Notification | Closed
Proposed expansion of Joint Venture between Singapore Airlines Limited and Deutsche Lufthansa AG
15 November 2024
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Reference: | CCCS 400-110-2022-001 |
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Notifying Parties: | The parties to the agreement are
(collectively, the “Applicants”) |
Notifying Date: | 9 December 2022 |
Summary of transaction: | Note: The summary of the transaction posted on this Public Register is provided by the Applicants. CCCS makes no representation as to the accuracy or veracity of the summary information posted. The Applicants entered into a joint venture arrangement in 2016 (“2016 JV”) which received a positive decision from the CCCS on 12 December 2016, subject to certain voluntary commitments made by the Applicants. The Applicants are seeking a positive decision through this notification relating to the expansion of the geographic scope of the 2016 JV (the “Proposed Expanded JV”) The Proposed Expanded JV would include additional European countries, such that the scope would cover (a) Albania, (b) Austria, (c) Belgium, (d) Bosnia and Herzegovina, (e) Bulgaria, (f) Croatia, (g) Cyprus, (h) Czech Republic, (i) Estonia, (j) France, (k) Germany, (l) Greece, (m) Hungary, (n) Iceland, (o) Republic of Ireland, (p) Italy, (q) Kosovo, (r) Latvia, (s) Lithuania, (t) Luxembourg, (u) Malta, (v) Republic of Moldova, (w) Montenegro, (x) Netherlands, (y) North Macedonia, (z) Poland, (aa) Portugal, (bb) Romania, (cc) Serbia, (dd) Slovakia, (ee) Slovenia, (ff) Spain, (gg) Switzerland, (hh) and the United Kingdom; as well additional Asia/Asia-Pacific countries, such that the scope would cover (a) Singapore, (b) Australia, (c) Indonesia, (d) Malaysia, (e) New Zealand, (f) Vietnam and (g) the Philippines, (collectively, the “Expanded Home Markets”). Consistent with the 2016 JV, the Proposed Expanded JV relates to the provision of international scheduled air passenger services, specifically, the supply of international scheduled air passenger transport services between the Expanded Home Markets, and will not involve cargo operations. |
Closed Decision issued: | CCCS has granted conditional approval of the proposed expanded joint venture between Singapore Airlines Limited and Deutsche Lufthansa AG (collectively, the “Applicants”) after accepting commitments from the Applicants. |
Decision Date: | 28 January 2025 Read the Media Release. Read the Grounds of Decision and the Commitments. |