{"id":138774,"date":"2023-04-20T11:55:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-20T11:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/?p=138774"},"modified":"2023-04-21T00:55:48","modified_gmt":"2023-04-21T00:55:48","slug":"australia-blocks-qantas-purchase-of-alliance-aviation-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2023\/04\/australia-blocks-qantas-purchase-of-alliance-aviation-services.html","title":{"rendered":"Australia blocks Qantas&#8217; purchase of Alliance Aviation Services"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Australia&#8217;s competition regulator blocked <strong>Qantas Airways<\/strong> $611 million ($409 million) buyout of charter flight operator <strong>Alliance Aviation Services<\/strong>, curtailing the airline&#8217;s ability to tap demand from the resources sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) said the pair competed in the so-called fly-in, fly-out domestic markets of mining-rich Queensland and Western Australia states, and the deal may push prices up and service quality down, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/markets\/deals\/aussie-regulator-opposes-qantas-acquisition-alliance-aviation-2023-04-19\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Reuters<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ruling is one of the first major deal rejections by the ACCC under new chair Gina Cass-Gottlieb, and presents a hurdle for Qantas to dominate a market connected to the engine of the Australian economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>\u2192 <a href=\"https:\/en\/2023\/02\/qantas-unveils-project-sunrise-first-and-business-class-cabins-for-a350s.html\">Qantas unveils \u2018Project Sunrise\u2019 First and Business Class cabins for A350s<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Regardless of today&#8217;s decision, Qantas and Alliance have a strong commercial relationship, and we expect this to remain unchanged,&#8221; said Ord Minnett analyst Phillip Chippindale in a research note.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chippindale said the decision appeared to contradict the ACCC assertions that top miners enjoyed strong bargaining power, and that he expected the companies to appeal in Federal Court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Qantas, which bought 20% of Alliance without regulator objection in 2019, said it was seeking a meeting with the ACCC. It called the ruling &#8220;at odds with the increasingly competitive nature of the segment&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alliance said there was a &#8220;strong industrial logic&#8221; for it to be a part of the Qantas group and that it would closely consider its options before deciding on future steps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"related-topics\">Related Topics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-post-grid uagb-post-grid  uagb-post__image-position-top uagb-post__image-enabled uagb-block-1f76ff41     uagb-post__items uagb-post__columns-2 is-grid uagb-post__columns-tablet-2 uagb-post__columns-mobile-1 uagb-post__equal-height\" data-total=\"518\" style=\"\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"uagb-post__inner-wrap\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='uagb-post__image'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2026\/05\/lufthansa-group-to-consolidate-control-of-ita-airways-with-majority-stake-purchase-in-june.html\" target=\"_self\" 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