Introduction
8.1 The preceding chapters of this Report outlined the framework the Commission uses to arrive at its recommendations to the Minister. Chapter 3 introduced the competition issues associated with airports, coming to views on market definitions. This Chapter builds on Chapter 3 and includes a detailed assessment of competition in terms of the airfield activities supplied by Auckland International Airport Limited (AIAL) to aircraft operators. In addition, the principles established in Chapters 4, 5, 6, and 7 for determining whether control of the airfield activities is necessary or desirable in the interests of acquirers are applied to AIAL.
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