Walsh: BA-AA dhizaini inogona kusabhadhara Heathrow slots

Vatongi veUS vangangobvumidza mubatanidzwa wakarongwa weBritish Airways Plc-American Airlines vasingade kuti vatakuri vape ndege kune vanokwikwidza kuLondon Heathrow airport, mukuru weBritish Air akadaro.

"Inzvimbo yakasiyana yemakwikwi" kupfuura muna 2002, apo Dhipatimendi reZvekufambisa reUS rakada kupa chibayiro che224 vhiki yekusimuka nekumhara paHeathrow kuti vawane mvumo yemubatanidzwa, Chief Executive Officer Willie Walsh akadaro mubvunzurudzo nezuro. “Handidaviri kuti zvakakodzera” kurega nzvimbo dzinopinza.

Chibvumirano chendege ipapo chavepo rega vatakuri vana chete vabhururuke nzira dzeHeathrow-US. Izvo zvakakwira kusvika kumapfumbamwe mushure mekutanga kwechibvumirano che "Open Skies" gore rapfuura, Walsh akadaro.

AMR Corp.'s American, yechipiri pakukura mutakuri weUS, uye British Airways, yechitatu pakukura muEurope, vari kutsvaga mvumo yeDhipatimendi Rezvekutakurwa reUS remubatanidzwa neIberia Lineas Aereas de Espana SA, mutakuri mukuru weSpain. Bazi rezvekutakurwa rine kusvika Gumiguru 31 kusarudza.

"Hazvizotenderwe pasina mishonga mune mamwe misika," akadaro Stephen Furlong, muongorori weDavy Stockbrokers muDublin aine "underperform" kurudziro paBritish Airways. "Ini handifunge kuti tiri kutarisa chero chinhu chakadai chavaifanira kubvumirana kare, asi ndingashamisika kana mishonga iyi isingabatanidzi imwe mhando yekutsvedza."

British Airways yaitengesa pasi ne0.5 muzana pa223.7 pence kubva na12:04 pm muLondon. Mari yacho yakawana 24 muzana gore rino. Iberia yakawedzera 14 muzana uye AMR iri pasi 23 muzana.

OneWorld Partners

Chikumbiro chemubatanidzwa chaizobvumira vatakuri vatatu kuti vashande pamwe chete mundege dzepasi rose muboka ravo reOneworld pasina kupomedzerwa antitrust. Kusadzivirirwa kwacho kwaizowedzerawo mukubatana neFinnair Oyj, ndege huru yeFinland, uye Royal Jordanian Airlines, mutakuri wehurumende yeJordan.

British Airways neAmerica vari kutsvaga kusavimbika kechitatu kubvira pakaziviswa chirongwa chekutanga muna 1996. Chikumbiro chekupedzisira chakaraswa muna 2002 mushure mekunge vatongi veUS vataura kuti vaida kuendeswa kune dzimwe ndege kuHeathrow kune vanokwikwidza kupfuura izvo makambani aida kupa. .

Chibvumirano cheOpen Skies chakatanga muna 2008 chakagumisa kuvharika kwendege dzeUS-Heathrow dzeAmerican, British Airways, Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd. neUAL Corp.'s United Airlines. Pakatanga chibvumirano, vatakuri vanosanganisira Delta Air Lines Inc. uye Continental Airlines Inc. vakawedzera nzira idzodzo.

'Untouchable Duopoly'

Mvumo yaizobvumira vatakuri mumubatanidzwa wendege weOneworld kukwikwidza kekutanga neStar neSkyTeam, mamwe mapoka makuru anotakura ane antitrust immune immune, Walsh akadaro.

"Kana Star neSkyTeam zvikaramba zviri izvo chete zvibvumirano zvakadzivirirwa mhiri kweAtlantic, tinogona kupedzisira taita duopoly isingabatike," Walsh akadaro gare gare mukutaura kune boka rendege.

Mubvunzurudzo, Walsh akati Dhipatimendi Rezvekutakurwa "rakamisa muenzaniso wakasimba" nekubvumidza kusavimbika kweiyo Star uye SkyTeam mibatanidzwa kubvira gore rapfuura.

Muongorori wezvekutakurwa, Douglas McNeill kuAstaire Securities muLondon akati Walsh aitaura nezve mutongo waaida zvikuru.

"Iyo mhedzisiro inofungidzirwa, asi haina kuvimbiswa," akadaro McNeill, ane "kutenga" chiyero paBA. "Kunyangwe vatongi vakakumbira zvibayiro zveslot munguva yakapfuura, pane zvikonzero zvekufunga kuti vangasadaro panguva ino, asi munhu haave nechokwadi."

Walsh akati bhizinesi kumutakuri wake "rakadzika," pasina kuratidza chero chiratidzo chekudzokororwa.

"Kuronga kwedu bhizinesi kwaive kwekuti tichaona zviratidzo zvekupora muUS kupera kwegore rino rekarenda uye taizoona UK neEurope dzichiratidza zviratidzo zvekupora mwedzi mishoma yapera," akadaro Walsh. "Ndine hurombo kutaura kuti handisi kuona zviratidzo zvakadaro panguva ino."

Mukuru wacho akatiwo mitengo yemafuta, ingangoita madhora makumi manomwe padhiramu, inogona kukwira.

"Kwenguva refu isu tinotenda kuti mafuta angangowana mutengo pakati peiyo $70 nemadhora makumi mapfumbamwe, pamwe $90 ne70."