The competition watchdog’s former chief Rod Sims says it is “outrageous” that Qantas and Virgin Australia have substantial shareholdings in the company that ultimately polices which airlines take off and land at Sydney Airport, even though it claims to make independent decisions.
The company, Airport Co-ordination Australia, on Thursday said it was “completely independent” in the way it allocated slots at the country’s busiest airport and rejected Mr Sims’ contentions at a Senate inquiry into air service agreements.
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