16:45' 11/04/2008 (GMT+7)
VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Finance (MOF) has sent a dispatch to Vietnam Airlines Corporation, asking it to instruct the Vietnam Air Petrol Company (Vinapco), one of its subsidiaries, to apply a single petrol sale price.
30 flights delayed because of no fuel?
MOF said that in order to implement the 10th Communist Party Congress’s resolution on removing all discriminatory treatments on different types of ownership, Vinapco must apply a one sale price policy to all clients, air carriers.
The dispatch was sent eight days after Vinapco unilaterally interrupted providing air petrol to Pacific Airlines, causing the delays of 30 flights, as a result of which 5,000 passengers suffered.
The problem lay in the fact that Pacific Airlines did not accept the higher price of air petrol suggested by Vinapco.
Meanwhile, Pacific Airlines says that Vinaco is acting unfairly by selling air petrol to Vietnam Airlines at a lower price than to Pacific Airlines.
In reply, Vinapco says that it has the right to set prices for its clients, and that Vietnam Airlines, which consumes a volume of petrol 10-11 times higher than Pacific Airlines, and is also the strategic partner of Vinapco, can enjoy lower prices.
However, MOF has decided that the price at which Vinapco sells petrol to Vietnam Airlines must be applied to Pacific Airlines as well.
As Vinapco is the only petrol supplier now on the market, it must not unilaterally stop providing air petrol to airlines without the permission of competent agencies.
Prior to that, the Competition Administration Department (CAD) under the Ministry of Industry and Trade asked Vinapco to explain why it interrupted providing air petrol to Pacific Airlines.
In an interview with VietNamNet, Tran Anh Son, Deputy Head of CAD, said that if Vinapco is found abusing its monopoly to harm other businesses, it may face the fine of 10% of its 2007 turnover.
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