Frontier: JetBlue haisi kukuudza chokwadi

Frontier Group Holdings, Inc., kambani yevabereki yeFrontier Airlines, Inc., nhasi yapa chirevo chinotevera maererano nekubatanidzwa kwaFrontier neMweya.

Mumavhiki mashoma apfuura, JetBlue yakazivisa kuti kutungamira kweMweya kwakahwanda kuseri kwe "nhema" uye "kutsausa" kusavimbana kuitira kuti varambe JetBlue kodzero yekutora-uye kudzima kubva kuvapo-yenyika yakakura kwazvo-inodhura-inodhura inotakura.

JetBlue haisi kukuudza chokwadi. A mweya kuwanikwa by JetBlue kwaizotungamirira kumugumo wakafa—idi rokuti hapana chitsama chemari, chitsama, kana kuti kutsauswa kuchachinja. Uye kukosha kwega veSpirit stockholders vangango gamuchira kubva kuJetBlue's proposal imari yekudzosera kumashure, nekuti chikumbiro cheJetBlue chinoshaya chero mukana chaiwo wekuwana mvumo yekutonga.

JetBlue yakabvuma kuti ichabvisa zvachose huwandu kubva pamusika nekudzoreredza ngarava dzeMweya kuti dzibvise zvigaro. Magweta eAntitrust anodana izvozvo "kurambidzwa kubuda," uye zvinouraya kune JetBlue's bid. Ndizvo zvakaitawo JetBlue inobvumirwa mutengo inowedzera. Kusakwana kwendege kunoreva mitengo yepamusoro. JetBlue's CEO, Robin Hayes, anozviziva izvozvo. Akacherechedza mazuva mashoma apfuura, “Avhareji yemutengo wemitengo yendege ichakwira nekuti kune [sic] zvigaro zvishoma.” Ndizvo chaizvo zvaizoitwa neJetBlue nezvikepe zveMweya. Chokwadi, mukuzivisa bhidhiyo yayo muna Kubvumbi 6, JetBlue yakati kutora kwaizoitwa. wedzera mibairo yayo yepurofiti, kunyangwe mitengo yakakwira.

Aya maidi-akabvumwa mitengo yakakwira uye yakaderera kuburitsa-inovimbisa kuti JetBlue yaisambokwanisa kuchengetedza mvumo yekutorwa kwayo kweMweya. Hapana anonzi "divestitures" epa airport slots kana magedhi, kana manyepo enhema kana gimmicks, anogona kugadzirisa matambudziko anouraya eJetBlue.

Uye aya haasi kunyange JetBlue chete matambudziko ekutonga. Iyo anticompetitive rationale yebhidhiro yayo iri pachena. JetBlue yakatozvibvuma, ichitaura mune yayo 2021 10-K kuti chibvumirano cheFrontier/Spirit chinotyisidzira "kukwikwidza" kweJetBlue - uye muenzaniso wekubatanidzwa "kunogona kuita kuti mari dzevakwikwidzi dzideredzwe." VaHayes vakazobvuma kuti "nguva" yeJetBlue's bhidhi "yakanyatsotungamirirwa nechiziviso" chekubatanidzwa kweULCC kwakarongwa.

Ipapo kune Bazi reUnited States reJustice rakamirira kutongerwa JetBlue kuvharisa Northeast Alliance neAmerican Airlines. Pasinei nekuvimbisa munhu wese-kusanganisira vagoveri veMweya-kuti kutengeserana kwaizoparadzira ngano, inonzi "JetBlue Effect," Mr. Hayes vakambobvuma chikonzero cheDOJ chekuunza mhosva yeNEA: "DOJ inotenda kuti simba reAmerica richagumisa "JetBlue Effect." Iyo DOJ saka yakatopokana nharo dzeJetBlue dzekutengesa. Uye, zvinopesana nekutaura kwaVaHayes kuti mhosva yeNEA ichagadziriswa munguva pfupi-uye nokudaro haizove nemigumisiro chero ipi zvayo paJetBlue / Spirit acquisition-zvichatora. makore kugadzirisa nyaya yeNEA, kuburikidza nekutongwa uye zvichemo zvese zvisingadzivisiki. Nepo vagovani veMweya vakamirira chii, chaizvo? Mari yekuparadzana, makore gare gare, kunze kwekunyengedza JetBlue bhidhi?

Kwemavhiki, JetBlue yakazadza airwaves neruzha. Yakagovera mhatsa inokatyamadza yezvirevo zvinotsausa, zvese izvi tichiregeredza zviri pachena uye zvinouraya zvekusavimbika matambudziko. Hongu, nezuro chaiye, JetBlue yakati "nyanzvi dzekunze dzinobvumirana kuti, mukati mehutongi hwazvino, kutengeserana kwedu kune mukana wakafanana neFrontier mukuwana mvumo."⁴ JetBlue haisanganisi kunobva, hongu-saka "nyanzvi dzekunze" inoratidzika kunge iri kutaura nezvayo? Yayo chaiyo, JetBlue-yakahaya antitrust gweta.

JetBlue inoda kuti iwe ufunge kuti Frontier neJetBlue vanounza antitrust njodzi profiles inosiyana chete nedhigirii, kwete mumhando. Asi hapana chingava chinopfuura chokwadi. Kuwana kweJetBlue kweMweya hakuna kugona kubudirira.

Kubatanidzwa kweFrontier / Mweya kwakasiyana zvachose. Kutengeserana kwedu kuchawedzera kuburitsa uye kuderedza mitengo nekuunza mitengo yakaderera-yakaderera kune dzimwe nzira mumakwikwi neakakura, mutengo wepamusoro, nendege dzepamusoro. Muganhu wakasanganiswa neMweya unosimudzira kudiwa nekuita kuti vanhu vabhururuke apo mitengo yakakwira inopihwa neJetBlue neBig Four yaizodzitengesa kunze kwemusika.