Domestic air fares / report of the Independent Public Inquiry, February 1981

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Independent Public Inquiry into Domestic Air Fares (Australia)
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DOMESTIC AIR FARES Report of the Independent Public Inquiry Volume 1 Report February 1981 1
DOMESTIC AIR FARES Report of the Independent Public Inquiry Volume 1 Report February 1981 3
CONTENTS 5
TERMS OF REFERENCE 9
1 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS 15
2 RECOMMENDATIONS 31
3 OBSERVATIONS ON THE CONDUCT OF THE INQUIRY 37
4 INTERPRETATION OF THE TERMS OF REFERENCE 43
5. BROAD IDENTIFICATION OF VIEWS PRESENTED TO THE INQUIRY 49
6 SOME CHARACTERISTICS OF THE AUSTRALIAN AIRLINE SYSTEM 57
7 COSTS 99
8 REVENUE 149
9 LOAD FACTORS 161
10 EXISTING PRICING POLICIES 177
11 AIR FARE DISCOUNTING 197
12 CROSS-SUBSIDIES 217
13 IMPLICATIONS OF THE DEREGULATION OF DOMESTIC AIR CARGO 231
14 GOALS OF A REGULATORY PRICING SYSTEM 235
15 PUBLIC INTEREST AND ACCOUNTABILITY 249
16 ALTERNATIVE PRICING POLICIES 255
17: RECOMMENDED SYSTEM FOR AIR FARE DETERMINATION 283
18 GENERAL OBSERVATIONS 293
19 MATTERS NOT EXAMINED 299
APPENDIX 1: CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE MINISTER FOR TRANSPORT 305
APPENDIX 2: INDEPENDENT PUBLIC INQUIRY INTO DOMESTIC AIR FARES INFORMATION AND DISCUSSION PAPER 315
APPENDIX 3: PARTIES WHO MADE WRITTEN SUBMISSIONS 327
APPENDIX 4: HEARINGS HELD BY THE INQUIRY AND WITNESSES WHO GAVE EVIDENCE 335
APPENDIX 5: LINEAR PROGRAMMING MODEL 343
APPENDIX 6: SPECIAL DISCOUNT ARRANGEMENTS OFFERED IN AUSTRALIA FOR OTHER THAN AIR TRAVEL, AND BY PUBLIC UTILITIES 347
APPENDIX 7: SPECIAL DISCOUNT ARRANGEMENTS OFFERED BY AIRLINES OVERSEAS 355
APPENDIX 8: AUSTRALIAN BUSINESS PROFITABILITY 1978-79, 373
APPENDIX 9: CONTRACTUAL ARRANGEMENTS GOVERNING PILOTS EMPLOYED BY TAA AND ANSETT AIRLINES OF AUSTRALIA (AAA). 393
APPENDIX 10: DEPRECIATION AND AUSTRALIAN ACCOUNTING STANDARD 4 425
APPENDIX 11: SECTOR CROSS-SUBSIDIES ON THE NATIONAL JET NETWORK 429
APPENDIX 12: NOTES FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT ON THE CAPACITY DETERMINATION PROCESS 431
APPENDIX 13: CAB BALANCE SHEET CLASSIFICATIONS IATA SUMMARY OF OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS, OAA OPERATIONAL AND FINANCIAL DATA 447
APPENDIX 14: ADDRESS ON AIRLINE DEREGULATION 461
APPENDIX 15: REMARKS BY ELIZABETH E. BAILEY, MEMBER, CIVIL AERONAUTICS BOARD, TO THE AMERICAN ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION, COLORADO, SEPTEMBER 5, 1980 CONTESTABILITY AND THE DESIGN OF REGULATORY AND ANTI-TRUST POLICY 493
APPENDIX 16: STAFF EMPLOYED BY THE INQUIRY 509
BIBLIOGRAPHY 511
GLOSSARY 515

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