American Airlines Inc. nedzimwe makambani endege akabatanidzwa mukutsvaga kudzivirira kusavimbika kuti vagadzire chibvumirano chemari chakagovaniswa icho chaizowedzera mubatanidzwa wenyika imwe vakati magavhuna makumi mana nematatu ehurumende, maseneta makumi maviri nemasere eUS uye vamiriri zana nemakumi matatu nevatatu vari kutsigira chikumbiro chendege chekusadzivirirwa.
Sezvambotaurwa, Fort Worth-based AMR Corp., mubereki weAmerican Airlines, iri kuyedza kuwana mvumo yekuwedzera mubatanidzwa wayo neBritish Airways, Iberia Airlines, Finnair neRoyal Jordanian. Vendege vakapokana kubva pavakaisa chikumbiro chavo chekutanga kuti vanofanirwa kugashira kusavimbika kwakafanana semubatanidzwa weStar neSkyTeam.
Ndege shanu dzakabatanidzwa dzakasimbisa neChipiri kuti dzakanyorera tsamba kubva kuvatungamiriri vakasarudzwa vanotsigira chirongwa ichi neDhipatimendi Rezvekutakurwa reUS.
Chibvumirano cheAmerican Airlines nedzimwe ndege chaizovabvumira kuti vagovane imwe mari uye kuita sarudzo maererano nekushambadzira, marongero endege uye zvimwe zvine chekuita nebhizinesi pasina kusangana nenyaya dzeantitrust pane mamwe mafambiro epasi rose.
"Kuisa nyika imwe padanho rakaenzana nemamwe mubatanidzwa wendege kwakakosha uye zvichave zvakanaka kuFort Worth," akadaro Mumiriri weUS Kay Granger, R-Fort Worth. "Kuwedzera kukwikwidza pakati pezvibvumirano zvendege kuchaunza sarudzo dzakawanda dzekufamba nenetiweki yakasanganiswa uye inopa masevhisi akawandisa pakati peAmerican, British Airways neIberia."
Ndege dzakaratidzawo kuti nhandare dzendege zana nemakumi maviri nepfumbamwe dzeUS dzakaratidza tsigiro yadzo mukupa mubatanidzwa antitrust kudzivirirwa.
Vanodyidzana neoneworld alliance vachange vachishandawo kuburikidza neEuropean Union hurongwa hwekuyedza kuwana mvumo inodiwa mudunhu iri.
Asi mubatanidzwa uyu wagara usina vanoushora.
Sangano reAllied Pilots Association, mubatanidzwa unomirira vatyairi vendege vekuAmerican Airline, rakakumbira hurumende yemubatanidzwa kupera kwegore rapfuura kuti inonoke kupa mutongo panyaya yeantitrust kudzamara kunyatsoongorora chibvumirano kwapera. Sangano iri rati kambani iyi inofanirwa kutaurirana nesangano revatyairi vendege isati yaenderera mberi nemubatanidzwa.
Mutungamiri wekambani dzendege yeVirgin Atlantic Sir Richard Branson vakanyorawo tsamba kuvamiriri vemutungamiri wenyika, VaJohn McCain naBarack Obama, VaObama vasati vakunda musarudzo dzemuna 2008, vachivayambira nezve mukana wemubatanidzwa uyu wekumisa makwikwi “munzira huru dzinoyambuka gungwa reAtlantic.”
