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Old Nov 23, 2016 | 7:42 pm
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Originally Posted by number_6
AUS/NZ - US is a single market in air treaty terms Hence why QF could fly MEL-AKL-LAX (and still can if it so desired), and NZ could fly SYD-LAX but has chosen not to. Anti-trust allows co-ordination of flight schedules by exchanging data prior to publishing the timetable.
At one time ANZ did fly non-stop LAX-SYD (about 15 years ago ?) It must have a total co-incidence that after ANZ stopped flying LAX-SYD, UAL stopped flying LAX-AKL.
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