Virgin Australia and Skywest Airlines - Authorisations - A91287 & A91288
Applicant(s)
Pacific Blue Airlines (Aust) Pty Ltd
Pacific Blue Airlines (NZ) Limited
Skywest Airlines (Australia) Pty Ltd
Velocity Rewards Pty Ltd
Virgin Australia Airlines Pty Ltd
Virgin Australia International Airlines Pty Ltd
Authorisation number(s)/Date lodged
A91287,
8th December 2011
A91288,
8th December 2011
Summary
On 8 December 2011 Virgin Australia and Skywest Airlines applied for authorisation to make, and give effect to, their Corporate Alliance Framework Agreement, Frequent Flyer and Lounge Agreement and Joint Sales Agreement (together the Corporate Alliance) for the provision of commercial passenger airline services to corporate customers. The Corporate Alliance will be limited to offering corporate customers a suite of charter and domestic and international regular public transport air services.
On 25 January the ACCC granted interim authorisation. Interim authorisation commences immediately and will remain in place until the date that the ACCC's final determination comes into effect or until it is revoked.
A copy of the application, submissions and ACCC decisions are available by following the links below.
