The New Caledonian Competition Authority issues a submission on the territory’s air transportation sector

The New Caledonia Competition Authority (ACNC) issues a submission on the territory’s air transportation sector* Background With fares consistently 40 to 80% higher than in neighbouring countries, the air transportation market in New Caledonia, although legally open, does not genuinely operate as it would otherwise in a standard competition framework. Meanwhile, in French Polynesia, another remote French territory in the South Pacific with a comparable population size, previously high fares dropped by 20% following the