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The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has approved a joint venture between Virgin Blue and Delta Airlines for flights between Australia and the USA. The airlines have been given permission to take a coordinated approach to a range of issues, including pricing, revenue management, schedules, capacity and routes flown. “The ACCC considers that the [...]
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The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is likely to approve a joint venture proposal by airlines Virgin Blue and Delta Air Lines for flights between Australia and the USA. The airlines seek immunity from court action that may be considered anti-competitive, as the joint venture will involve coordination on issues including pricing, revenue management, [...]
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The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has begun proceedings against Thai Airways over alleged price-fixing of air freight. In a statement, the ACCC alleged that between 2001 and 2006, Thai Airways entered into arrangements or understandings with other international air cargo carriers in specific countries that had the purpose or effect of fixing the [...]
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The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has formally approved the revised grain port access arrangements put forward by CBH, GrainCorp and Ausbulk, which is the subsidiary of ABB Grain that owns and operates the ports. The new arrangements have been designed to unlock constraints at grain ports, and promote the development of a wheat [...]
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Vessel loading times at Australia’s largest coal export port in Newcastle could become longer after the collapse of five year negotiations between the industry and the NSW government over port sharing.
...read moreThe Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) and IP Australia have issued a warning to trade mark owners to be wary of any organisations looking to charge for intellectual property (IP) services, following a number of complaints about a fake organisation seeking payment for IP. IP Australia has logged complaints from trade mark owners who [...]
...read moreThe Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) today launched proceedings against international airline Emirates after an investigation over whether the airline colluded with others to fix air cargo prices. The ACCC suspects that between 2002 and 2006, “Emirates entered into arrangements or understandings with other international air cargo carriers that had the purpose and effect [...]
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