Translation of "toutes les compagnies " (French → English) :

Aviation Safety: Commission removes all Kazakh airlines from EU Air Safety List // Brussels, 8 December 2016

(o) to raise and assist in raising money for, and to aid by way of bonus, loan, promise, endorsement, guarantee or otherwise, any other company with which the company may have business relations or any of whose shares, debentures or other obligations are held by the company and to guarantee the performance or fulfilment of any contracts or obligations of any such company or of any person with whom the company may have business relations, and in particular to guarantee the payment of the principal of and interest on debentures or other securities, mortgages and liabilities of any such company;

(b.1) to amalgamate or enter into partnership or into any arrangement for sharing of profits, union of interests, cooperation, joint adventure, reciprocal concession or otherwise, with any other company or any society, firm or person, carrying on or engaged in or about to carry on or engage in any business or transaction that the company is authorized to carry on or engage in, or any business or transaction capable of being conducted so as directly or indirectly to benefit the company; and to lend money to, guarantee the contracts of, or otherwise assist any such company, society, firm or person, and to take or otherwise acquire shares ...[+++]and securities of any such company, and to sell, hold or otherwise deal with the same;

It says the conditions might include surrendering arrival and departure times, known as slots; changing the way airlines pay for airport services; ensuring that any new airline competitors be able to purchase the dominant carrier's frequent flyer points; changing the method of calculating travel agents' commissions; offering to transfer surplus planes to any new entrants; the possible divestiture of regional carriers; and ensuring that any new or expanding airlines be able to interline and code-share with the dominant carrier.

It will also help the development of 'low-cost' operations, which are very clearly what consumers want, whilst also ensuring equitable conditions of competition for all airlines.

- Computer reservation systems There is a block exemption currently in force which allows airlines to set up and operate jointly-owned computer reservation systems unnder a number of conditions, essentially intended to make sure that all intered airlines have access to these systems and that they do not discriminate against other airlines.