Batsamaisi ba US mohlomong ba tla amohela selekane se reriloeng sa British Airways Plc-American Airlines ntle le ho hloka hore bakhanni ba inehele ho ba qothisanang lehlokoa le bona boema-fofane ba Heathrow London, hlooho ea British Air e boletse.
"Ke sebaka se fapaneng haholo sa tlholisano" ho feta ka 2002, ha Lefapha la Lipalangoang la United States le ne le batla sehlabelo sa maeto a ho tloha le ho lulisa a 224 beke le beke ho Heathrow ho hapa tumello ea selekane, Ofisiri e Moholo Willie Walsh o boletse puisanong maobane. “Ha ke lumele hore hoa hlokahala” ho tela libaka.
Tumellano ea lifofane e ile ea lumella lik'hamera tse 'nè feela hore li fofise litsela tsa Heathrow-US. Seo se ile sa nyolohela ho tse robong kamora ho qala ha tumellano ea "Open Skies" selemong se fetileng, Walsh o boletse.
AMR Corp.'s American, e leng k'hamphani ea bobeli e kholo ka ho fetisisa ea Amerika, le British Airways, ea boraro e kholo ka ho fetisisa Europe, ba batla tumello ea Lefapha la Lipalangoang la US bakeng sa khoebo e kopanetsoeng le Iberia Lineas Aereas de Espana SA, e leng k'hamphani e kholo ka ho fetisisa ea Spain. Lefapha la Lipalangoang le na le ho fihlela la 31 Oct.
"E ke ke ea amoheloa ntle le litlhare limmarakeng tse ling," ho boletse Stephen Furlong, mohlahlobisisi oa Davy Stockbrokers e Dublin ka khothaletso e "sa sebetseng hantle" ho British Airways. "Ha ke nahane hore re sheba ntho e kang eo ba neng ba tlameha ho lumellana ka eona pele, empa nka makala ha litlhare tseo li sa kenyeletse mofuta o itseng oa li-slots."
British Airways e ne e hoeba ka liperesente tse 0.5 ho 223.7 pence ho tloha ka 12:04 bosiu London. Thepa e fumane karolo ea 24 lekholong selemong sena. Iberia e ekelitse liperesente tse 14 mme AMR e theohile ka liperesente tse 23.
OneWorld Partners
Tlhahiso ea selekane e tla lumella bajari ba bararo ho sebetsa 'moho lifofaneng tsa machaba sehlopheng sa bona sa Oneworld ntle le qoso ea antitrust. Ho itšireletsa ho tla fetela ho tšebelisano 'moho le Finnair Oyj, sefofane se seholo sa Finland, le Royal Jordanian Airlines, mopalami oa naha oa Jordane.
British Airways le American li batla ho itšireletsa khahlanong le ts'epo ka lekhetlo la boraro ho tloha ha morero oa pele o phatlalatsoa ka 1996. .
Tumellano ea Open Skies e qalileng ka 2008 e ile ea felisa taolo ea lifofane tsa US-Heathrow tsa American, British Airways, Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd. le UAL Corp.'s United Airlines. Ha selekane se qala, bajari ba kenyeletsang Delta Air Lines Inc. le Continental Airlines Inc. ba kentse litsela tseo.
'Untouchable Duopoly'
Kamohelo e ka lumella bajari ba selekane sa lifofane sa Oneworld ho qothisana lehlokoa le lekhetlo la pele le Star le SkyTeam, lihlopha tse ling tse kholo tsa bajari tse nang le boits'ireletso ba 'mele, Walsh o boletse.
"Haeba Star le SkyTeam li lula e le tsona feela lilekane tse entetsoeng ka mose ho Atlantic, re ka qetella re e-na le li-duopoly tse sa ameheng," Walsh o boletse hamorao puong ea sehlopha sa lifofane.
Puisanong, Walsh o itse Lefapha la Lipalangoang "le behile mohlala o matla haholo" ka ho amohela boits'ireletso ba antitrust bakeng sa lilekane tsa Star le SkyTeam ho tloha selemong se fetileng.
Setsebi sa lipalangoang Douglas McNeill oa Astaire Securities London o re Walsh o ne a bua ka qeto eo a neng a e lakatsa haholo.
"Ke sephetho se ka nahanoang hantle, empa ha se na tiiso," ho boletse McNeill, ea nang le lintlha tsa "reka" ho BA. "Le ha batsamaisi ba kile ba kopa mahlabelo a slot nakong e fetileng, ho na le mabaka a ho nahana hore ba kanna ba se etse joalo lekhetlong lena, empa motho ha a na bonnete."
Walsh o boletse hore khoebo ea k'hamphani ea hae "e theohile", ntle le matšoao a ho khutla.
"Merero ea rona ea khoebo e ne e le hore re bone matšoao a ho hlaphoheloa US ho elella bofelong ba selemo sena sa almanaka mme re bone UK le Europe li bonts'a matšoao a ho hlaphoheloa likhoeling tse 'maloa kamora moo," ho boletse Walsh. “Ke maswabi ho bolela hore ha ke bone matshwao a letho nakong ena.”
CEO e boetse e boletse hore litheko tsa oli, hoo e ka bang $70 barrel, li ka nyoloha.
"Ka nako e telele re lumela hore oli e ka 'na ea fumana theko kae-kae pakeng tsa $70 le $90, mohlomong $70 le $100."
