LUXEMBOURG - Ndege yeIrish yakaderera yeRyanair Holdings PLC Chipiri yakarasikirwa nedare redzimhosva neEuropean Commission pamusoro pekuti inogona kutora mukwikwidzi weAer Lingus Group PLC.
Dare reEuropean Union's General Court rakatonga kuti European Commission yakanga yakarurama kuvharidzira kutora kweRyanair kune aimbova mutakuri wehurumende.
Dare rakatsigirawo mutongo wekomisheni wekuti Ryanair haifanirwe kusiya chikamu chayo chevashoma muAer Lingus.
Dare rakati zvinzvimbo zvepamusoro zvingadai zvakasikwa pane dzimwe nzira nekuda kwekubatanidzwa kwezvikonzero zvakakwana zvekuti komisheni iyi ivhare chibvumirano.
Dare Gurusa rakatsigirawo kuramba kwekomisheni kurayira Ryanair kuti ibvise masheya ayo mashoma muAer Lingus, sezvo kubata kusingapi hutongi hwekambani, dare rakadaro mukutaura. Kutevera kuchengetedzwa kweAer Lingus muna 2006, Ryanair yakatanga kuedza kutora, iyo yakavharwa neEuropean Union's antitrust zviremera pamusana pekuti yaizoderedza makwikwi muIreland kusvika pamwero usingagamuchirwi.
Pasinei nekukundikana kwekukumbira, Ryanair yakasara yakabata chikamu chevanhu vashoma muIrish, iyo nhasi inomira pa 29.8%, padyo nechikumbaridzo apo yaizosungirwa zviri pamutemo kutanga kupa kune guta rose.
Mukuru weRyanair, Michael O'Leary, akati neChipiri mutakuri haana hurongwa hwekukurumidza kupa mupiro wechitatu weAer Lingus, "izvo chero chiitiko chingatadza kubudirira kunze kwekunge hurumende yeIrish yafunga kutengesa chikamu chayo che25%. Zvisinei, akati mutongo wacho hautadzisi Ryanair kuita imwe kupa, kana.
"Kugona kwemari kwenguva refu kweAer Lingus kunogona kuchengetedzwa chete sechikamu cheboka rimwe rakasimba rendege dzeIrish, kunyanya kana dzimwe ndege dzemuEurope dzichibatana nevatatu vanotakura mireza, vachitungamirwa neAir France, British Airways neLufthansa uye maviri makuru akaderera. vatakuri vemitengo, Ryanair uye easyJet, "akawedzera.
Kunyange zvazvo Ryanair yakanyunyuta kudare pamusoro pechisarudzo chekomisheni chekusabvumirwa kupfuurira nezvirongwa zvayo zvekutora, Aer Lingus akateterera pamusoro peRyanair's 29.8% kubata, achiti akapa Ryanair kutonga kwakanyanya pamusoro pezvirongwa zvebhizimisi rendege.
Aer Lingus akati mune chirevo kuti inogona kukwidza mutongo kuEuropean Court of Justice, asi ichatanga yafunga nezve mutongo weRyanair danda mundege "zvakadzama."
"Zvinosuruvarisa kuti dare harina kutora mukana uyu kutora rimwe danho rinodiwa kugadzirisa kupesana-kukwikwidza mhedzisiro yeRyanair's shoreholding yevashoma muAer Lingus," Sachigaro Colm Barrington akadaro. Kunyange zvakadaro akagamuchira chisarudzo chekudzivisa kutora kweRyanair.
Sarudzo "inosimbisa kuti [a] kutora kweAer Lingus neRyanair kungakuvadza vatengi uye kutungamirira kumitengo yakakwirira panzira dzeIrish."
Komisheni iyi yatambira nemufaro kutsigirwa kwedare iri, kunyanya matsindiro arakaita muitiro wekomisheni wekuongorora kukanganisa kwekubatanidzwa kwendege panzira negwara.
"Kusanganiswa kweRyanair neAer Lingus kungadai kwakagadzira chinzvimbo chepamusoro panzira makumi matatu neshanu mukukuvadza vanopfuura mamirioni gumi nemana eEU vanofamba kuenda nekubva kuIreland gore rega rega," komisheni wemakwikwi Joaquin Almunia akadaro mukutaura.
ZVOKUBVA MUNYAYA INO:
- The General Court also upheld the commission’s refusal to order Ryanair to divest its minority shareholding in Aer Lingus, as the holding doesn’t confer control of the company, the court said in a statement.
- Following the privatization of Aer Lingus in 2006, Ryanair launched a takeover attempt, which was blocked by the European Union’s antitrust authorities on the grounds that it would reduce competition in Ireland to an unacceptable level.
- Aer Lingus said in a statement that it may appeal the decision to the European Court of Justice, but would first consider the judgment on Ryanair’s stake in the airline “in detail.
