The Commission has received the following submission:

28 September 2023 – Dr Ian Douglas [PDF: 115 KB]

The Commission has received the following submission:

6 October 2023 - Virgin Australia submission

The Commission has written to Qantas requesting further information. The letter may be found here.

On 20 October 2023, the Commission granted Qantas an extension to provide further information until COB 30 October 2023.

The Commission has received a submission from Qantas addressing the additional public benefit criteria (Section 9 of the Minister’s Policy Statement 2018) in support of its application.  The Qantas submission may be found  here.

The Commission now invites submissions from interested parties about the Qantas application and submission addressing the additional public benefit criteria.  Interested parties have until 17 November 2023 to make a submission.  If you are intending to make a submission, please inform the Director of the Commission by email (iasc@infrastructure.gov.au) of your intention as soon as possible.

Submissions received:

• 6 November 2023 - Garuda Indonesia submission
• 16 November 2023 - Dr Ian Douglas submission
• 22 November 2023 - Virgin Australia submission
• 4 December 2023 - Sydney Airport submission
• 11 December 2023 - Garuda Indonesia submission
• 19 December 2023 - Dr Ian Douglas submission

ACCC letter

The Commission has received a letter from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) in response to Qantas’ variation application. The letter may be found here.
 

On 24 April 2024, the Commission issued Draft Decision [2024] IASC 204d PDF: 429 KB concerning Qantas’ application to vary several determinations, to enable Garuda Indonesia to code share, as marketing carrier, on Qantas operated services on the Australia-Indonesia route. After conducting a review, the Commission proposes not to vary the Determinations in the manner requested by Qantas.

Invitation for submissions

The Commission invites submissions about the Draft Decision. The closing date for making a submission is 14 May 2024. If you are intending to make a submission, please inform the Director of the Commission by email (iasc@infrastructure.gov.au) as soon as possible.

Due to a change in operational circumstances since the application was submitted, Qantas has withdrawn its application to vary several Determinations to permit the use of the capacity allocations on the Indonesia route for code share sharing with Garuda Indonesia.