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Qantas has been allowing passengers to occupy the middle seat in recent international repatriation flights, despite a commitment against it for domestic travel.
Qantas has announced limited flights to Melbourne from LA and London – opening up a potentially lucrative market for expats to bring their pets back to Australia.
ACCC chairman Rod Sims has said that he is watching “extremely closely” to prevent anti-competitive behaviour from Qantas, as administrators work to resuscitate Virgin Australia. The news comes after Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce hinted at post-virus bargains, designed to stimulate demand in the domestic travel sector. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation
The competition is fierce amongst potential buyers for Virgin Australia, but how is the current uncertainty around flights as well as threats from Alan Joyce going to affect the sale getting over the line?
The airline said that while it’s extending staff stand-downs, it had scope to restart some services at “relatively short notice”.
Chief executive Kevin Brown accuses the airline of not paying fees since January and says passenger numbers are 97 per cent down.
