Qantas raises RI service

Qantas raises RI service

CANBERRA (Reuter): Australia's International Air Services
Commission (IASC) said it issued a draft ruling which, if
confirmed, would allow Qantas Airways Ltd an extra two B767-300
services per week between Australia and Indonesia.

The IASC said that Indonesia is one of Australia's major
markets and in the year ended Oct. 31, 1995, totaled 721,200
passengers, an increase of 14 percent over the preceding year.

Indonesia accounts for almost six percent of total
international passenger movements to and from Australia, it said

The draft ruling is subject to public comment before a final
decision is made.

The Commission said Qantas had applied for all of the
available capacity on the route but later requested the
Commission defer consideration of the remaining capacity.

It said that the Commission's view, subject to any comments it
may receive on the draft determination, is that the public
interest would best be served by declining the deferral Qantas
has requested so that the capacity can remain available for any
person, including Qantas, to apply any time.

Qantas is 25 percent owned by British Airways Plc.