Washington - Dai vatongi vakabvumira ndege huru kuti dzibatane, vafambi vangangoona "mitengo yakakwira, kudzikira kwesevhisi uye vasina mari vasara," Sachigaro weDare Rezvekufambiswa Kwezvifambiso James Oberstar (D-Minn.) akayambira neChitatu.
Asi mukuru wemubatanidzwa antitrust enforcer akavhura mukana wekuti kubatanidzwa kweDelta Air Lines neNorthwest Airlines chingave chinhu chakanaka. "Kubatanidzwa kwakawanda hakuna kukwikwidza uye kunogona kubatsira vatengi," akadaro James O'Connell, mutevedzeri weAttorney General weDhipatimendi reJustice's Antitrust Division.
O'Connell haana kufanotaura kana Justice aizobvumidza kubatanidzwa kwakamirira, achiti vakuru vakuru vanofanirwa kutanga "vanyatso ongorora chokwadi" kuti vatarise kurasikirwa kungangoitika mumakwikwi. "Kuongorora kweAntitrust kune chokwadi-chakanyanya," akadaro.
Mune zvimwe zviitiko, iyo data inoratidza kusanganiswa "inogona kugonesa vaviri vasingakwanisi, vakwikwidzi vepamusoro-soro kuti vave mukwikwidzi anobudirira, anodhura," akadaro.
Dhipatimendi reJustice chete ndiro rine simba rekuvharisa kubatanidzwa kunotyora mitemo yekusavimbana. Kazhinji, hutongi hweBush hwave hushamwari kune kubatanidza.
Vanoongorora veAntitrust vanowana data uye zano kubva kuDhipatimendi Rezvekutakurwa. Michael Reynolds, mutevedzeri wemunyori wezvekufambiswa kwendege muDhipatimendi Rokufambiswa Kwendege, akaudza komiti iyi kuti muindasitiri yakadzikiswa, “tichaona kugadziridzwazve kuchiguma nokubatanidzwa.”
Asi Oberstar akakurudzira kuti kunyangwe uku kusanganiswa, kunosanganisira vatakuri vane nzira shoma dzinopindirana, kungakuvadza vatengi.
"Izvi hazvifanirwe kuve uye hazvifanirwe kutariswa seyakamira-yega, kutengeserana kwega asi sechinhu chinokonzeresa icho chichave chizere chekusangana kunotevera kunozobatanidza kubhururuka kwendege muUnited States uye kutenderera pasirese kuita mega-vatakuri vepasi rose. ," akati.
Rep. Jerry Costello (D-Ill.), sachigaro wekomiti diki yendege, akati iyewo, "ane kushushikana kukuru" nezvekubatanidzwa uye "haana chokwadi nezvezvinotaurwa kuti Delta yakabatanidzwa ichachengeta ese ari maviri evatakuri hubs."
Congress haitore basa rakananga mukuita kweantitrust ongororo, iyo inowanzotora mwedzi yakawanda. Asi vamiriri vemitemo vanogona kuedza kunyandura kushora kwezvematongerwe enyika.
Kunzwa kwenguva refu kweChitatu kwakaratidza kechina kubva pakaziviswa kubatanidzwa mwedzi wapfuura. Kunzwa kweHouse Transportation Committee kwaitarisirwa kuve kwakanyanya kushata nekuti Oberstar mutsoropodzi ane hasha uye kwenguva refu mukubatanidzwa kweindasitiri.
Asi hapana kana chimwe chedare racho chakaita kutsamwa kukuru. Nemitengo yemafuta ejeti ichikwira nekukurumidza, vamiriri vemitemo vazhinji vakaratidza kuda kubvumidza kubatanidzwa kuenderere mberi.
Rep. John Mica (R-Fla.), mukuru weRepublican paCommittee Yekufambisa, akati anotenda kuti Dhipatimendi reRuramisiro ringangotendera musanganiswa weDelta-Northwest nekuda kwe "kumanikidza kukuru" kwepurofiti yendege.
Vakuru vevatakuri ava vakati vanofanirwa kubatanidza masimba kuti vakwikwidze zvine mutsindo pasi rose uye vanofanira kudzikisa mitengo kuitira kuti vakwanise kukwira nekukwira kwemitengo yemafuta. Vakataurawo kuti kusanganiswa kwavo kwaizokonzera kudzikiswa kushoma kwesevhisi nekuti mepu dzenzira dzendege "dzine kupindirana," akadaro mukuru weDelta, Richard Anderson. "Chokwadi hapana madundancies."
Muhuchapupu mwedzi wapera, Anderson akataura kuti angangoita chiuru mabasa emahofisi makuru anogona kubviswa muMinnesota neAtlanta, uko kuchange kuine muzinda mukuru wendege.
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- “This should not be and must not be considered as a stand-alone, individual transaction but rather as the trigger of what will surely be a cascade of subsequent mergers that will consolidate aviation in the United States and around the world into global mega-carriers,”.
- But a top federal antitrust enforcer held open the possibility that the proposed merger of Delta Air Lines and Northwest Airlines would be a good thing.
- Michael Reynolds, acting assistant secretary for aviation in the Transportation Department, told the committee that in a deregulated industry, “we will inevitably see restructuring resulting in consolidation.
