(Reuters) – Australia’s competitors guard dog claimed on Friday it had actually offered Virgin Australia [IPO-VIR.AX] and Qatar Airways acting authorization to run trips in between Doha and Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney under an incorporated partnership.
The 2 airline companies can begin advertising and marketing and marketing 28 once a week set up return trips in between the locations, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission claimed in a declaration.
Qatar Airways had actually claimed in October that it was readied to acquire a 25% risk in Virgin Australia from united state exclusive equity company Bain Capital.
(Reporting by Aaditya Govind Rao and Shivangi Lahiri in Bengaluru; Editing by Savio D’Souza)