ACCC submission in response to the terms of reference

March 15, 2023

The ACCC welcomes the opportunity to provide input to the development of a new aviation White Paper. A competitive airline sector is vital to meet the needs of consumers and the economy more broadly, especially for a large country as geographically dispersed as Australia. Rivalry between airlines can deliver more routes, a greater choice of products, cheaper airfares, more reliable services and better customer service. On many of these measures, international air passenger services to and from Australia generally delivered improved outcomes in the years leading up to the pandemic.

Spotlight

Air Line Pilots Association

The Air Line Pilots Association, Int'l (ALPA) is the largest airline pilot union in the world, representing more than 59,000 pilots at 33 U.S. and Canadian airlines. For more information, visit http://www.alpa.org. Founded in 1931, the Association is chartered by the AFL-CIO and the Canadian Labour Congress.

OTHER WHITEPAPERS

Decarbonizing Aviation

whitePaper | June 16, 2022

In this paper we show that there are some important and urgent challenges to decarbonizing aviation.

Congressional Leadership Changes and Implications for the Space Industry

whitePaper | November 30, 2022

Midterms elections have historically been a time of change and readjustment to political cycles. This election cycle could sweep in many fresh faces, with Democrats facing their highest turnover rate since 2012. While this is in line with other changes in power during a midterm election; often these happen after a shift in White House leadership.

Multimodal Hydrogen Airport Hub

whitePaper | March 29, 2023

This whitepaper, “Multimodal Hydrogen Airport Hub,” is a direct output of the H2-Aero Team, kicked off at the first H2-Aero Symposium & Workshop. It was originally published in December 2022 and updated in March 2023.

Advancing Cyber Resilience in Aviation: An Industry Analysis

whitePaper | January 22, 2020

Civil aviation is an incredibly safe mode of transport. Year-on-year statistics referenced by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) Annual Safety Report demonstrate this. Considering the forecast of double-digit growth over the next 20 years and the new infrastructure needed to manage capacity and services – and as indirectly evidenced by high levels of consumer confidence documented in widely available growth analysis – continued efforts today will clearly be paramount tomorrow to maintain the safety promise.

PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS OF REGIONAL ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT

whitePaper | July 6, 2022

The aviation industry is aiming to achieve net-zero operations by 2050. This will require switching from jet fuel to alternative energy sources.

The Future of Air Transport

whitePaper | April 10, 2022

Air travel is essential to the United Kingdom’s economy and to our continued prosperity. In the last 30 years there has been a five-fold increase in air travel. And it has opened up opportunities that for many simply did not exist before; half the population flies at least once a year, and many fly far more often than that.

Air Transport

ACCC submission in response to the terms of reference