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Under Part IX of the Civil Aviation Act 1990, the Minister of Transport and her delegates have a role in the regulation of international air carriage competition.  

Commission regime

Here are the two Commission Regimes (PDF, 1,176kb) issued under section 89 of the Civil Aviation Act 1990.

Air New Zealand / Qantas application

On 18 April 2006 Air New Zealand and Qantas applied under section 88 of the Civil Aviation Act 1990 for approval of a Tasman Networks Agreement (TNA).

A decision on this application is to be made by Hon Pete Hodgson to whom responsibility for this matter has been delegated.

The application, the proposed TNA, and the views of third-parties that have been forwarded to the Ministry, and other correspondence are posted below.

Application documents

Deletions to these documents are withheld under section 9(2)(b)(ii) of the Official Information Act 1982 on the grounds that the making available of the information would be likely unreasonably to prejudice the commercial position of the person who supplied or who is the subject of the information.

Tasman application to the Minister of Transport (PDF, 374kb)

Tasman Network Agreement (TNA) (PDF, 3,241kb)

Correspondence document downloads

Some deletions have been made in accordance with the Official Information Act and are identified on each document:

• to protect the privacy of natural persons (section 9(2)(a));
• that the making available of the information would be likely unreasonably to prejudice the commercial position of the person who supplied or who is the subject of the information (section 9(2)(b)(ii)); and
• to maintain legal professional privilege (section 9(2)(h)).

Third-party views on application and associated Ministry correspondence

18 April 06 letter from the Wellington Chamber of Commerce (PDF, 63kb)

27 April 06 email from Wellington International Airport Limited (PDF, 46kb)

28 April 06 email from a private company (PDF, 62kb)

1 May 06 letter from a private company (PDF, 30kb)

1 May 06 email from a member of the public (PDF, 63kb)

3 May 06 email from a member of the public 1 (PDF, 11kb)

3 May 06 email from a member of the public 2 (PDF, 33kb)

3 May 06 email from a member of the public 3 (PDF, 39kb)

3 May 06 email from a member of the public 4 (PDF, 22kb)

5 May 06 letter from a member of the public (PDF, 31kb)

5 May 06 email from a member of the public (PDF, 16kb)

8 May 06 letter from the Mayor of Rotorua (PDF, 64kb)

8 May 06 email from a member of the public (PDF, 66kb)

9 May 06 letter from Invercargill Airport Limited (PDF, 221kb)

12 May 06 letter from Jumpjet Airlines Limited (PDF, 126kb)

13 May 06 email from a member of the public (PDF, 23kb)

18 May 06 letter ftom the Wellington Chamber of Commerce (PDF, 288kb)

24 May 06 letter from Chapman Tripp (PDF, 782kb)

May 06 letter from the South Australian Minister for Transport (PDF, 226kb)

May 06 letter from a member of the public (PDF, 20kb)

1 June 06 letter from Chapman Tripp (PDF, 199kb)

14 June 06 letter from Secretary for Transport to Chapman Tripp (PDF, 129kb)

19 June 06 letter from Chapman Tripp (PDF, 95kb)

20 June 06 letter from the Travel Agents' Association (PDF, 116kb)

30 June 06 letter from Chapman Tripp (PDF, 66kb)

25 July 06 letter from Hamilton International Airport (PDF, 203) - view retracted by letter dated 17 October 2006

26 July 06 letter from Tourism Industry Association (PDF, 107kb)

28 July 06 letter from a member of the public (PDF, 132kb)

28 July 06 letter from MoT to Chapman Tripp (PDF, 100kb)

28 July 06 letter from the Ministry of Economic Development (PDF, 122kb)

28 July 06 letter from Rotorua Regional Airport (PDF, 84kb)

31 July 06 letter from NZ Hotel Council (PDF, 92kb)

31 July 06 letter from Business Hutt Valley and Hutt Valley Chamber of Commerce (PDF, 67kb)

31 July 06 letter from Positively Wellington (PDF, 168kb)

31 July 06 letter from the Travel Agents' Association of New Zealand (PDF, 379kb)

31 July 06 letter from Welllington Regional Chamber of Commerce (PDF, 326kb)

31 July 06 submission from Wellington International Airport Limited (PDF, 606kb)

• 31 July 06 submission from Wellington International Airport Limited - schedule 2 (PDF, 574kb) - LECG report
• 31 July 06 submission from Wellington International Airport Limited - schedule 3 (PDF, 375kb)
• 31 July 06 submission from Wellington International Airport Limited - schedule 4 (PDF, 984kb) - legal opinion by Prof Michael Taggart

2 August 06 letter from The Treasury (PDF, 430kb)

3 August 06 paper from Prof Hazledine re pricing (PDF, 252kb) - Revised 11 August 06: additional paragraph on page 2

3 August 06 paper from Prof Hazledine re competition (PDF, 195kb)

4 August 06 letter from Wellington Mayoral Forum (PDF, 27kb)

11 August 06 letter from member of the public (PDF, 44kb)

14 August 06 letter from the Mayor of Porirua (PDF, 49kb)

25 August 06 letter from MoT to Chapman Tripp (PDF, 27kb)

25 August 06 letter from Chapman Tripp (PDF, 42kb)

7 September 06 letter from MoT to Chapman Tripp (PDF, 84kb)

8 September 06 letter from Chapman Tripp (PDF, 182kb)

8 September 06 letter from Chapman Tripp - Appendix (PDF, 100kb)

12 September 06 letter from Chapman Tripp (PDF, 114kb)

13 September 06 letter from MoT to Chapman Tripp (PDF, 24kb)

15 September 06 letter from MoT to Chapman Tripp (PDF, 167kb)

18 September 06 paper from Profs Gillen and Hazledine re pricing (PDF, 153kb)

21 September 06 letter from McGregor and Company (PDF, 62kb)

25 September 06 letter from Chapman Tripp re Tretheway Report (PDF, 286kb)

• 25 September 06 letter from Chapman Tripp Appendix One (PDF, 91kb)
• 21 September 06 LECG (Maloney) review of Tretheway report (PDF, 145kb)
• 22 September 06 LECG (Murray) response to Tretheway report (PDF, 210kb)

25 September 06 letter from Chapman Tripp re Treasury submission (PDF, 275kb)

• 22 September 06 paper from LECG (Murray and Hope) re benefit tests (PDF, 121kb)

10 October 06 Prof Hazledine TNA submission (PDF, 43kb)

16 October 06 letter from Chapman Tripp (PDF, 179kb)

17 October 06 letter from Hamilton International Airport (PDF, 639kb)

26 October 06 letter from MoT to Chapman Tripp (PDF, 73kb)

26 October 06 letter from Chapman Tripp (PDF, 37kb)

31 October 06 letter from Chapman Tripp re jurisdiction (PDF, 214kb)

31 October 06 letter from Chapman Tripp re NZ/UAE ASA (PDF, 205kb)

1 November 06 letter from MoT to Chapman Tripp (PDF, 21kb)

Ministry correspondence with applicants and responses

Note: Bell Gully is the address for applicant correspondence.

28 July 06 Air New Zealand speech to Aviation Industry Association (PDF, 224kb)

Meeting with Air New Zealand

On Monday, 28 August 2006 officials from the Ministry of Transport met with senior executives from Air New Zealand and a partner from Bell Gully so that Air New Zealand could reveal its Tasman Networks Agreement counterfactual. Air New Zealand has requested that the contents of this meeting be treated as confidential. The Ministry of Transport has assessed the notes of the meeting as withholdable under sections 9(2)(b)(ii) and 9(2)(ba) of the Official Information Act 1982.