Draft ruling provides every airline one slot
Draft ruling provides every airline one slot
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Oct 21 (Reuters) – Qantas Airways QAN.AX and Virgin Australia Holdings Ltd VAH.AX had been awarded one slot every to function flights at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport, based on a draft determination by Australia’s Worldwide Air Companies Fee (IASC).
The opening at Haneda Airport, which is nearer to central Tokyo than Narita airport, comes as Virgin Australia’s new CEO Paul Scurrah appears to rejig the loss-making airline’s route community to higher compete in opposition to deep-pocketed rival Qantas.
Haneda Airport has a restricted variety of slots and pinned the 2 Australian carriers up in opposition to one another for the profitable alternative. Qantas had utilized for each slots, whereas Virgin Australia utilized for simply the one.
A remaining determination by IASC…