- The ACCC tracks the prices, costs and profits of the major domestic airlines. These are Qantas, Jetstar, Virgin Australia and Rex airlines.
- We publish a report on domestic airline passenger services every 3 months.
What the ACCC does
- We track and report prices, costs and profits of domestic airline passenger services.
What the ACCC can't do
- We don’t track international airline services or dedicated air freight services.
- We don’t regulate airfares.
What we do in the domestic airline monitoring
The ACCC tracks the prices, costs and profits of the major domestic airlines. These are Qantas, Jetstar, Virgin Australia and Rex airlines.
In our role, we collect data from these airlines about their domestic passenger services.
We do this to:
- uncover behaviour in the industry that may damage competition
- identify signs that competition in the industry is not effective.
The ACCC may take enforcement action in response to anti-competitive behaviour. We may also recommend policy options to government, if we see signs that competition in the industry is not effective.
We report our findings to the Treasurer at least once every 3 months. We’re required to do this for 3 years from June 2020. See our latest monitoring report.
The legal basis of our functions
Our functions come from the Competition and Consumer (Price Monitoring—Domestic Air Passenger Transport) Direction 2020. The Treasurer issued this direction under the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 in June 2020.
The parts of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 on anti-competitive behaviour and mergers also apply to airlines.
Airline monitoring reports
We publish a report on domestic airline passenger services every 3 months.
Latest monitoring report
Previous monitoring reports
See Airline competition monitoring reports for a complete list of published reports.
Report anti-competitive behaviour to the ACCC
Anyone can report anti-competitive behaviour to the ACCC. This includes in domestic airline passenger services. We use these reports to identify issues that need investigation.
See also
Media release: ACCC to monitor competition in the domestic airline market
The Civil Aviation Safety Authority regulates civil aviation safety in Australia.