{"id":101994,"date":"2021-05-06T14:08:51","date_gmt":"2021-05-06T06:08:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mediaintel.asia\/?p=365562"},"modified":"2021-05-06T14:08:51","modified_gmt":"2021-05-06T06:08:51","slug":"accc-set-to-block-qantas-tie-up-with-japan-airlines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chinalegalblog.com\/en\/2021\/05\/06\/accc-set-to-block-qantas-tie-up-with-japan-airlines\/","title":{"rendered":"ACCC set to block Qantas tie-up with Japan Airlines"},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaintel.asia\/\" title=\"MediaIntel.Asia provides Media Intelligence and Media Monitoring in Asia\" ><img src=\"https:\/\/www.mediaintel.asia\/wp-content\/uploads\/mediaintelasia-logo-blackyellow-400x300-1.png\" border=\"0\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" alt=\"MediaIntel.Asia\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Home \u00bb ACCC set to block Qantas tie-up with Japan Airlines ACCC set to block Qantas tie-up with Japan Airlines May 6, 2021<br \/>\nThe competition regulator intends to spike a proposed tie-up between Qantas and Japan Airlines over concerns the partnership would lead to higher airfares and worse service for travellers.<br \/>\nThe Australian Competition and Consumer Commission said on Thursday that it planned to block the agreement, which would allow Qantas and Japan Airlines (JAL) to sell fares on each other\u2019s flights and coordinate on ticket pricing, flight schedules and marketing.<br \/>\nQantas said it will try to convince the ACCC to approve the alliance. Credit: Getty<br \/>\nQantas said the agreement would help reestablish air routes between Australia and Japan in the wake of COVID-19 but the ACCC found any benefits were outweighed by the harm to the travelling public.<br \/>\n\u201cThis proposed coordination would appear to undermine competition significantly byreducing the prospect of a strong return to competition on the Melbourne \u2013 Tokyo andSydney \u2013 Tokyo routes,\u201d ACCC chair Rod Sims said.<br \/>\n\u201cThis elimination of competition would benefit the airlines at the expense of consumers.\u201d<br \/>\nBefore the COVID-19 pandemic brought international travel to a standstill, Qantas and JAL were the only two airlines flying non-stop between Melbourne and Tokyo and they only had one competitor on flights between Sydney and Tokyo (All Nippon Airways).<br \/>\nQantas said it was disappointed with the ACCC\u2019s draft finding and would try to change the regulator\u2019s mind before it makes its final decision.<br \/>\n\u201cNot only would this partnership be good for our business, it would be good for consumers and help key parts of the tourism industry recover,\u201d a Qantas spokesman said.<br \/>\n\u201cThe international market will look very different post-COVID and close collaboration between partner airlines is going to be critical over the next few years as key routes are rebuilt.\u201d<br \/>\nThe ACCC initially blocked a Qantas-China Eastern Airlines joint venture in 2015 but successfully argued that travellers between Australia and China were served by a number of different airlines and routes. In March the ACCC renewed Qantas\u2019 alliance with American Airlines for another five years. Market Recap<br \/>\nA concise wrap of the day on the markets, breaking business news and expert opinion delivered to your inbox each afternoon. Sign up here. Most Viewed in Business<\/p>\n<p>This data comes from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaintel.asia\/\" title=\"MediaIntel.Asia provides Media Intelligence and Media Monitoring in Asia\" >MediaIntel.Asia's Media Intelligence and Media Monitoring Platform<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home \u00bb ACCC set to block Qantas tie-up with Japan Airlines ACCC set to block Qantas tie-up with Japan Airlines May 6, 2021<br \/>\nThe competition regulator intends to spike a proposed tie-up between Qantas and Japan Airlines over concerns the partnership wou&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":253,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[144,693,194,940,120],"tags":[2086,6518,10484,10324,2346,10428,10328,8820],"class_list":["post-101994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-china","category-japan","category-news-chinese-law","category-tourism","category-travel","tag-australia","tag-aviation","tag-china-travel-hospitality","tag-covid-19","tag-joint-venture","tag-melbourne","tag-pandemic","tag-tokyo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chinalegalblog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101994"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chinalegalblog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chinalegalblog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chinalegalblog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/253"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chinalegalblog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101994"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.chinalegalblog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101994\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":101995,"href":"https:\/\/www.chinalegalblog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101994\/revisions\/101995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chinalegalblog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chinalegalblog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chinalegalblog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}