ALBANESE’S GRUBBY DEAL WITH QANTAS
Airfares could have come down 30 to 40% but for Albanese’s grubby deal to protect Qantas by blocking Qatar Airways from running extra flights from Europe to Australia.
And its worth noting International airfares are 50 per cent higher than they were pre-COVID and a key reason is the shortage of capacity helping Qantas enjoy a $2.5 billion dollar profit last year.
The Qatar bilateral expansion would add up to 1 million seats per year. Based on an industry average of around 50 per cent of seats being sold to overseas visitors into Australia, this would generate hundreds of millions of dollars in incremental visitor economic activity per year and more seats and lower fares for Australian customers travelling overseas.
Albanese’s has done a grubby deal with Qantas, selling out Australians for Qantas to be a major backer of The Voice and providing free airfares for The Voice campaigners.
