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Re: Impulse Airlines

Subject: Re: Impulse Airlines
From: dbromage@fang.omni.com.au (David Bromage)
Date: Mon, 08 May 2000 05:33:44 GMT
Newsgroups: aus.rail
Organization: Another Optus Customer
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Michael Kurkowski (mk@netstra.com.au) wrote:
> David Bromage <dbromage@fang.omni.com.au> said:

> >Qantas has matched the Impulse fares, and I guess Ansett won't be too far
> >behind. Things are going to get really sticky when Virgin announces its
> >fares.

> Looks much like it will be another Compass affair. Weed the small companies 
> out of business then jack up prices again. Yesterdays news claims that the 
> ACCC will put a stop to this from happening, but with Howards cronies 
> looking after the whole thing, I'm not holding my breath.

Not necessarily. What Ansett and Qantas did to Compass a decade ago would
be illegal now. There could be fines of $10 million for that sort of
activity now. The ACCC has teeth and isn't afraid to use them.

Cheers
David

References:
- Impulse Airlines
  - From: "Dave Proctor" <daproc@spambait.ozemail.com.au>
- Re: Impulse Airlines
  - From: dbromage@fang.omni.com.au (David Bromage)
- Re: Impulse Airlines
  - From: Michael Kurkowski <mk@netstra.com.au>

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