Hondo iri kutanga pamusoro peAtlantic Ocean - pamusoro pegungwa.
American Airlines, British Airways neSpanish mutakuri Iberia vari kuyedza kubatana munzira iyo vakwikwidzi vavo vanodaidza kuti monopolistic uye vanoti inogona kukwidza mitengo yendege.
Vatakuri vatatu ava vanoti chibvumirano chavo chebhizinesi chakabatana chinopa vafambi sarudzo huru, hukama huri nani uye zvirongwa zvendege zvakavandudzwa. Ivo vari kutsvaga kusadzivirirwa kubva kune antitrust mhosva muno uye muEurope.
"Kana iwe ukateerera kune mibatanidzwa, zvinoreva kuti mutengi anobatsira kunze kwewazoo," akadaro Robert Mann, muongorori wendege uye chipangamazano. "Ukatarisa zvavari kutaura kuWall Street, inotaura kugona kuronga zvirongwa nemitengo, zvinoreva kubvisa mari shoma yakawandisa, izvo zvinoita sekunge zvisiri zvehushamwari nevatengi."
Pasi pechikumbiro ichi, makambani endege matatu aya acharamba ari makambani akazvimirira asi achizokwanisa kushanda pamwe nekuronga zvirongwa pamwe nemitengo. Parizvino zviito zvakadaro hazvisi pamutemo pasi pemitemo yeantitrust.
Makambani aya aizowedzerawo zvibvumirano zvavo zvecodeshare umo imwe ndege inotengesa zvigaro mundege inoshandiswa neimwe. Somuenzaniso, mufambi anobva kuSt. Louis, Mo., kuenda kuLondon aigona kutenga tikiti nomuAmerica asi ova mundege yeAmerica kwehafu yokutanga yorwendo uye ndege yeBritish Airways yegumbo rechipiri.
Ndege dzinoverengeka dzatove neantitrust immunity kune mibatanidzwa yavo.
United neGerman mutakuri weLufthansa nedzimwe nhengo dzeStar Alliance yavo vane dziviriro yakadaro.
Northwest neDutch ndege yeKLM (ikozvino yasanganiswa neAir France) inewo dziviriro iyoyo. Delta iri kusangana neNorthwest uye zvakare inodzivirirwa kubva kumitemo yeantitrust. Yese ndege idzi chikamu cheSkyTeam mubatanidzwa.
American, British Airways neIberia chikamu chemubatanidzwa wepasi rose.
Aka ndekechitatu American neBritish Airways dzichitsvaga dziviriro yakadai. Kekutanga maive muna 1996, apo Northwest neKLM dzakadyidzana uye apo United neLufthansa vakabatana. Kuedza kwechipiri kwaiva muna 2002. Nguva dzose mbiri, chibvumirano chekudzivirira kudzivirirwa chaiva chokuti ndege mbiri dzakadzora nzvimbo dzakakosha dzekumhara paHeathrow Airport yeLondon, imwe yemisika inobhadhara zvikuru pasi rose.
Ndege Dzakachipa Kana Kukwidzwa Kwemitengo?
Pakaramba kuedza kwekutanga, mukuru wedhipatimendi reAntitrust reDhipatimendi reRuramisiro akataura kuti: “Kusanganiswa kweAmerican Airways neBritish Airways kwaizoguma nokuita kuti vafambi vendege vabhadhare mari yakawanda zvikuru yekufamba pakati peUnited States neGreat Britain.”
Asi izvo zvese zvakachinja gore rino pakatanga chibvumirano cheOpen Skies, kuvhura Heathrow zvishoma kune dzimwe ndege dzaive dzave nenguva dzakadzorwa kune dzimwe nhandare dzeLondon.
Continental, Delta, US Airways neNorthwest vese vakawana nzvimbo dzekumhara paHeathrow nekuda kweOpen Skies, asi Mann anoti vese vanoda zvimwe. Anotarisira kuti vatakuri veUS vaedze uye kuvhara kusadzivirirwa sechikamu chenhaurirano kuti vawane mukana mukuru kuHeathrow.
Musika weUnited States-ku-London ndeimwe yepasirese, Mann anodaro. Asi zvinonyanya kukosha, nekuda kwekuyerera kwevafambi vebhizinesi ndege dzinokwanisa kubhadharisa mamwe maprimiyamu epamusoro emigwagwa, ndege dzinomhara paHeathrow pachinzvimbo cheimwe nhandare dzeLondon, dzakadai seGatwick, dzinogona kudhura 15% kusvika 20%. .
Mann anoidana kuti “ungangove mumwe wemisika inobhadhara zvakanyanya pasi rose.
Richard Branson, purezidhendi weMhandara yeAtlantic, akamutsawo ruckus achiti chibvumirano chakadaro "chinokanganisa makwikwi."
Mutsamba yavakanyorera vose vari kukwikwidza musarudzo dzemutungamiri weAmerica, Sens. Barack Obama naJohn McCain, Branson akati “makambani endege kwose kwose ari kunetsekana nemutengo wazvino wemafuta, asi mhinduro kumatambudziko adzo haifanire kunge iri muchibvumirano chekurwisa makwikwi, zvisingadzivisiki zvinotungamirira kumakwikwi mashoma uye mitengo yakakwirira.”
Rick Seaney, munyori weABC News uye CEO weFareCompare.com, nzvimbo yekutsvaga ndege, akataura kuti makwikwi ndiye Nha.
"Chero nguva iyo ndege inoputika, kana maviri kana anopfuura kubatanidza / shamwari, zvinoreva matikiti epamusoro endege kune vafambi," akadaro Seaney. “Takatoona vavengi veBritish Airways neMhandara yeAtlantic vachibvuma kuita mubatanidzwa pakubhadharisa mafuta uye vachibvuma kubhadhara faindi dzakakura. …
Zvirinani Zvisarudzo Zvendege
Mann anoti American neBritish Airways vane nharo dziri pamutemo: Chekutanga, mamwe makambani endege ane dziviriro; chechipiri, ivo vachidzora zvishoma inopfuura hafu yendege paHeathrow, Star Alliance ndege dzine mugove mukuru wendege paFrankfurt uye SkyTeam ine chikamu chikuru muParis.
Zvakare, ndege dzendege dzinogona kushandira dzimwe nzira kuburikidza nemibatanidzwa iyo neimwe nzira vangasaedza. Semuyenzaniso, Maodzanyemba kwakadziva kumadokero nemumwe wake KLM vaive nesevhisi isingamiri kubva kuHartford, Conn., Kuenda kuAmsterdam.
"Ndiwo musika uyo kutaura chokwadi ungadai usina kumbobvira wapihwa nguva dzese pasina mubatanidzwa," Mann akadaro.
Richard Aboulafia, muongorori wendege neTeal Group, anoti Iberia chikamu chechibvumirano nekuti makambani makuru endege anoda "kuwanda nevatambi venhabvu vasati vabatwa nemumwe munhu."
Iberia zvakare ine akati wandei akakosha eLatin America nzira, iyo inogona kuwedzerwa kuBritish Airways neAmerican network.
"Hazvinei kuti unovada zvakadini kana kuti usingadi, haudi kuti mumwe mukomana awane zvakawanda," Aboulafia akadaro. "Zvese ndezvekuchengetedza iyo yakaoma-yakawanda network network."
Asi pakupedzisira, Aboulafia anoti chibvumirano chinoramba chiri pamusoro peHeathrow uye kuti yakawanda sei American neBritish Airways vakagadzirira kusiya ipapo.
“Zvakawanda zvinoenderana nezvavanopa semvumo. Inodzika zvakanyanya kuHeathrow uye kuwana, ”akadaro. “Hapana chifambiso chine mari seNorth Atlantic Heathrow. Chokwadi ndechekuti BA [British Airways] neAA [American] ichave nenzvimbo yakasimba zvakanyanya ipapo. …Kune dzimwe nhandare dzendege dzakawanda dzakanaka, dzakawanda dzinogarwa neunicorns kana leprechauns.”
