O le US ma Iapani na malilie i le ata o le "Open Skies" feagaiga, kilia le auala mo feaveaʻi aofia ai United Airlines, All Nippon Airways Co., ma Continental Airlines Inc. e saili antitrust puipuiga.

O loʻo faʻatulaga mai e le maliega ni fuafuaga e tineia tapulaʻa a le malo i vaalele i le va o malo e lua, e aofia ai le faʻatapulaʻaina o tau o oloa e mafai ona totogiina ma maketi e mafai ona latou tautuaina, o Iapani ma le US na fai mai i le aso i isi tuʻuatuʻiga.

Vaalele i le US, o le lalolagi sili ona tele maketi vaalele, ma Iapani, le lona tolu-tele, o le a mafai ona galue e pei o se tasi kamupani mo tau, faʻavasegaina ma maketiina vaʻalele lalolagi. O le Matagaluega o Felaʻuaʻiga a Amerika, lea e manaʻomia ai maliliega a le Open Skies ae le i taliaina le puipuiga o le antitrust, fai mai malo e lua e saini le feagaiga i le masina o Oketopa.

"E i ai a tatou paaga saʻo ma o loʻo tulimatai atu i le fausiaina o se taumafaiga soʻosoʻo i le salafa o le Pasefika ma a tatou paʻaga ua leva All Nippon Airways ma Continental," Glenn Tilton, pule sili ofisa o Chicago-faavae United Airlines matua UAL Corp., fai mai i se e- faamatalaga meli.

Faʻaoga Vave '

United fuafua e faila se talosaga mo antitrust puipuiga ma le Star Alliance paʻaga All Nippon ma Continental "lata mai," e tusa ai ma le i-meli. O paʻaga, sui o le kamupani vaʻalele tele i le lalolagi, o loʻo faʻatapulaʻaina nei i le faʻatauina o nofoa i luga o le tasi vaʻalele ma fefaʻasoaaʻi nisi tupe maua.

O Tokyo-based All Nippon, o le kamupani lona lua a Asia, na ia taʻua o le a "vave" faia sauniuniga mo se fuafuaga fusia faatasi ma ana paaga mai Amerika, ae o le Continental mai Houston o loʻo talanoaina le loloto o le galulue faatasi ma All Nippon ma United, o kamupani feaveaʻi. fai mai i eseesega faamatalaga.

O le Open Skies "o se tala fiafia mo tagata femalagaaʻi i le ea ma pisinisi i itu uma o le Pasefika," o le tala lea a le Failautusi o Felauaiga, Ray LaHood, i se faamalologa. "O Amerika ma Iapani tagata faʻatau, kamupani vaʻalele ma tamaoaiga o le a fiafia i le penefiti o tau faatauva ma sili atu ona talafeagai auaunaga."

Japan Airlines Corp., o le sili lea ona felauaʻi i Asia, o le a mafai ona sailia puipuiga antitrust ma le Oneworld paʻaga American Airlines poʻo le SkyTeam feaveaʻi Delta Air Lines Inc., fuafua i le o le lua kamupani filifilia le vaʻaia maeʻa feutanaʻiga o lea ua amataina.

Sili pasese

"Matou te talisapaia le tele o taumafaiga na faia e pulega o malo uma e lua i lenei mataupu, ma o loo tulimatai atu i le faalauteleina o pasese ma uta feoaiga i le va o atunuu e lua mai ia Oketopa 2010," o le JAL Peresetene Haruka Nishimatsu na fai mai i se imeli meli.

O le Delta, o le kamupani vaʻalele tele a le lalolagi, o loʻo taumafai e faʻatosina mai le Tokyo-based JAL i le SkyTeam, o le lona lua-sili ona tele o kamupani vaʻalele. O le Delta-based Delta ua ofo e faʻafaigaluega le $ 500 miliona i le JAL o se vaega o le $ 1 piliona fuafuaga e aofia ai nonogatupe ma faʻatau faʻamaoniga.

O Amerika, o le kamupani lona lua pito i tele a le lalolagi, na tali atu ma le talosaga e faʻatupe mai le $ 1.1 piliona i le JAL, faʻatasi ai ma TPG. O Amerika o loʻo umiaina e le AMR Corp., lea e faʻamautu i Fort Worth, Texas, ma o se sui o le Oneworld, o le lona tolu o faʻatasi i le lalolagi atoa.

Major Faʻaleleia

O se maliega o le muamua faʻaleleia tele lea o le vaalele US1952 i le va o le US ma Iapani talu mai le 1998. E tusa ma le 178 miliona vaʻalele vaʻalele pasese na malaga mai ma fafo atu o le US i le tausaga talu ai, ma le 56.5 miliona na faia i Iapani, e tusa ai ma le International Air Asosi o Felauaiga.

Na amata talanoaga i le aso Tesema 7 i Uosigitone ae faʻaiʻu ia Tesema 11. O le taʻamilosaga lona lima o tautalaga i luga o le maliega a le Open Skies.

Faʻatapulaʻaina o le a tafiesea i lalo o le Tatala Faʻavaʻa aofia ai se tasi e faʻatagaina ai le US ma Iapani malo veto siisii pasese mo vaʻalele e afua mai ia latou atunuʻu. O leisi faʻatapulaʻa faʻatagaina naʻo le toʻatolu a Amerika, Delta, United ma FedEx Corp., tautua uma maketi a Iapani ma le le faʻatapulaʻaina vaʻalele.

United Parcel Service Inc., American, Continental, US Airways Group Inc., Hawaiian Holdings Inc. ma Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings Inc. o ni isi o vaʻa feaveaʻi o le a le toe feagai ma faʻataʻitaʻiga o vaalele i lalo o Open Skies.

OA MEA E AVEA MAI LENEI TUSI:

"Matou te talisapaia le tele o taumafaiga na faia e pulega o malo uma e lua i lenei mataupu, ma o loo tulimatai atu i le faalauteleina o pasese ma uta feoaiga i le va o atunuu e lua mai ia Oketopa 2010," o le JAL Peresetene Haruka Nishimatsu na fai mai i se imeli meli.
The accord outlines plans to erase government limits on flights between the two nations, including restrictions on the prices carriers can charge and markets they can serve, Japan and the U.
Open Skies “is good news for air travelers and businesses on both sides of the Pacific,” Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood said in a release.