Air Niugini-Qantas agreement

ICCC proposes to allow Pom-Cairns codeshare

The Independent Consumer and Competition Commission (ICCC) intends to approve the arrangement based on the public benefits that are likely to result from the arrangement.

The draft determination of the codeshare arrangement was released by the ICCC on Sept 30, 2016.

ICCC Commissioner and CEO Paulus Ain said the two airlines will codeshare only for passenger services and Qantas will market seats in competition with Air Niugini, on a “free sale” basis.

“The airlines’ application to codeshare was submitted to the ICCC by Air Niugini on 27th July, 2016.”