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Contact Officer: Mark Basile
Tess Macrae
Contact Phone: (03) 9290 1855
(03) 9290 1835
10 September 2012
By email
Dear Sir/Madam
Qantas Airways Limited and Emirates applications for authorisation A91332 & A91333
- interested party consultation
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (the ACCC) has received
applications for authorisation from Qantas Airways Limited (Qantas) and Emirates. The
ACCC invites you to comment on the applications. A summary of the authorisation
process including how to make a submission to the ACCC is available on the ACCC’s
website .
Qantas and Emirates seek authorisation to coordinate their operations pursuant to a
Master Coordination Agreement. Under the Master Coordination Agreement Qantas
and Emirates will cooperate, for an initial period of ten years, on passenger and freight
operations, including:
planning, scheduling, operating and capacity;
sales, marketing, advertising, promotion, distribution strategies, reservation
priority and pricing (including fares, rebates, incentives and discounts) (for
passengers, freight customers and agents);
connectivity and integration of certain routes;
codeshare and interline arrangements;
control of inventories and yield management functions;
frequent flyer programs;
all passenger-related aspects to provide a consistent level of service to
customers including ground services and lounge access;
harmonising service and product standards;
harmonising IT systems;
joint airport facilities;
potentially joint offices for sales activities;
potentially other aspects of operations including ground handling, catering, joint
procurement and flight operations;
where appropriate and mutually agreed, making joint submissions to authorities
on operational matters;
services and activities that are required to facilitate any of the matters referred
to above.
A full copy of the applications for authorisation is available on the ACCC’s website
. Alternatively, you can contact Mark Basile on
(03) 9290 1855 or Tess Macrae on (03) 9290 1835 to obtain a hard copy of the applications
and submission.
Interim authorisation
Qantas and Emirates have requested interim authorisation in order to plan and negotiate,
but not implement, the proposed arrangement.
The ACCC endeavours to deal with requests for interim authorisation quickly. In making an
assessment as to whether it is appropriate to grant interim authorisation, the ACCC is not
required to undertake a full assessment of the benefit and detriment likely to arise as a result
of the proposed conduct.
The ACCC decides whether to grant interim authorisation on a case by case basis. Should
an applicant request interim authorisation, the ACCC will usually consider a range of factors,
including harm to the applicant and other parties if interim is or is not granted, possible
benefit and detriment to the public, the urgency of the matter and whether the market would
be able to return to substantially its pre-interim state if the ACCC should later deny
authorisation.
Request for submissions
The ACCC invites you to make a submission on the likely public benefits and effect on
competition, or any other public detriment, from the proposed arrangements.
If you intend to provide a submission in relation to Qantas and Emirates’ applications for
authorisation, please do so by 1 October 2012. Submissions in relation to interim
authorisation should be provided by 21 September 2012.
Alternatively, if you would like to provide comments orally, please contact Mark Basile on
(03) 9290 1855 or Tess Macrae on (03) 9290 1835 to organise a suitable time.
Submissions, including oral submissions, will be placed on the ACCC’s public register
subject to any request for exclusion (guidelines are available on the ACCC’s website
.
Timetable
The ACCC will progress its assessment of the applications in a timely manner. An indicative
timetable is set out below for your information.
7 September 2012 Lodgement of applications and supporting
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submission.
10 September 2012 Public consultation process begins.
21 September 2012 Closing date for submissions on interim
authorisation.
1 October 2012 Closing date for submissions from interested
parties.
October 2012 ACCC decision regarding interim authorisation.
October 2012 Applicants respond to issues raised in the public
consultation process.
December 2012 Draft determination.
December 2012/ Public consultation on draft determination including
January 2013 any conference if called.
February/March Final determination.
2013
Please advise if you do not wish to make a submission at this time, but would like to be
informed of the progress of the applications at the draft and final determination stages. If you
are able to, please provide a nominated contact email address for future correspondence.
You can also forward this letter to any other party who may wish to make a submission to the
ACCC regarding the applications.
This letter has been placed on the ACCC’s public register. If you wish to discuss any aspect
of this matter, please do not hesitate to contact Mark Basile on (03) 9290 1855 or
Tess Macrae on (03) 9290 1835.
Yours sincerely
[SIGNED]
Dr Richard Chadwick
General Manager
Adjudication Branch
Qantas Airways Limited & Emirates - Authorisations - A91332 & A91333
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2. Air Canada
3. Air China
4. Air Mauritius
5. AirAsia X
6. Auckland International Airport Limited
7. Australasian Conference & Events
8. Australian Federation of Travel Agents
9. Australian Industry Group
10. Australian Services Union
11. Board of Airline Representatives of Australia
12. Brisbane Airport Corporation Pty Limited
13. British Airways
14. Cairns Airport Pty Ltd
15. Canberra Airport
16. Cathay Pacific Airways
17. Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation
18. China Eastern
19. China Southern Airlines
20. CHOICE
21. Consolidated Travel Group
22. Consumer Action Law Centre
23. Delta Air Lines, Inc
24. Department of Economic Development, Tourism and the Arts Tasmania
25. Department of Infrastructure and Transport
26. Etihad Airways
27. Gold Coast Airport Pty Ltd
28. Greater Wellington Regional Council
29. Hamilton International Airport
30. ICMS
31. International Air Services Commission
32. Jump Jet Airlines Limited
33. K.I.S.S. Travel International
34. Key Wellington Stakeholders
35. LAN Airlines
36. Malaysia Airlines
37. Meetings and Events Australia
38. Melbourne Airport
39. New Zealand Airports Association
40. Qantas Airways
41. Qatar Airlines
42. Queensland Government Avaition Committee (Department of Employment, Economic
Development and Innovation)
43. Royal Brunei
44. Singapore Airlines Ltd
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