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Sulle orme di SkyTeam, anche una buona parte di OW sta per ottenere questo risultato cruciale.

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http://aviationblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2010/07/regulators-may-be-close-to-a-d.html
Regulators may be close to a decision on American, Oneworld alliance


5:31 PM Fri, Jul 09, 2010 | Permalink
Terry Maxon/Reporter

News tips American Airlines and its Oneworld partners in Europe may be about to get a final decision on their request for antitrust immunity.
Reuters reported Friday that two sources had told it that a decision will come from the European Commission on Tuesday. We've heard it might come Wednesday if not Tuesday.
We've also heard that the U.S. Department of Transportation is about ready to issue its final decision, maybe during the coming week as well.
On Feb. 13, the DOT issued a show-cause order that put only a few penalties on the deal.
To the European Commission, the applicants offered to give up a handful of flights and/or slots at several key airports. Regulators there have been market-testing their offer for months.
American, British Airways, Iberia, Finnair and Royal Jordanian Airlines have applied for antitrust immunity so they can do such things as jointly set schedules and prices, work together on their frequent-flier programs, market their flights together and do other steps that would violate antitrust laws.
American, BA and Iberia also applied for permission to have a joint business arrangement for even tighter cooperation.
We're coming up on the second anniversary of the application. One could argue that it's about time for a decision, one way or the other.
Virgin Atlantic Airways is hoping for a decision unfavorable to the applicants. Virgin Atlantic has its home base and biggest operations at London Heathrow, same as British Airways. American is the largest U.S. operator at Heathrow.
As a result, Virgin has vigorously opposed any and all proposals to let British Airways and American strengthen their ties, particularly where Heathrow is involved.
 
Caspita, anche Royal Jordanian!


Quindi le JV atlantiche al momento riguardano :

Star Alliance : Air Canada, Lufthansa, United Airlines, Continental Airlines
Oneworld : American Airlines, British Airways, Iberia, Finnair, Royal Jordanian
SkyTeam : Air France, KLM, Alitalia, Delta Air Lines
 
seaking ha detto:
Diciamo che la concorrenza non scomparirà ma si espliciterà a livello di Alleanza e non più a quello delle singole compagnie.
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Infatti.

Sul livello di servizio come ipotizza Blitz secondo me più che un appiattimento ci sarà l'uniformazione delle franchige ecc... ma è già avvenuto mentre magari il servizio sarà differenziato per prezzo come fa a volte United e Lufthansa con i voli United venduti prima e a prezzo più basso.
 
Gli Inglesi hanno bisogno di dare respiro a BA che è malmessa e rischia di essere junior partner di Iberia, ancor più perché si è negata l' espansione di LHR. Gli Americani hanno bisogno di far digerire la fusione US-CO agli Europei, quindi non immagino grandi opposizioni. In fin dei conti si tratta soltanto di mettere sullo stesso piano competitivo le tre alleanze.
 
kenyaprince ha detto:
penso che intenda che ogni compagnia comunque si caratterizzava per il servizio e che magari ora si prende come livello quello della compagnia "più bassa"
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questo lo avevo capito anche se non lo condivido perche' non vedo a cosa possa portare, stessimo parlando di 3 low cost magari ci potrebbe stare un pensiero tale.
le sinergie che si creeranno saranno anzi l'opposto anche perche' piu' cooperazione maggiori benefici per i viaggiatori.
 
seaking ha detto:
Diciamo che la concorrenza non scomparirà ma si espliciterà a livello di Alleanza e non più a quello delle singole compagnie.
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Prima decine di compagnie a farsi concorrenza ora solo le 3 grandi alleanze, piu' che una concorrenza a 3 sarà un nuovo oligopolio
 
Europe Clears Trans-Atlantic Air Alliance
By REUTERS
Published: July 14, 2010
BRUSSELS (Reuters) — British Airways, American Airlines and Iberia won European Union antitrust clearance on Wednesday to deepen their Oneworld alliance on trans-Atlantic routes and better compete with rival groups.

The European Commission, the union’s competition watchdog, also cleared a British Airways merger with Spain’s Iberia.

The alliance memberswant to broaden their pact to take advantage of the “Open Skies” agreement between the United States and the European Union, which liberalizes trans-Atlantic aviation.

The carriers offered in March to give up a number of lucrative trans-Atlantic slots in a bid to ease competitive concerns by the European Commission about the Oneworld deal.

The European Commission said the concessions were sufficient to ease competition concerns and that it was dropping an investigation it had opened in April last year.

“Today’s decision will enable the airlines to put in place the trans-Atlantic alliance they have long aspired to while ensuring that the around 2.5 million passengers ... continue to benefit from a choice of frequencies and competitive prices,” the competition commissioner Joaquin Almunia said in a statement.

The three carriers agreed to cede some landing and take-off slots for routes between London and Dallas, Boston, Miami and New York.

Other concessions include allowing access to their frequent-flyer programs on those routes and submitting data on their cooperation plan to the commission. The commitments are for 10 years.

Virgin Atlantic has criticized the strengthened alliance, saying the proposals are woefully inadequate.

The commission said the combined British Airways and Iberia would not significantly impede competition in the European Economic Area.

The Department of Transportation in February tentatively allowed the three airlines antitrust immunity on trans-Atlantic routes. A final decision will come after a period of consultation.

:D:D:D
 
AirW MXP ha detto:
Non ti sembra di esagerare? Sara' pure malmessa (quale compagnia europea non lo e'?) ma addirittura pensare che sia junior partner di IB, ne passa...
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be ...Iberia si era riservata la possibilità di firmare la fusione se non fosse andata in porto la modifica sui pensionamenti BA quindi direi che IB ha parecchia voce in capitolo.
 
Green light for transatlantic joint business

British Airways, American Airlines and Iberia have received the regulatory green light to operate a joint business on transatlantic flights. Following European Union approval on July 14, the airlines have now been granted anti-trust immunity from the US Department of Transportation.

British Airways chief executive, Willie Walsh, said: “This final approval is fantastic news for all three airlines and the oneworld alliance. We’ve waited 14 years to bring the benefits of the transatlantic joint business to our customers and level the playing field with the other two global alliances. As we have argued all along, the EU-US market is highly competitive and Heathrow’s liberalisation in 2008 opened it up even further. We are delighted that the US and EU authorities have recognised this.

“We’re pleased that the DOT and EU have worked together to ensure that there is consistency in the number of slots that the three airlines have to give up for our competitors to use on services from Heathrow to the US.”

American Airlines chief executive, Gerard Arpey, said: “This is a great day for the customers, employees and shareholders of American Airlines and our joint business partners in the oneworld alliance. We thank all of the regulators who reviewed our proposals, both here in the United States and in Europe, and all those persons and organisations that supported us in this effort. We look forward to delivering enhanced competition for customers on transatlantic flights. By working collaboratively, we will enhance our product offerings, strengthen our route networks and better position our airlines to compete in an ever-changing global aviation marketplace.”

Iberia’s executive chairman, Antonio Vazquez, said: “We’re delighted we have received approval for our joint business as it will be very positive for our employees, our shareholders and, most important of all, our customers. A new kind of collaboration between our three airlines will lead to better service levels for our customers. This means that our customers will have more destinations to choose from around the world, better scheduled travel times, better connections and more competitive fares. I am convinced that consolidation is the best and only way to succeed in the airline industry, and the approval we have received today to create a joint business is a very important step towards this consolidation process.”

The airlines plan to launch the transatlantic joint business this autumn and will co-operate commercially on flights between the EU, Switzerland and Norway and the US, Canada and Mexico. Customers will be able to travel more easily on all three airlines’ combined route network that will serve 433 destinations in 105 countries with 5,178 daily departures, providing more frequent and convenient schedule options than any of the three carriers could offer individually. By working together, the airlines will expand customer choice by supporting routes that would not be economically viable for a single airline.

Customers will also benefit from greater access to discounted fares, expanded opportunities to earn and redeem frequent flyer miles and elite tier benefits on flights and continued reciprocal airport lounge access.

Fellow oneworld members Finnair and Royal Jordanian also received antitrust immunity from the US Department of Transportation.


Fonte: intranet BA
 
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