The U.S.Practice of Antitrust Exemption Mechanism for Airline Alliances and Its Implications
Airline alliances are beneficial to airlines in improving quality and efficiency,increasing social welfare and optimizing the allocation of resources.However,their inherent"monopoly"attribute determines that there may be price-fixing and abuse of dominant market position,which may lead to restricting or ex-cluding competition.In this context,the United States employs a comprehensive legislative framework,a dual-track regulatory model,and an"application-approval-supervision"life-cycle review process to regulate the sector.Alliances and in-depth cooperation among airlines are the prevailing trend in the development of the civil aviation industry.In order to construct a security defense for the civil aviation market,China can take inspiration from America to speed up the legislation on antitrust exemptions for airline alliances;estab-lish an exemption review mechanism with the National Anti-Monopoly Bureau as the main body,the Civil Aviation Administration as the auxiliary body,and the joint conference system as the link;adopt an exemp-tion model combining direct application and prior review,improve the disclosure of exemption information and hearing system and create a closed-loop supervision for post and punishment mechanism after the event to ensure the orderly development of aviation alliances.
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