Vatongi vehurumende vanoda kuziva zvakawanda pamusoro pekuti mubatanidzwa wakarongwa pakati peAmerican Airlines neBritish Airways ungakanganisa sei makwikwi pandege dzemhiri kwemakungwa.
Dhipatimendi rezvekutakurwa kweUS rakakumbira vendege kuti vape rumwe ruzivo nezve mubatanidzwa wakarongwa, kusanganisira kukanganisa kwahwo paHeathrow Airport muLondon, kutakura zvinhu, uye sevhisi mumisika yeAsia neLatin America.
Vatongi vakabvunzawo kuti kubatanidzwa pakati peBritish Airways neAustralia mutakuri Qantas kungakanganisa sei mubatanidzwa. Kunyange hazvo makambani maviri endege aya akamisa nhaurirano dzekubatanidza kutanga kwemwedzi uno, vakuru vakuru veDhipatimendi Rezvekutakurwa vakacherekedza kuti vaigona kutangazve nhaurirano mune ramangwana.
Vendege vakakumbira kuti mubatanidzwa uyu usunungurwe pamitemo yeantitrust, izvo zvaizovabvumira kuronga mashandiro, marongero, kushambadzira uye zvimwe zvisarudzo zvebhizinesi pandege dzetrans-Atlantic. Pamusoro peAmerican neBritish Airways, mubatanidzwa uyu waizosanganisira mutakuri weSpanish Iberia, Finnair neRoyal Jordanian Airlines.
Chikumbiro chekuwedzera ruzivo chinouya mushure mekunge vatakuri vanoverengeka vanokwikwidza, kusanganisira Mhandara Atlantic neAir France, varatidzira vachipokana nemubatanidzwa, vachiushoropodza sehusina kunaka uye hunopesana nemakwikwi.
Vakuru veFort Worth-based American vakadana chikumbiro cheruzivo rwakawanda "maitiro akajairwa" uye vakati hazvifanirwe kunonoka kuita sarudzo pamubatanidzwa.
"Tinotarisira kupindura chikumbiro nekukurumidza sezvinobvira kuitira kuti DOT ione kuti chikumbiro chedu chakakwana uye toita sarudzo mukati memwedzi mitanhatu inodiwa," akadaro Andy Backover, mutauriri. "Tinoramba tine chivimbo chekuti chokwadi chinotsigira kubvumidzwa kwechikumbiro chedu uye tinoramba tichitenda kuti tichawana mvumo pamberi pekupera kwa2009."
Dzimwe ndege dzakati wandei, dzinosanganisira United Airlines, Del-ta Air Lines, Air France neKLM, dzatove nevasingabvumirwe kusununguka kumibatanidzwa yenyika.
American neBritish Airways vakatsvaga chimiro chimwechete kwemakore. Maregulator akaramba zvikumbiro zvekare nekuti ndege mbiri idzi dzinotonga Heathrow, nzvimbo yakabatikana zvakanyanya muEurope. Asi vakuru veAmerica vanocherechedza kuti chibvumirano chitsva chekufamba nendege chakavhura Heathrow kusvika kune mamwe makwikwi mumakore achangopfuura.
Kudyidzana kuri kuda kuitwa uku kwashoropodzwawo nemasangano emuAmerica. Vakuru vevashandi vanotyira kuti mubatanidzwa uyu unogona kureva kudzikiswa kwemabasa pakambani yendege.
ZVOKUBVA MUNYAYA INO:
- Transportation Department asked the airlines to provide more information about the planned partnership, including its impact on Heathrow Airport in London, cargo operations, and service in Asian and Latin American markets.
- “We look forward to responding to the request as quickly as possible so that DOT can deem our application complete and then make a decision within the required six months,”.
- Chikumbiro chekuwedzera ruzivo chinouya mushure mekunge vatakuri vanoverengeka vanokwikwidza, kusanganisira Mhandara Atlantic neAir France, varatidzira vachipokana nemubatanidzwa, vachiushoropodza sehusina kunaka uye hunopesana nemakwikwi.
