IASC requests

THE International Air Services Commission has opened up expressions of interest for capacity on the Indonesia, Samoa and Italy routes, after several applications for renewals of existing determinations were received from Qantas and Virgin Australia.

VA is seeking to renew a 300weekly third country codeshare seat allocation on the Italy route, as well as its current 800-weekly seat capacity allocation to Samoa, while Qantas wants to renew an allocation of 1,300 weekly seats on the Indonesia route for a further period of five years.

QF’s Indonesia application notes that “Qantas and Jetstar plan to resume services to Indonesia as soon as conditions permit, and requests that its portfolio of preCOVID capacity entitlements be retained to ensure full flexibility for rebuilding the network”.