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Occasional Paper 87characterised by a heavy dependence on passenger aircraft, withpassenger demand rather than freight being the primary consideration(Department of Transport 1979a, 116-118). It concluded that thedevelopment of a complete air freight service in Australia had beenrestricted by the two airline policy and that regulation had slowedthe growth of the air freight market.It also considered that thepossible benefits of specialised freight operators supplyingaby the trunkdifferent but complementary service to that providedairlines far outweighed the smal 1 risk of over-capaci ty andinstability in the airline industry. The Committee thereforerecommended the removal of air freight from the terms of the twoairline policy. However,the Government to continue to approve freight rates in order toprevent predatory pricing practices.it considered that it would be desirable forThe Committee concluded that there were good reasons for discontinuingthe equal sharing arrangements and the provision for payment at thesame rate for air mai 1 (Department of Transport 1979a, 99-102). Ittherefore advised that quantities and rates should be determined bynegotiations between each airline and the Australian PostalCommission. The Comnittee also recomnended consideration ofamendments to the Postal Services Act to include a provision for theCommission to enforce the carriage of mail on Australian aircraft.There was a further recomnendation that the Comnission be allowed toaward contracts for the carriage of domestic 'opportunity mail by air'to other Australian airlines and operators, including Qantas, onroutes where TAA and Ansett could not offer sufficient capacity atreasonable rates,.66. 'Opportunity mail by air' is now called surface mail by air.24
CHAPTER 4 REGULATORY CHANGE AND DEVELOPMENTS AFTER 1978Policy changes after the Domestic Air Transport P01 icy Review resultedin a significant relaxation of direct controls over the domestic aircargo industry. The major events between 1979 and 1987 are sumnarisedin Table 4.1.INITIAL DEVELOPMENTSPrior to the enactment of new legislation to give effectto therenegotiated Airlines Agreement, several developments affected thestructure and operation of the domestic air cargo industry.Charter operatorsIn early 1979 the Department of Transport authorised a number ofgeneral aviation operators to carry time-sensitive freight on behalfof individual freight forwarders on a regular basis over airlineroutes under closed charter arrangements (Department of Transport1980, 37). These operations were approved after it was recognisedthat existing services were not adequately catering for somesmallitems, such as business documentation, which required urgent deliveryand could support premium rates. Following the withdrawal of Ansett'snightly Electra service on the Brisbane-Mackay-Townsville-Cairns routein May 1979, the Department of Transport issued approvals to a numberof charter operators to fly nightly services for time-sensitivefreight over this route (Department of Transport 1979c, 39).The relaxation of restrictions was quickly followed by the expansionof freight forwarders' involvement in the carriage of overnightexpress air freight. The major operators were Wards Air Cargo,TNTCourier System and IPEC.Wards Air Cargo started a service between Melbourne and SydneyinJanuary 1979 using a chartered Learjet supported by the company'snational ground transport network. Traffic included businessdocumentation, films and computer tapes. The air operation expandedrapidly and by April 1979 Wards had four chartered Learjets providing25
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