Qantas and American Airlines JV gets green light

The competition regulator has given the green light to Qantas’s proposed alliance with American Airlines on trans-Pacific routes, allowing the two carriers to work together on pricing, marketing and frequent-flyer benefits. The Qantas group executive, commercial, Rob Gurney, said the tie-up would give passengers more choice and was part of the airline’s five-year plan to improve its international business. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission said the joint business agreement with American Airlines would not have any anti-competitive effects, given they did not have any overlapping direct services between the US and Australia or New Zealand. Qantas has a similar