ACCC denies Qantas and Japan Airlines deal to co-ordinate flights – NEWS.com.au

Australias competition watchdog is set to try to block a deal struck between Qantas and Japan Airlines to co-ordinate flights.The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is proposing to deny authorisation of the two airlines signing a five-year deal to co-ordinate flights, which the regulator says would ruin competition on travel routes between Melbourne, Sydney and Tokyo.
“An agreement for co-ordination between two key competitors breaches competition laws,” ACCC chair Rod Sims said. “This…

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