Investigation Initiated on Turkish Airlines (19.9.2013)
As a result of the annulment of its decision on the matter, dated 30.12.2011 and numbered 11-65/1692-599, by Ankara 11th Administrative Court, Competition Board re-valuated the complaint submitted by Pegasus Hava Taşımacılığı A.Ş., which claimed that Türk Hava Yolları A.O. (Turkish Airlines) held dominant position in scheduled airline passenger transportation for domestic and international routes out of İstanbul and that it abused this position to prevent competing undertakings from entering new markets and obstructing their operations in the existing markets.
After examining the information, evidence and the findings included in the file in its meeting of 13.08.2013, the Board concluded that an investigation should be initiated concerning Türk Hava Yolları A.O. under article 41 of the Act no 4054 on the Protection of Competition.
Article 6 of the Act no 4054 prohibits abuses of dominant position. The investigation was initiated in order to determine whether Türk Hava Yolları A.O. violated article 6 of the Act no 4054 by engaging in exclusionary conduct against the competing undertaking concerning the İstanbul-based domestic and international routes, where it operates in the airline passenger transportation business.
*Investigation decisions taken by the Competition Board are announced to the public following the notification of the decision to the undertakings or associations of undertakings under investigation. These declarations, which are made within the framework of informing the public on Competition Board decisions, can not be interpreted to mean the undertakings or associations of undertakings under investigation have violated the Act no 4054 and that they have faced or will face sanctions under the Act