Air New Zealand and United Airlines have submitted an application for authorisation of a Side Agreement to the Alliance Expansion Agreement previously entered into between the applicants and authorised by the Ministry of Transport in 2002.
If authorised, the Side Agreement would remove Carve-outs in the 2002 authorisation that prevent price co-ordination between the applicants on certain New Zealand point-of-sale Los Angeles fares.
The 2002 authorisation did not include “pricing, inventory or yield management coordination, or pooling of revenues by the parties, with respect to unrestricted coach-class (economy class) fares or any business or first-class fares for local New Zealand-point-of-sale passengers flying non-stop between Auckland and Los Angeles or the provision by one party to the other of more information concerning current or prospective fares or seat availability for such passengers than it makes available to airlines and travel agents generally.”
The application for authorisation in New Zealand has been made pursuant to section 88 of the Civil Aviation Act 1990. The Ministry sought submissions onof Transport is responsible for considering the application and received responses from Tourismproviding advice on whether it should be authorised. Air New Zealand, Auckland Airport, Tourism Industry AotearoaZealand and Christchurch International Airport Limited. The four submissions canUnited Airlines will also be read below.applying to the US Department of Transportation shortly to have the Carve-outs removed.
Application
View the application from Air New Zealand and United Airlines.
Submissions
Have your say
The followingMinistry is accepting submissions were received in responseon authorisation of the Side Agreement from interested parties. If you would like to submit your views on the application:proposed amendment, please provide them by email to airservices@transport.govt.nz by 5.00 pm on Friday 5 August 2016.
- View the submission from Tourism New Zealand
- View the submission from Auckland Airport
- View the submission from Tourism Industry Aotearoa
- View the submission from Christchurch International Airport
Further information
View the application from Air New Zealand and United Airlines.