International Aviation Agreements and Antitrust Immunity: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Business Rights, and Competition of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Fifth Congress, Second Session ... March 19, 1998, Volume 4 |
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AA and BA airline alliances airline industry alli American Airlines American and British American/British Airways ance Answer anticompetitive antitrust laws approved Ayling Bermuda II Bethune bilateral BRANSON British Airways Chairman city-pair code sharing compete competitors computer reservation system CONGRES CONGRESS THE LIBRARY Continental Continental Airlines Crandall Delta Department of Justice Department of Transportation deregulation dominance end-to-end European Commission fares flights frequent flier programs gateways Gatwick global alliances Gordon Bethune granted antitrust immunity GREENWALD HUNNICUTT immunized alliances international aviation KLEIN LIBRARY OF CONGRESS London Heathrow Lufthansa marketing practices ment nonstop service Northwest Open Skies agreement operate passengers percent pro-competitive proposed AA/BA alliance proposed alliance Question RARY RESS routes Sabena sales and marketing Senator DEWINE Senator HATCH Senator KOHL Senator TORRICELLI slots at Heathrow Star Alliance Subcommittee TACA thank tion traffic transatlantic U.S. airlines U.S. carriers United Kingdom Virgin Atlantic
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Page 13 - I would be happy to answer any questions that you or the other Members of the Subcommittee may have at this time.
Page 24 - Secretary shall disapprove — (1) or, after periodic review, end approval of, an agreement, request, modification, or cancellation, that substantially reduces or eliminates competition unless the Secretary finds that— (A) the agreement, request, modification, or cancellation is necessary to meet a serious transportation need or to achieve important public benefits...
Page 19 - I would be glad to answer questions. [The prepared statement of Mr. Anderson follows:] PREPARED STATEMENT OF JOHN H.
Page 32 - Airline Competition: Impact of Changing Foreign Investment and Control Limits on US Airlines (GAO/RCED-93-7, Dec. 9, 1992) . Aircraft Certification: Limited Progress on Developing International Design Standards (GAO/RCED-92-179, Aug.
Page 5 - STATEMENT OF HON. ROBERT G. TORRICELLI, A US SENATOR FROM THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY Senator TORRICELLI. Thank you very much and thank you, Mr.
Page 21 - We have also reported that several airlines' sales and marketing practices may make competitive entry more difficult for other airlines. Practices such as airlines' frequent-flyer plans and special travel agent bonuses for booking traffic on an incumbent airline encourage travelers to choose one airline over another on the basis of factors other than the best fares. Such practices may be most important if an airline is already dominant in a given market or markets. Together, operating and marketing...
Page 53 - International Aviation 44-45 (April 1995). Section 3.5 of the DOJ 1992 Merger Guidelines expressly recognizes that cost-savings and other efficiencies can increase the competitiveness of firms and "result in lower prices to consumers.
Page 14 - In both cases, the merging carriers were the only airlines providing nonstop service between the hub city and smaller cities in the surrounding region — cities like Bismarck, North Dakota, and Cedar Rapids, Iowa, which do not generate a large volume of traffic. For those city-pair routes, we concluded that only a hub carrier could generate sufficient traffic to achieve minimum efficient scale and that any non-hubbing carrier that attempted to enter...
Page 7 - He has asked that his statement be included in the record, and it will be received at this point.