Tlas'a selekane se kopaneng, lifofane tsena tse peli li tla qala lits'ebeletso tse 28 tse ncha tsa ho khutla beke le beke lipakeng tsa Doha le boemafofane bo boholo ba Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane le Perth. Virgin Australia e tla sebelisa lifofane le basebetsi ba Qatar Airways ho sebelisa litšebeletso tse ncha tlas'a tlhophiso ea 'wet lease'.

Litšebeletso tse ncha li tla kenyelletsa litšebeletso tsa machaba tse seng li ntse li sebelisoa ke Qatar Airways.

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ACCC ke molaoli oa tlholisano oa Australia le 'mampoli oa naha oa molao oa bareki. Re khothaletsa tlholisano le khoebo e hlokang leeme le ho laola meralo ea motheo ea naha ho etsa hore mebaraka e sebeletse bohle.

"Re nka hore boitšoaro bo ka 'na ba fella ka melemo ea sechaba e kang ho eketsa bokhoni bo eketsehileng ba lifofane pakeng tsa Australia le Middle East mme ho ka etsahala hore ho be le kotsi e fokolang, haeba e le teng, ea sechaba," ho boletse Mokomishinara oa ACCC Anna Brakey.

"Sena se ka beha khatello e tlase ea litheko litseleng tsena hape se tla fa bareki ba Virgin Australia le Qatar Airways khetho e kholo ea lifofane tsa machabeng tse nang le khokahanyo e eketsehileng le melemo ea lenaneo la botšepehi."

ACCC e lokolotse a boikemisetso ba moralo ka la 18 Hlakola 2025 ho sisinya ho fana ka tumello. Bongata ba litlhahiso tse tsoang ho mekha e nang le thahasello ka mor'a qeto ea moralo li ne li tšehetsa tumello. Leha ho le joalo, batho ba bang ba nang le thahasello ba hlahisitse matšoenyeho a hore tokisetso ea khiriso e metsi e fokotsa mesebetsi ea lifofane tsa Australia.

"Re nka e le monyetla oa hore Virgin Australia kapa sefofane sefe kapa sefe sa Australia se qale ho sebetsa litšebeletso tsa Australia-Doha li le mong lilemong tse hlano tse tlang, le haeba boitšoaro bo ne bo sa lumelloe," ho boletse Mme Brakey.

"Re nka e le ntho e ke keng ea etsahala hore boitšoaro boo bo be le phello e mpe ho basebetsi ba lifofane ba Australia."

Leha mekha e meng e nang le thahasello e boetse e hlahisitse matšoenyeho a hore boitšoaro bo ka fokotsa bokhoni ba Virgin Australia ba ho kena litšebelisanong le lifofane tse ling, bakopi ha ba ka ba batla tumello bakeng sa litokisetso tse reriloeng tsa ho ikhetholla.

Litokisetso tsena li kenyelletsa bakopi ho ba balekane ba ikhethileng ba li-interline, li-codeshare le balekane ba tšepahalang ba ntlo-kholo ea bona e Middle East kapa Türkiye le Australia.

Le hoja litlhophiso tsa boikhethelo li ne li se karolo ea boitšoaro boo tumello e neng e batloa bakeng sa bona, ACCC e ile ea nahana hore na ho ka etsahala hore e be le liphello tse kotsi sechabeng tse amanang le boitšoaro.

"Re ile ra etsa qeto ea hore phello e akaretsang ea litokisetso tse khethehileng ho bareki e kanna ea fokola. Sena ke hobane litho tsa Velocity Frequent Flyer li tla tsoelapele ho fumana le ho lopolla lintlha tsa Velocity lits'ebeletso tsa Singapore Airlines tse tsamaisoang lefatšeng ka bophara, ho kenyeletsoa litšebeletsong tse eang le ho tsoa Europe, Middle East le Afrika," Mme Brakey o boletse.

"Litokisetso tsa Virgin Australia le lifofane tse ling mabapi le lits'ebeletso tse eang le ho tsoa Europe, Middle East le Afrika li tla lula li sa fetohe, ntle le tšebelisano ea Virgin Australia le Etihad Airways, e seng e fokotsehile lilemong tsa morao tjena."

ACCC e ile ea lumela tumello ea nakoana ho Virgin Australia le Qatar Airways ka la 29 Pulungoana 2024 ho etsa hore thekiso le thekiso ea lits'ebeletso tse ncha tsa Australia-Doha li qale, ka lifofane tse reretsoeng ho qala ka Phuptjane 2025. Tumello ea nakoana e tla lula e le teng ho fihlela qeto ea ho qetela e qala ho sebetsa.