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Re: Rail fares reduced in face of air competition
- Subject: Re: Rail fares reduced in face of air competition
- From: Josh B <joshb_99@hotmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2000 22:49:28 +1000
- Distribution: world
- Newsgroups: aus.rail,aus.legal,aus.aviation
- Organization: C/- my Palm IIIe
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Hi Dave,
On Wed, 9 Aug 2000 22:20:32 +1000, Dave Proctor (or one of their many
personalities) said....
>Countrylink have today reduced their fares (I have not seen this officially,
>basing it on a normally impeccable source) to $33 per person from SYD to all
>destinations, including MEL and BNE.
>
>Given that the ACCC is reacting to a complaint from Impulse Airlines, over
>Ansett and Qantas matching their $66 fares from SYD to MEL, and also given
>that Countrylink, as part of the NSW State Rail Authority (and therefore
>subject to NSW Government funding), should Countrylink be subject to the
>same ACCC investigation?
Wasn't Impulse's complaint regarding the availability of the Qantas and Ansett
$66 seats?
Coming from absolutely no legal background myself, as long as there isn't any
collusion, why wouldn't you be allowed to lower your prices to compete in the
marketplace?
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