū ma London's Heathrow airport, wahi a ke alakaʻi o British Air.
"He ʻāina hoʻokūkū ʻokoʻa loa ia" ma mua o ka makahiki 2002, i ka wā i koi ai ka US Transportation Department i ka ʻālana o 224 mau wiki hoʻokuʻu a pae i Heathrow no ka lanakila ʻana i ka ʻae ʻana, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Luna Nui ʻo Willie Walsh i kahi hālāwai ninaninau. "ʻAʻole wau i manaʻo he pono" e haʻalele i nā slots.
ʻO ke kuʻikahi mokulele i hoʻopaʻa ʻia e hoʻokuʻu wale i ʻehā mau mea lawe i nā ala Heathrow-US. Ua piʻi i ka ʻeiwa ma hope o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o kahi ʻaelike "Open Skies" i ka makahiki i hala, wahi a Walsh.
Ke ʻimi nei ʻo ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa o AMR Corp., ka lua o ka mokulele nui loa o ʻAmelika, a me British Airways, ke kolu o ka nui o ʻEulopa, ke ʻimi nei i ka ʻae ʻana o ka US Transportation Department no ka hui pū ʻana me Iberia Lineas Aereas de Espana SA, ka mea lawe nui loa o Sepania. Aia a hiki i ka la 31 o Oct.
"ʻAʻole e ʻae ʻia me ka ʻole o ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i kekahi mau mākeke," wahi a Stephen Furlong, he mea loiloi ma Davy Stockbrokers ma Dublin me kahi ʻōlelo "underperform" ma British Airways. "ʻAʻole wau i manaʻo ke nānā nei mākou i kekahi mea e like me kā lākou e ʻae ai ma mua, akā kahaha wau inā ʻaʻole i hoʻokomo ʻia kēlā mau lāʻau lapaʻau i kekahi ʻano slots."
Ke kūʻai nei ʻo British Airways i ka 0.5 pakeneka ma 223.7 peni ma ka 12:04 pm ma Lākana. Ua loaʻa ka 24 pakeneka i kēia makahiki. Ua hoʻohui ʻo Iberia i ka 14 pakeneka a ua emi ka AMR i ka 23 pakeneka.
Nā Hoa o OneWorld
E ʻae ka manaʻo kuʻikahi i nā mea lawe ʻekolu e hana pū i nā mokulele honua i kā lākou hui Oneworld me ka ʻole o ka hoʻopiʻi antitrust. E hoʻonui ʻia ka palekana i ka hui pū ʻana me Finnair Oyj, ka mokulele nui loa o Finland, a me Royal Jordanian Airlines, ka mokuʻāina o Jordan.
Ke ʻimi nei ʻo British Airways a me ʻAmelika i ka palekana antitrust no ke kolu o ka manawa mai ka wā i hoʻolaha ʻia ai kahi hoʻolālā mua i ka makahiki 1996. Ua kāpae ʻia ka noi hope loa ma 2002 ma hope o ka ʻōlelo ʻana o nā mea hoʻoponopono o ʻAmelika makemake lākou i ka hāʻawi ʻia ʻana o nā mokulele hou aku ma Heathrow i nā mea hoʻokūkū ma mua o ka makemake o nā hui e hāʻawi. .
Ua hoʻomaka ʻia kahi kuʻikahi Open Skies i ka makahiki 2008 i hoʻopau i ka monopoli i nā mokulele US-Heathrow o ʻAmelika, British Airways, Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd. a me UAL Corp.'s United Airlines. I ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ke kuʻikahi, ua hoʻohui nā mea lawe me Delta Air Lines Inc. a me Continental Airlines Inc. i kēlā mau ala.
'Untouchable Duopoly'
E ʻae ka ʻae ʻana i nā mea lawe i ka hui mokulele ʻo Oneworld e hoʻokūkū no ka manawa mua me Star a me SkyTeam, nā hui lawe nui ʻē aʻe i loaʻa i ka antitrust immunity, wahi a Walsh.
"Inā noho wale ʻo Star a me SkyTeam i nā kuʻikahi pale wale ma waena o ka Atlantika, hiki iā mākou ke hoʻopau me kahi duopoly hiki ʻole ke hoʻopili ʻia," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Walsh ma hope o kahi haʻiʻōlelo i kahi hui mokulele.
I loko o ka ninaninau, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Walsh ʻo ka ʻOihana ʻOihana "hoʻokumu i kahi kūlana ikaika loa" ma ka ʻae ʻana i ka palekana antitrust no nā hui Star a me SkyTeam mai ka makahiki i hala.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Transport Analyst Douglas McNeill ma Astaire Securities ma Lākana e kamaʻilio ana ʻo Walsh i ka ʻōlelo hoʻoholo āna i makemake nui ai.
"He hopena kūpono loa ia, akā ʻaʻole i hōʻoiaʻiʻo ʻia," wahi a McNeill, nona ka helu "kūʻai" ma BA. "ʻOiai ua noi nā regulators i nā mōhai slot i ka wā ma mua, aia nā kumu e manaʻo ai ʻaʻole paha lākou e hana i kēia manawa, akā ʻaʻole hiki ke maopopo."
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Walsh ʻo ka ʻoihana ma kāna mea lawe kaʻa "i lalo," me ka ʻole o ka hōʻike ʻana i nā hōʻailona o ka rebound.
"ʻO kā mākou hoʻolālā ʻoihana ponoʻī mākou e ʻike i nā hōʻailona o ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana i ka US ma ka hopena o kēia makahiki kalena a ʻike mākou i ka UK a me ʻEulopa e hōʻike ana i nā hōʻailona o ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana i kekahi mau mahina ma hope o kēlā," wahi a Walsh. "E kala mai au ʻaʻole wau ʻike i nā hōʻailona o kēlā i kēia manawa."
Ua ʻōlelo pū ka Luna Nui e piʻi paha ke kumukūʻai aila, ma kahi o $70 o ka barela.
"ʻO ka wā lōʻihi, manaʻo mākou e loaʻa paha ka ʻaila i kahi kumukūʻai ma waena o kēlā $70 a me $90, malia paha $70 a me $100."
