Hauv Tsev Hais Plaub Boston, American Airlines CEO Robert Isom rov qab qee lub sijhawm txaus ntshai

Lub Peb Hlis 2020 yog lub sijhawm nyuaj hauv kev lag luam dav hlau, vim tias muaj kev sib kis loj zuj zus mus. Nyob rau ntawm ib lub sijhawm, American Airlines Thawj Tswj Hwm Robert Isom hu ua tus cob qhia, tus qub Delta CEO Richard Anderson, rau kev taw qhia. Lub caij no, tus thawj coj Asmeskas Vasu Raja tau hais lus nrog JetBlue txog kev koom tes.

Thaum lub sijhawm, "Peb tau nyob rau hauv nruab nrab ntawm qhov teeb meem loj tshaj plaws uas kuv tau pom hauv kev lag luam dav hlau, ib qho uas muaj peev xwm ua rau muaj kev hem thawj ntawm American Airlines," Isom ua tim khawv rau hnub Monday hauv Boston lub tsev hais plaub. "Txhua hnub peb tau poob kaum lab yog tias tsis yog 100 lab hauv ib hnub. Peb tsuas muaj $8 nphom nyiaj ntsuab ntawm tes. Peb tuaj yeem khiav tawm ntawm cov nyiaj ntsuab.

"Peb tsis muaj sijhawm tos thiab xav," nws hais. "Txhua hnub yog ib hnub uas tuaj yeem yog qhov xwm txheej tseem ceeb (rau) peb lub neej yav tom ntej."

Hauv email rau Anderson, Isom tau sau tias "kev lag luam yuav tsum tau tso lub peev xwm loj heev - tig lub xov tooj rov qab tsib xyoos raws li kev qhia rau xyoo 2021 zoo li cas."

Lub caij nplooj ntoo hlav xyoo 2020 yog ib qho tseem ceeb ntawm ntau lub Department of Justice antitrust kws lij choj cov lus nug thaum lub sij hawm mus sib hais hnub Monday hauv US District Court rau Massachusetts hauv Boston. DOJ tau hu ua American/JetBlue alliance, hu ua Northeast Alliance, "de facto merger." Tsoomfwv Meskas Tus Kws Txiav Txim Leo Sorokin, hauv Boston, yuav txiav txim siab seb nws mus tom ntej.

Dhau li nug Isom rau hnub Monday, DOJ cov kws lij choj tau nug Scott Laurence, tus txiv neej nyob nruab nrab ntawm Northeast Alliance thiab rooj plaub.

Laurence tau ua haujlwm rau JetBlue, ua tus thawj coj ntawm cov nyiaj tau los thiab kev npaj, tom qab ntawd tau tsiv mus rau Asmeskas thaum Lub Peb Hlis 2022 ua tus lwm thawj coj ntawm kev koom tes zoo. Ntawm JetBlue, Laurence tau sib tham txog qee cov kauj ruam thaum ntxov hauv kev koom tes nrog Raja. Nruab nrab ntawm kev ua haujlwm rau ob tus neeg koom tes, nws tau siv sijhawm ib hlis ntawm Delta ua tus lwm thawj ntawm kev npaj network. Nws txoj kev tawm ntawm Delta tsis tau piav qhia, tab sis nws hais rau hnub Monday nws tau tham nrog Raja hauv ib hnub tom qab ntawd thiab xav tias nws muaj "kev pom zoo" los koom nrog Asmeskas.

Dhau li ntawm qhov qhia txog kev sib tham ntawm Northeast alliance sib tham, cov lus tim khawv qhia tias lub ntiaj teb me me ntawm kev lag luam dav hlau yog li cas, nrog cov thawj coj txav tau yooj yim ntawm cov tuam txhab. Isom thiab Anderson, piv txwv li, ob leeg ua haujlwm ntawm Northwest Airlines. Isom hais tias Anderson "yog ib tus kws cob qhia ntev ntev ntawm kuv. Peb tau ua haujlwm ua ke ntawm 9/11 thiab SARS teebmeem. "

Thaum lub caij nplooj ntoo hlav xyoo 2020, Isom tau hais tias, Asmeskas cov nyiaj tau los poob los ntawm 90%. Nws tau hais tias "Kuv suav tias Covid yog kev hem thawj rau neeg tuag," nws hais. "Kuv qhov kev ntsuam xyuas yog peb tuaj yeem saib qee yam uas yuav siv sijhawm tsib xyoos los kov yeej. Asmeskas yuav tau ua ib yam dab tsi los hloov nws tus kheej.

"Peb tau ya nrog rau lub Ib Hlis thiab tos ntsoov rau xyoo zoo," nws hais. (Tom qab ntawd) txhua yam ploj mus. Kuv muaj nyiaj ntsuab uas ya tawm ntawm lub qhov rooj. Kuv tau saib tag nrho cov no hauv cov ntsiab lus ntawm qhov yuav tsum tshwm sim ntawm Asmeskas kom peb tsis txhob tawm mus ua lag luam. "

Isom thawj zaug kawm txog qhov muaj peev xwm ntawm JetBlue kev koom tes los ntawm Raja. Nws tau hais tias "Nws zoo li txaus ntshai heev," nws hais. "Raws li nws tau hais tawm, nws yog lub sijhawm los coj qhov kev ua yeeb yam ntawm Asmeskas network thiab hloov nws mus rau hauv ib yam dab tsi uas yuav txaus siab heev.

"Nws yog lub sijhawm zoo heev," nws hais. "Peb tau tawm tsam ntev los nrhiav seb peb yuav hloov pauv peb qhov cuam tshuam li cas hauv cheeb tsam NY." Neeg Asmeskas muaj qhov tsis zoo nyob hauv New York, nws hais tias: "Asmeskas muaj 105 mus ncig ntawm JFK, 163 ntawm LGA," nws hais tias, thaum Delta muaj ob npaug ntawm JFK thiab 50% ntxiv ntawm LaGuardia, thaum United muaj Delta tus lej ntawm Newark .

Laurence tau ua tim khawv tias nws thiab Raja pib sib tham txog NEA thaum lub Kaum Ib Hlis 2019. Kev sib tham tau pib vim JetBlue xav tau qee qhov ntawm Asmeskas qhov chaw nyob ntawm New York Kennedy International Airport, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog yav tav su. Nws tau hais tias "Raws li peb tau sib tham txog qhov ntawd, lub ntiaj teb tig rov qab nrog Covid thiab qhov zoo li no ploj mus rau hauv ether vim tias muaj kev zam dhau los ntawm Covid," nws hais.

Daim ntawv cog lus NEA tau kos npe rau lub Xya Hli 2022.