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Australia: ACCC authorises American-Qantas alliance for five years

By  |  February 25, 2016

Australia’s competition watchdog has given final approval to Qantas’s partnership with American Airlines on trans-Pacific routes.

The green light from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission leaves the two oneworld alliance members waiting for the US Department of Transportation to hand down its decision on the tie-up.

The ACCC said in a statement on Thursday it had approved the American-Qantas partnership for five years, allowing the carriers to coordinate marketing, sales, freight, pricing, scheduling, distribution strategies including agency arrangements, yield and inventory management, frequent flyer programs, lounges, joint procurement, product and service standards with immunity from prosecution.

ACCC commissioner Roger Featherston said the alliance was likely to result in public benefits for passengers.

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