Walsh: Yarjejeniyar BA-AA na iya yin tsadar ramummukan Heathrow

Mai yiyuwa ne hukumomin Amurka za su amince da shirin kawancen jiragen saman British Airways Plc-American Airlines ba tare da bukatar dillalan su mika jirgi ga abokan hamayya a filin jirgin sama na Heathrow na London, in ji shugaban na British Air.

"Yana da wani yanayi mai ban sha'awa sosai" fiye da na 2002, lokacin da Ma'aikatar Sufuri ta Amurka ta bukaci sadaukar da wuraren tashi da saukar jiragen sama guda 224 na mako-mako a Heathrow don samun amincewar kawance, in ji Babban Jami'in Gudanarwa Willie Walsh a cikin wata hira jiya. "Ban yi imani ya zama dole" don ba da ramummuka.

Yarjejeniyar jirgin sama sannan tana nan ta bar dillalai huɗu kawai su tashi da hanyoyin Heathrow-US. Hakan ya haura zuwa tara bayan fara yarjejeniyar "Open Skies" a bara, in ji Walsh.

Kamfanin AMR Corp. na Amurka, na biyu mafi girma na Amurka, da British Airways, na uku mafi girma a Turai, suna neman izinin Ma'aikatar Sufuri ta Amurka don haɗin gwiwa tare da Iberia Lineas Aereas de Espana SA, babban mai jigilar kayayyaki na Spain. Ma'aikatar Sufuri tana da har zuwa 31 ga Oktoba don yanke shawara.

"Ba za a amince da shi ba tare da magunguna a wasu kasuwanni ba," in ji Stephen Furlong, wani manazarci a Davy Stockbrokers a Dublin tare da shawarar "rashin aiki" akan British Airways. "Ba na tsammanin muna kallon wani abu kamar abin da ya kamata su yarda a baya, amma zan yi mamakin idan waɗannan magungunan ba su haɗa da wasu nau'ikan ramummuka ba."

Kamfanin British Airways ya yi ciniki da kashi 0.5 bisa 223.7 tun daga karfe 12:04 na dare a Landan. Hannun jarin ya samu kashi 24 cikin dari a bana. Iberia ya kara kashi 14 kuma AMR ya ragu da kashi 23 cikin dari.

Abokan Duniya na OneWorld

Shawarar ƙawance za ta ba da damar masu jigilar kayayyaki guda uku su yi aiki tare a kan jiragen sama na ƙasa da ƙasa a rukuninsu na Oneworld ba tare da gurfanar da su a gaban kotu ba. Har ila yau, rigakafin zai ƙara zuwa haɗin gwiwa tare da Finnair Oyj, babban kamfanin jirgin sama na Finland, da Royal Jordanian Airlines, mai jigilar kaya mallakar gwamnatin Jordan.

Kamfanin British Airways da na Amurka suna neman riga-kafi a karo na uku tun bayan da aka sanar da shirin farko a shekarar 1996. An soke shawarwarin karshe a shekarar 2002 bayan da hukumomin Amurka suka ce suna son mika wasu jiragen sama a Heathrow ga masu fafatawa fiye da yadda kamfanonin ke son samar da su. .

An fara wata yarjejeniya ta bude sama a cikin 2008 ta kawo karshen cin gashin kan jiragen Amurka-Heathrow na Amurka, British Airways, Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd. da UAL Corp.'s United Airlines. Lokacin da aka fara yarjejeniyar, dillalai da suka haɗa da Delta Air Lines Inc. da Continental Airlines Inc. sun ƙara waɗannan hanyoyin.

'Untouchable Duopoly'

Amincewa zai ba da damar dillalai a cikin kawancen jirgin sama na Oneworld don yin gasa a karon farko tare da Star da SkyTeam, sauran manyan ƙungiyoyin jigilar kayayyaki waɗanda ke da rigakafin rashin amincewa, in ji Walsh.

"Idan Star da SkyTeam suka kasance kawai kawancen rigakafin rigakafi a duk fadin Tekun Atlantika, za mu iya ƙarewa tare da duopoly wanda ba za a iya taɓa shi ba," in ji Walsh daga baya a cikin wani jawabi ga ƙungiyar jiragen sama.

A cikin hirar, Walsh ya ce Ma'aikatar Sufuri "ta kafa wani misali mai ƙarfi" ta hanyar amincewa da rigakafi ga ƙawancen Star da SkyTeam tun bara.

Masanin harkokin sufuri Douglas McNeill a Astaire Securities a Landan ya ce Walsh yana magana ne kan hukuncin da ya fi so.

"Sakamako ne cikakke da za a iya tunani, amma ba shi da tabbas," in ji McNeill, wanda ke da ƙimar "saya" akan BA. "Yayin da masu mulki suka nemi sadaukarwar ramuka a baya, akwai dalilan da za su yi tunanin ba za su iya yin hakan a wannan karon ba, amma mutum ba zai iya tabbata ba."

Walsh ya ce kasuwancin da ke jigilar sa ya "kare kasa," ba tare da nuna alamun sake dawowa ba.

Walsh ya ce "Tsarin kasuwancin mu shine za mu ga alamun murmurewa a Amurka a karshen wannan shekara ta kalanda kuma za mu ga Burtaniya da Turai suna nuna alamun murmurewa bayan watanni biyu," in ji Walsh. "Kiyi hakuri nace banga alamun hakan ba a wannan lokacin."

Shugaban ya kuma ce farashin mai, a kusan dala 70 kan ganga na iya hawa.

"Tsawon lokaci mun yi imanin mai yiwuwa mai zai sami farashi tsakanin dala 70 da $90, watakila $70 da $100."