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Matt O Sullivan's Opposition To Qantas-China Eastern Alliance

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Matt O'Sullivan 2015, ‘ACCC drops opposition to Qantas-China Eastern alliance’, Sydney Morning Herald, 21 August, viewed 15 September 2015, < http://www.smh.com.au/business/aviation/accc-drops-opposition-to-qantaschina-eastern-alliance-20150820-gj4ckr.html>
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O’Sullivan (2015) reports on that Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has no objection to the deeping alliance between Qantas and China Eastern by the pressure from government lobbying and tourism, but required them increase the routes frequency between Australia and China by 21% over next 5 years, also provide their monthly average ticket fees.
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