The Comesa Competition Commission (CCC) has granted conditional approval for a joint business agreement between British Airways (BA), Qatar Airways and the Spanish carrier Iberia, within the common market, following concerns that it would undermine competitiveness on the busy Nairobi-London route.
The agreement, which was inked in August 2023, allows the airlines to cooperate on scheduling of flights, tickets sales, fare pricing and inventory management, frequent flyer programme coordination, and joint handling and procurement of services.