Qantas wants to codeshare on Garuda Indonesia's flights to/from Australia

[Mattg]

This recently caught my attention:

Indonesia - 22 September 2023

The International Air Services Commission (the Commission) has received an application

www.iasc.gov.au

In summary, Qantas has applied to codeshare with Garuda Indonesia on routes between Australia and Indonesia.

Given the Qantas Group and Garuda currently control the vast majority of capacity between Australia and DPS/CGK I can't see the government approving this. Unsurprisingly, VA and the former IASC commissioner have also opposed it.

This was also covered here - QANTAS: Seeks to codeshare with Garuda. Sydney Airport, Virgin Australia and others not happy

 

[SYD]

This recently caught my attention:

Indonesia - 22 September 2023

The International Air Services Commission (the Commission) has received an application

www.iasc.gov.au

In summary, Qantas has applied to codeshare with Garuda Indonesia on routes between Australia and Indonesia.

Given the Qantas Group and Garuda currently control the vast majority of capacity between Australia and DPS/CGK I can't see the government approving this. Unsurprisingly, VA and the former IASC commissioner have also opposed it.

This was also covered here - QANTAS: Seeks to codeshare with Garuda. Sydney Airport, Virgin Australia and others not happy

Qantas had a thing going with Garuda back in the early ‘90s.

The first time (and last time for 30 years) I flew to Bali, I booked a QF ticket that was Garuda up (day flight on near empty B767?) and QF B747 back.

Although they weren't codeshares as I recall.

Slimming the details, there might be one extra day flight in there?

 

[SCM]

Unsurprising since Qantas keeps cancelling flights to Indonesia...

Why would VA be against this though? Less competition for any flights to Bali for them.

 

[dajop]

Allow them to codeshare, unrestricted, to any ports in Indonesia other than Bali and Jakarta. There you go problem solved.

 

[oz_mark]

The request seems to be to allow Garuda to.put it's code on Qantas flights, but not the other way around