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An “aviation industry ombuds scheme” and improved assistance for passengers with a disability will be among measures the federal government will announce to force airlines to act on public discontent.
Before their demise, both Rex and Bonza had criticised the way airport slots are allocated at Sydney airport, arguing it locked them out of the premium takeoff and landing times needed to compete.
Rex Airlines appears to be in trouble, with a trading halt on its shares. Yet it has more structural resilience, financial backing and political clout than Bonza, which folded recently.
The ACCC has prioritised getting timely compensation to affected customers over pursuing the airline on the more serious charge of collecting fees for no service.
Making a jet airline succeed hinges on three key factors – market scale, airport access, and geography. Australia offers new entrants a brutal starting ground on all three.
The terrible optics of today’s Qantas AGM come at a moment when it is very keen to mould the legislative landscape of aviation in its favour.
Qantas faces being forced to offer automatic cash compensation to travellers, being broken up if it operates uncompetitively, and unlimited competition under “open skies”.
The inquiry’s report is sharply critical of Qantas, and has recommended the decision to block extra flights sought by Qatar Airways be immediately reviewed
The only thing Qantas seems to fear is losing landing slots. It’s time to reallocate the slots it doesn’t use.
Victorian premier Daniel Andrews' exit, the extraordinary story of Mike Pezzullo's text messages, and the Senate inquiry into QANTAS and the Qatar Airways saga. Catch up this week's politics.
In the national poll, 42% of respondents said they were a hard ‘no’, compared to 28% who said they were a hard ‘yes’.
The embattled airline may be forced to compensate almost 2000 workers as a result of the ruling.
Price discrimination is charging customers who don’t mind paying more than those who do – and businesses do it all the time. But Qantas seems to have taken it to a new level.
The US has open-skies agreements with more than 100 nations, Singapore has more than 60 nations. Australia has just seven.
At a crack-of-dawn news conference at Canberra airport, King suggested the 2020 incident was a factor, although “there was no one factor that influenced my decision in relation to the national interest”.
In this podcast, Redbridge Group CEO Kosmos Samaras joins The Conversation to dig into the research on voters attitudes so far
Qantas might not be facing such a scandal if stronger consumer protection rules had been in place in Australia in 2022.
In this podcast, @michellegrattan and @amanda.dunn10 discuss the week in politics
Despite the change at the top, the Qantas board can expect to face a grilling from angry shareholders at the upcoming AGM.
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Former Academic Research Fellow, Khalifa University
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Honorary Senior Lecturer, UNSW Aviation, UNSW Sydney
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Professor of Institutional Economics, RMIT University
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Professor, Monash Business School, Department of Management, Monash University
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Associate Professor, Purdue University
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Adjunct Professor - Management, Queensland University of Technology
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Senior Lecturer, Tourism, University of Technology Sydney
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Founder In Residence, Swinburne Innovation Studio, Swinburne University of Technology
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Associate Professor, University of Sydney Business School, University of Sydney
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Professor of Labour Law, University of Sydney
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Research Associate, Department of Gender and Cultural Studies, University of Sydney
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Professor in Transport and Supply Chain Management and Deputy Director, Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies (ITLS), University of Sydney Business School, University of Sydney
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Incoming Director of the Australian Institute of Business and Economics at UQ, and Professor of Management, Faculty of Business and Economics, Macquarie University
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Professor, College of Business, Zayed University
