Virgin Atlantic reveals highly relevant documents missing from their latest submission of evidence

Last December, the US Department of Transport asked BA and AA to give more evidence relating to their request for anti-trust immunity, which the two airlines finally submitted recently.

Director of Communications at Virgin Atlantic, Paul Charles, said:

"We are concerned about the many missing materials in BA and AA's recent filing. Their submission appears to omit scores of key documents, including email attachments and missing pages, that would appear to be highly relevant to this case and, at the very least, responsive to the Department of Transport's request for further evidence. Anti-trust immunity for BA and AA would give the carriers further dominance on routes to and from Heathrow, so the regulators need a complete set of documents in order to thoroughly review this anti-competitive application on behalf of consumers."

BA/AA would have a market share significantly over 60% on key routes such as Heathorw-JFK, Heathrow-Chicago, Heathrow-Boston and Heathrow-Miami.

(c) Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation. Date posted: 20-Apr-09

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