ACCC approves Virgin Australia, Alliance tie-up on regional routes – Executive Traveller

Virgin Australia and Alliance Airlines have received the green light from the consumer watchdog to expand their partnership to cover 41 regional domestic routes and two short-range international routes.
This will pave the way for Virgin to re-establish a number of regional routes which it has suspended or withdrawn, including Sydney-Canberra, which is now flown by newcomer Rex alongside Qantas.
In its original application to the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission, Virgin noted its 176-seat…

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