ATLANTA - O kamupani feaveaʻi a Amerika United Airlines ma Continental Airlines Inc ma Iapani All Nippon Airways Co Ltd na fai mai i le Aso Lulu o loo latou sailia le lafoaia o tulafono antitrust mai le Iunaite Setete e faataga ai i latou e faamaopoopo vaalele ma pasese i le salafa o le Pasefika.
I se faamatalaga, na fai mai ai kamupani vaalele na latou failaina se tusi talosaga ma le US Matagaluega o Felauaiga saili antitrust puipuiga i se taumafaiga e "tauva sili atu le lelei" ma isi kamupani vaalele i le lalolagi atoa.
ANA, Continental ma United, o se iunite o le UAL Corp, o sui o le Star Alliance.
Puipuiga faʻatagaina kamupani e fefaʻasoaaʻi le tau, faʻavasegaina ma isi faʻamatalaga i luga o ni auala faʻapitoa ma ua avea ma sui mo mergers i talu ai nei tausaga.
O le failaina na sau i lalo o le lua vaiaso talu ona maeʻa Iapani ma le Iunaite Setete i le feagaiga ua faaigoaina o le "open sky" e faʻalauteleina le faʻamalosia o le ea, aemaise i totonu ma fafo atu o Tokyo. Na finau pea Iapani e le aoga le feutanaiga sei vagana ua lafoa e le US ni tulafono antitrust ma tuu ai le au US ma Iapani e faalolotoina a latou sootaga.
Na taʻua e United ma ana paʻaga le faʻamaonia o le latou tusi talosaga o le a avea ma auala e faʻalauteleina ai auala ma se lautele lautele o totogi ma tautua.
"O lenei taumafaiga soʻofaʻatasi, faʻatasi ai ma le maliega faʻalauiloa o le lagi i le va o le US ma Iapani, o le a faʻaleleia atili ai le tatou agavaʻa e tautuaina tagata faʻatau i Iapani ma Asia atoa," o le saunoaga lea a le Pule Sili o United, Glenn Tilton i se pepa o faʻamatalaga.
O le ANA tauvaga Japan Airlines Corp (9205.T) o loʻo faamoemoe e sailia se puipuiga tutusa mo le tuʻufaʻatasia o gaioiga peʻa filifilia i se paʻaga. O JAL o loʻo faʻataʻitaʻia e le AMR Corp's American Airlines, o lana paʻaga o loʻo i ai i le Oneworld alliance, ma o le sui tauva Delta Air Lines Inc, o se sui o le SkyTeam alliance.
O loʻo vaʻavaʻaia ma le totoʻa e le kamupani se tusi talosaga mai Amerika ma British Airways Plc mo le puipuiga o le antitrust e faʻatagaina ai latou e faʻamaopoopo auala trans-Atlantic.
Ua folafola e le pulega a Obama e vaʻai totoʻa i nei sootaga ma tusi talosaga mo mataupu tauvaga.
Na taʻua e le Matagaluega o Felaʻuaʻiga na latou mauaina le tusi talosaga, peitaʻi e leai lava seisi tala. E masani ona talia e le Matagaluega nei tusi apalai, e masani ona iai aiaiga.
O le vaiaso nei, na saunoa ai le US Justice Department, e tatau ona malilie Amerika ma British Airways i le tuʻufaʻatasiga e faʻamaonia ai le latou teteʻe.
I le failaina atu i US tulafono faatonutonu femalagaaiga, na fai mai le Matagaluega o Faamasinoga o pasese i luga o nisi auala Atalani-e aafia ai Amerika ma Peretania vaalele e mafai ona siitia i luga i le 15 pasene i lalo o le puipuiga puipuiga mo le feaveai 'Oneworld vavalalata. Na fautuaina e le au ofisa ia Amerika ma Peretania o loʻo tafe vaʻalele ma tulaʻi ai ni avanoa pe o nisi auala e vane ai auala e faʻatele ai avanoa mo isi kamupani vaʻalele e tautua ai na maketi.
OA MEA E AVEA MAI LENEI TUSI:
- carriers United Airlines and Continental Airlines Inc and Japan’s All Nippon Airways Co Ltd said on Wednesday they are seeking a waiver of antitrust rules from the United States to allow them to coordinate flights and fares across the Pacific.
- JAL is being courted by AMR Corp’s American Airlines, its existing partner in the Oneworld alliance, and rival suitor Delta Air Lines Inc, which is a member of the SkyTeam alliance.
- In a statement, the airlines said they filed an application with the U.
