Australian Competition and Consumer Commission draft decision knocks back proposed China Eastern-Qantas alliance

Australia’s competition regulator has issued a draft decision knocking back China Eastern and Qantas’s application for a proposed alliance.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) draft determination said the partnership was “likely to result in significant public detriment by giving Qantas and China Eastern increased ability and incentive to limit capacity and/or increase airfares on the Sydney-Shanghai route”.

ACCC chairman Rod Sims said Qantas and China Eastern accounted for more than 80 per cent of capacity on the Sydney-Shanghai route and were the “major competitive constraint on each other” given they were the only carriers offering direct flights.

“The ACCC understands Qantas’s desire to form an alliance with a Chinese airline to establish a gateway to North East Asia,” Sims said in a statement on Tuesday.

“However, the ACCC’s concern is that they have chosen to do so with their main competitor on the one route between Australia and China on which Qantas operates direct flights.

“Competition between them will be greatly reduced under the proposed agreement.”

While the ACCC acknowledged there would be “some limited public benefits” as part of the proposed alliance, it was not convinced the benefits outweighed with “significant public detriment likely to result from Qantas and China Eastern coordinating their services on the Sydney-Shanghai route”.

Submissions from interested parties in response to the ACCC’s draft decision were due by April 8.

Comment was being sought from Qantas and China Eastern.

 

Australian Aviation

[Júrídico] Guilherme Magalhães – Reabertura do ”Caso David Madrigal”

Australia’s first F-35 pilot takes off

SQNLDR Andrew Jackson (right).

The first Australian F-35A Lightning II pilot has completed his first flight in the aircraft.

Squadron Leader Andrew Jackson’s flight, on the morning of March 17 (US time), was conducted in a US Air Force F-35A from Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, where he is undergoing conversion training onto the aircraft

The first two Australian F-35As, meanwhile, are at Luke Air Force Base, “in anticipation of the opening of the international pilot training centre in mid 2015,” Defence stated.

The first RAAF F-35A is due to arrive in Australia at the end of 2018, with the Royal Australian Air Force’s first operational squadron expected to be established by 2020.

 

Australian Aviation

Em julgamento no TJDF, Fortaleza é excluído do Campeonato Cearense

Tricolor é rebaixado para a Série B do Estadual, recebe multa de R$ 50 mil, e Icasa é declarado finalista. Diretoria do Leão pode recorrer ao Pleno do Tribunal.

TJDF determinou a exclusão do Fortaleza da Série A do Estadual 2015

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Em julgamento na tarde desta quinta-feira (26), na sede da Federação Cearense de Futebol (FCF), o Tribunal de Justiça Desportiva de Futebol (TJDF-CE) determinou a exclusão do Fortaleza do Campeonato Cearense de 2015 por 3 votos a 2 – o clube também recebeu multa de R$ 50 mil. O Tricolor, que pode recorrer ao Pleno do Tribunal, foi punido por ter recorrido à Justiça Comum antes de esgotadar as esferas esportivas em 2002. Com a decisão, o Icasa foi declarado finalista do Estadual – o Verdão iria encarar o Leão na semifinal.

“Por maioria de votos, a equipe Fortaleza E. Clube, agremiação profissional foi excluída do Campeonato Cearense Série A 2015, retornando no Campeonato Cearense Série B 2016, mais o pagamento de multa de R$ 50.000,00 por infração ao artigo 231, do CBJD, sendo fixado o prazo de 07 dias para o cumprimento da obrigação. Devendo a equipe da Associação Desportiva Recreativa e Cultural Icasa ser declarada finalista do Campeonato Cearense Série A 2015. Que seja oficiado o Departamento de Competições da FCF sobre o resultado deste julgamento”, diz o resultado do julgamento do processo 053/2015.

O departamento jurídico da FCF ingressará no processo como terceiro interessado para entrar com recurso voluntário com pedido de efeito suspensivo assim que for oficiado da decisão do Tribunal. A diretoria do Fortaleza, por sua vez, ainda não confirmou se irá recorrer e só se pronunciará em entrevista coletiva na próxima sexta-feira (27).

O Tricolor foi defendido pelos advogados Jorge Mota, presidente do clube, e Marcello Desidério, vice-presidente do Conselho Deliberativo. Os cinco votos da Primeira Comissão Disciplinar do TJDF foram proferidos pelos auditores Regys Silva, Rômulo Alexandre, Eugênio Lima, o auditor presidente Haroldo Rebouças e o relator Rodrigo Carvalho Azin.

Natural da Costa Rica, o atacante David Madrigal foi contratado pelo Ceará no Estadual de 2002. O Fortaleza, à época também sob o comando de Jorge Mota, alegou que o atleta estava atuando irregularmente, sem visto de trabalho, e recorreu ao TJD pedindo a perda de 17 pontos do Vovô. O Alvinegro conseguiu a vitória no tribunal, e o Tricolor foi à 17ª Vara Cível da Justiça Comum.

Na última semana, a Procuradoria do TJDF, após ser oficiada pela FCF, reabriu o caso por entender que o Fortaleza não esgotara todas as instâncias da Justiça Desportiva para ir à Justiça Comum e marcou o julgamento para esta quinta.

Jogada – Diário do Nordeste – 26/03/2015

Brisbane Airport takes overseas outgoing passenger cards digital

Jetsetters departing from Brisbane International Airport no longer need to complete handwritten outgoing passenger cards thanks to a new ‘digital departure card’ feature in the BNE Airport iPhone and Android apps.

Passengers travelling with any airline simply open the app, click ‘departure card’ in the main menu and can then type the same information they would have traditionally written on a conventional passenger card.

That includes your name, occupation and passport details…

… through to your flight information and travel plans:

Here comes the tricky part: you can’t simply click ‘submit’ and send your information through to Customs – what you enter is instead converted into a 3D barcode, known as a ‘QR code’…

… which can be saved within the app and then later retrieved for scanning at the airport via the ‘My Trip’ tab.

Currently exclusive to Brisbane Airport, the scanning kiosk takes the information from the barcode and prints a physical departure card with the same, which you’ll need to sign and date before proceeding through security.

Then, simply present the printout to a Customs officer, along with your boarding pass and passport. If you’re unable to use the app or you’d prefer to complete a traditional departure card, that’s fine too.

Passengers bound for Los Angeles with Qantas or New Zealand with either Qantas or Air New Zealand can also make a beeline for the passenger-pleasing and time-saving eGates at outbound passport control in Brisbane.

Similar to the familiar SmartGate technology when returning to Australia, Aussie travellers armed with electronic (chipped) passports can use the eGates to side-step the regular manned passport queues and instead process themselves out of the country – a real time-saver during peak periods.

If that’s your plan, just keep your printed or traditional departure card and boarding pass at hand, ready for inspection after you’re cleared through the eChannel – and if you’re filing a GST refund claim at the TRS desk, there’s now a time-saving app for that too.

The BNE Airport app can be downloaded for free via the iTunes Store for iPhones and through Google Play for Android-powered devices.

 

Australian Business Traveller

 

 

Air New Zealand and Air China plan new partnership

Air New Zealand and Air China are gearing up for an alliance on services between China and New Zealand.

Similar to the partnership between AirNZ and Singapore Airlines, the proposed hook-up would see fellow Star Alliance member Air China introduce a daily direct service between Beijing and Auckland.

The Chinese flag carrier would also continue to codeshare on Air New Zealand’s daily Shanghai–Auckland service, which from late August will switch to a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner every day of the week.

“By connecting the Chinese capital with New Zealand again we would provide tourists and business travellers with unparalleled air connectivity between and within each home market” said Air New Zealand CEO Christopher Luxon.

Subject to regulatory approvals, alliance services could commence as early as December 2015.

 

Australian Businesss Traveller

Liberal National Party launches Queensland Senate race

March 27, 2015 – 11:22AM

Cameron Atfield

Brisbane Times and Sun-Herald journalist

Two-time Griffith candidate Bill Glasson has confirmed his interest in replacing Brett Mason. Photo: Michelle Smith

The race to replace Brett Mason as a Liberal National Party senator has officially begun, with a call for nominations circulated on Friday morning.

Two-time Griffith candidate Bill Glasson has already confirmed his interest in the position, which will be up for re-election at next year’s federal ballot.

Dr Glasson, along with any other prospective candidates, will have until April 8 to nominate.

Because Senator Mason’s retirement will take effect ahead of his six-year term’s expiry, the LNP can appoint a replacement to the upper house without the need for a by-election.

The LNP’s nominee would, however, require the approval of the Queensland Parliament.

That was the method by which the LNP elevated former state party treasurer Barry O’Sullivan to the upper house last year.

“The LNP is looking for candidates who will provide a strong voice for the people of Queensland and represent their interests in line with the party’s values that include reward for effort and opportunity for all,” an LNP spokesman said in a statement.

Queensland’s next senator will be decided at a meeting of the LNP’s state council at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre on May 16.

All candidates will be required to address the state council prior to its deliberations.

 

The Brisbane Times

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Gruesome kangaroo mutilation one of the worst ever seen

March 26, 2015 – 11:44PM

Kimberley Granger

Chronicle reporter

A young female kangaroo had to be euthanised after a second case of native animal cruelty near Queanbeyan. Photo: Supplied

The gruesome mutilation of a young female kangaroo  at Captains Flat has been described as one of the worst cases of animal cruelty ever witnessed by Wildcare volunteers.

The young female is the second kangaroo in as many days to suffer from human-induced cruelty, reported to the Queanbeyan-based animal rescue and rehabilitation group.

While a young male kangaroo found with an arrow in his shoulder on Tuesday survived the incident, a badly-injured young female, found at Mountain Creek Road, Captains Flat, on Thursday morning, had to be put down days after it escaped a snare with significant injury.

Wildcare communications co-ordinator Diane Hinton said it was likely the device was set specifically to trap kangaroos.

“She was hopping around for the last week or so with a rather nasty injury,” she said.

“When I got to it, the wire had cut right through the body cavity.

“You could see inside, she was ripped apart.”

Ms Hinton said she believed the animal’s head and one shoulder got stuck and became entwined in the wire when it tried to pull free of the trap.

“The injury is as bad as anything I’ve ever seen,” she said.

“It had cut through bone, cut through flesh, you could see into her abdominal cavity, and she had been fly-blown.”

Ms Hinton said she expected the kangaroo would have stayed in close range of where the event took place after it escaped the device.

NSW RSPCA chief inspector David O’Shannessy said while the incident had not been reported to the organisation or police, the RSPCA would investigate any act of cruelty against animals.

He said anyone found guilty of cruelty to animals could face six months in prison, anyone convicted of aggravated animal cruelty could face a maximum of two years in jail and/or a $22,000 fine.

“Make no mistake, acts of cruelty against animals are taken seriously by the law,” Mr O’Shannessy said.

 

The Canbera Times

 

Futebol: vai começar a disputa pelo campeonato inglês

A mesma disputa entre os canais fechados observada na Champions League, deverá se repetir em relação aos direitos da English Premier League ainda no segundo semestre deste 2015.
Hoje o campeonato inglês é transmitido pelos canais Fox e ESPN.

Considerado um dos torneios mais importantes do mundo no futebol, ESPN e Fox, juntas ou separadas, têm interesse de continuar com ele.

Acontece que o fator novo da história atende pelo nome de Turner. A aquisição do Esporte Interativo e a necessidade de bons produtos, especialmente nos finais de semana, irremediavelmente, a colocará na disputa.

Flávio Ricco com colaboração de José Carlos Nery