'Open skies' a condition of QF-NZ alliance.

Australasian Business Intelligence, March, 2003

Mar 19, 2003 (Travel Week - ABIX via COMTEX)

Several travel and tourism bodies have expressed their support for the proposed alliance between Qantas and Air New Zealand. However, their support was heavily qualified. TTF Australia said that the alliance should be reviewed each year by the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission. The Australian Airport Association (AAA) and the Australian Tourism Export Council have expressed their concern about the alliance's pricing and the use of market power. The AAA demanded "an open sky policy" is the alliance is to be ...