© Reuters. File Photo: An aircraft of the low-cost airline Jetstar on the tarmac at Singapore’s Changi Airport, February 6, 2014. REUTERS/Edgar Su
(Reuters) – Australia’s competition regulator on Friday gave Qantas and its budget arm Jetstar provisional continued coordination of two Jetstar Asia-based joint ventures, Jetstar Asia and Jetstar Japan. legally allowed.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) said the provisional approval would also allow coordination in certain circumstances between Jetstar Japan and Japan Airlines. This comes after regulators approved the adjustments he did in 2013 and 2018.
Continued adjustments to Jetstar-branded airlines will allow them to operate as one fully integrated entity “in matters such as flight schedules, sales and marketing and pricing,” the regulator said.
But the ACCC said the proposed reauthorization would not allow coordination between Qantas and Japan Airlines.
The regulator said it has issued and is seeking submissions of a draft decision proposing to grant final approval to the arrangement over a period of five years instead of 10.
ACCC Commissioner Anna Brakey said, “ACCC believes this adjustment is likely to be in the public interest by providing consumers with a wider product choice, enhanced services and more convenient flight times. thinking about.
“This action is unlikely to result in less competition,” Blakey said.