Christine Tomboy

"Commission approves partnership between British Airways and SN Brussels Airlines"* Procedure On 25 July 2002, British Airways (BA) and SN Brussels Airlines (SN) notified to the Commission a number of co-operation agreements requesting an exemption under Article 81 (3) of the Treaty. These (...)

"Commission clears online travel agency Opodo"* Introduction Opodo is an online travel agent created as a joint venture by nine of the largest European airlines. It was notified to the Commission in November 2000. Opodo offers internet travel agency services including airline ticket sales, (...)

"Air transport — The proposed British Airways-American Airlines alliance"* In August 2001, the Commission, the UK Office of Fair Trading (‘OFT’) and the US Department of Transportation (‘DoT’) were informed of the intention of British Airways (‘BA’) and American Airlines (‘AA’) to deepen their (...)

"Extension of Block Exemptions in the Air Transport Sector"* On 29 June 2001 the Commission adopted Regulation 1324/2001 extending two block exemptions in the air transport sector. The new Regulation amends the existing air transport block exemption Regulation, Commission Regulation 1617/93. (...)

"IATA Cargo Tariff Conferences"* In a statement of objections sent to the International Air Transport Association IATA) in May 2001, the European Commission took a preliminary view that the IATA cargo tariff consultations restricted competition and were no longer indispensable to provide (...)

"Commission closes probe into major EU airlines’ incentive schemes for travel agents"* The Commission has recently closed its investigations into the incentive schemes for travel agents operated by several EU airlines. It had to ascertain that these incentive schemes were not used by dominant (...)