'Australia is a pioneer of liberalisation' but notes 'hidden barriers' still coming up: AirAsia X

AirAsia X head of commercial Arik De, speaking at the CAPA Australia Pacific Aviation Summit, said (04-Aug-2016) in general, "Australia is a pioneer of liberalisation and that's a tradition Australia and New Zealand and many parts of Asia have." Mr De added: "There are hidden barriers that are being created - for example bilateral conversations that talk about air access rights is great but if you don't get equal or preferential access to airport slots then it's not really a level playing field."