Regulator Clears Qatar Airways-Virgin Australia Alliance
Australia's competition regulator gave the go-ahead Friday for Qatar Airways to launch an alliance with Virgin Australia.
The decision clears Qatar Airways to cooperate for five years in an "integrated alliance" with the Australian carrier, in which it will take a 25-percent stake.
The pact would double flights between Doha and major Australian airports, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission said.
The boost in Australia-Middle East flights would create "minimal, if any, public detriment", the authority's commissioner, Anna Brakey, said in a statement.
"This will likely place........
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