How many members of the ASA executive team have Chairman's or Beyond Lounge memership?
Dear Airservices Australia,
I am concerned your executive prioritises the airline industry over community interests. I am trying to gauge to what extent the airline industry attempts to curry favour through lounge memberships and/or flight/flight upgrades.
What percentage of your executive team and board has been granted exclusive access to the Chairman's Lounge (Qantas) or the Beyond Lounge (Virgin Australia)?
How often have your executives and board members been given free flights or flight upgrades by the major airlines for personal travel?
Yours faithfully,
Andrew Terhorst
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Hi Andrew
We acknowledge receipt of your request under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act) on 5 November 2024 and note that your request has been given the internal file reference FOI 24-78.
You have requested the following:
- What percentage of your executive team and board has been granted exclusive access to the Chairman's Lounge (Qantas) or the Beyond Lounge (Virgin Australia)?
- How often have your executives and board members been given free flights or flight upgrades by the major airlines for personal travel?
Unless you advise otherwise, drafts, duplicate documents and the personal information of Airservices+IBk- staff (e.g. names, contact details, position titles, signatures) will be excluded from the scope of your request under section 22(1)(b)(ii) of the FOI Act.
The statutory period for processing your request is 30 calendar days commencing from the day after the request was received, in this case the due date for our decision is: Thursday 5 November 2024.
However, if your request captures documents that contains information concerning the business, commercial or financial affairs of another organisation or individual (third party), Airservices is required to consult with these third parties concerned before deciding on the release of those documents (see section 27 of the FOI Act).
If consultation is undertaken with any third party, the initial 30-day period for processing your request will be extended by a further 30 calendar days (see section 15(6) of the FOI Act). We will provide further notification in writing if it is determined that consultation is required.
Kind regards
Saira.
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Dear Airservices Australia,
I am concerned your executive prioritises the airline industry over community interests. I am trying to gauge to what extent the airline industry attempts to curry favour through lounge memberships and/or flight/flight upgrades.
What percentage of your executive team and board has been granted exclusive access to the Chairman's Lounge (Qantas) or the Beyond Lounge (Virgin Australia)?
How often have your executives and board members been given free flights or flight upgrades by the major airlines for personal travel?
Yours faithfully,
Andrew Terhorst
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My apologies, Andrew - confirming the due date for our decision is Thursday 5 December 2024.
Thanks
Saira.
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Hi Andrew
We acknowledge receipt of your request under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act) on 5 November 2024 and note that your request has been given the internal file reference FOI 24-78.
You have requested the following:
- What percentage of your executive team and board has been granted exclusive access to the Chairman's Lounge (Qantas) or the Beyond Lounge (Virgin Australia)?
- How often have your executives and board members been given free flights or flight upgrades by the major airlines for personal travel?
Unless you advise otherwise, drafts, duplicate documents and the personal information of Airservices+IBk- staff (e.g. names, contact details, position titles, signatures) will be excluded from the scope of your request under section 22(1)(b)(ii) of the FOI Act.
The statutory period for processing your request is 30 calendar days commencing from the day after the request was received, in this case the due date for our decision is: Thursday 5 November 2024.
However, if your request captures documents that contains information concerning the business, commercial or financial affairs of another organisation or individual (third party), Airservices is required to consult with these third parties concerned before deciding on the release of those documents (see section 27 of the FOI Act).
If consultation is undertaken with any third party, the initial 30-day period for processing your request will be extended by a further 30 calendar days (see section 15(6) of the FOI Act). We will provide further notification in writing if it is determined that consultation is required.
Kind regards
Saira.
Freedom of Information
foi+AEA-airservicesaustralia.com
GPO Box 367, Canberra ACT 2601, Australia
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-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew Terhorst +ADw-foi+-request-12297-811f12f5+AEA-righttoknow.org.au+AD4-
Sent: Tuesday, 5 November 2024 1:48 PM
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Subject: Freedom of Information request - How many members of the ASA executive team have Chairman's or Beyond Lounge memership?
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Dear Airservices Australia,
I am concerned your executive prioritises the airline industry over community interests. I am trying to gauge to what extent the airline industry attempts to curry favour through lounge memberships and/or flight/flight upgrades.
What percentage of your executive team and board has been granted exclusive access to the Chairman's Lounge (Qantas) or the Beyond Lounge (Virgin Australia)?
How often have your executives and board members been given free flights or flight upgrades by the major airlines for personal travel?
Yours faithfully,
Andrew Terhorst
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