Acquirer(s)
- Qantas Airways Ltd
Target(s)
- Alliance Aviation Services Ltd
On 1 February 2019, Qantas Airways Ltd (Qantas) announced it had acquired a 19.9 per cent holding in Alliance Aviation Services Ltd (Alliance). On 5 May 2022, Qantas announced that it had reached an agreement to acquire the remaining shares in Alliance that it does not already own.
Qantas and Alliance overlap in the supply of charter services to corporate customers, and regular passenger transport. Alliance also leases aircraft to airline clients and supplies other associated aviation services including spare parts, aircraft maintenance and engineering services.
A Public Competition Assessment will be published in due course.
ACCC correspondence
Timeline
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ACCC commenced informal review under the Informal Merger Review Process Guidelines. |
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Closing date for submissions. |
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Former provisional date for announcement of findings (4 August 2022) delayed to allow ACCC additional time to continue its investigation and consider information provided by market participants. |
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ACCC published a Statement of Issues outlining preliminary competition concerns. |
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Closing date for submissions relating to Statement of Issues. |
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Former provisional date for announcement of findings (17 November 2022) delayed to allow the parties more time to provide information. |
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Former provisional date for announcement of findings (1 December 2022) delayed to allow the parties more time to provide information. |
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ACCC received further information from the parties. |
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Former provisional date for announcement of findings (20 March 2023) delayed. |
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Former provisional date for announcement of findings (23 March 2023) delayed to allow the ACCC to obtain further information from the parties. |
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ACCC announced it would oppose the proposed acquisition. |
Project staff
- Elizabeth Elias
- Sam Campbell