The paper analyses more than ten thousand observations on prices charged for air travel on 1001 flights on eight New Zealand and twenty one trans-Tasman flights observed in 2004 and 2005. The main findings are (i) that routes on which Qantas competes with Air New Zealand tend to have air fares...

Qantas and Air New Zealand are seeking regulatory authorisation for a Tasman Networks Agreement that would in effect cartelise their trans-Tasman operations. They cite in support Reasons given by the Australian Competition Tribunal in its authorisation of their previous application to form a...

Professor Tim Hazledine presented Flying High? Pricing and Competition in the NZ and Tasman Air Travel Market at an ISCR seminar on 1 June 2005.

The paper investigates competition between the two incumbent legacy carriers on the New Zealand and Tasman routes, and the extent to which their pricing is constrained by new entry from a low cost carrier and a Fifth Freedom carrier. Price and other data on 1,001 flights on nineteen routes...