ACCC chair Gina Cass-Gottlieb faces the first real test of her attitude to possible anti-competitive behaviour in a concentrated market thanks to a Qantas takeover of Alliance Aviation.
Having outplayed the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission in round one of the fight for control of fly-in, fly-out charter airline Alliance Aviation Services, Alan Joyce at Qantas is boldly coming back for round two.
Round one pitted Joyce against former ACCC chair Rod Sims, who responded forcefully when Qantas bought a 19.9 per cent stake in Alliance in February 2019 for $60 million or $2.40 a share.
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