The Austrian Cartel Court rejects the complaint of resale price maintenance against the new distribution system of an airplane company (Lufthansa)

Reidlinger, Axel

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11 Jan 2005

The Austrian Cartel Court rejects the complaint of resale price maintenance against the new distribution system of an airplane company (Lufthansa)

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Austrian Competition Authority, Lufthansa, 11 January 2005 (German)

In summer 2004, after Deutsche Lufthansa AG had terminated all their contracts with Austrian travel agencies in April 2004 (taking effect from October 2004), the Austrian travel agencies' trade association complained to the Austrian Federal Competition Authority [Bundeswettbewerbsbehörde (BWB), herinafter “FCA”] about the new distribution system of the airline Lufthansa and also filed an application with the Cartel Court. However, both applications finally turned out to be

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Axel Reidlinger
Reidlinger Schatzmann Rechtsanwälte (Vienna)

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Axel Reidlinger, The Austrian Cartel Court rejects the complaint of resale price maintenance against the new distribution system of an airplane company (Lufthansa), 11 January 2005, e-Competitions January 2005, Art. N° 205

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