Lorie Argus said airlines had “put a lot of effort” into solving their operational issues, but this meant they needed to increase airfares to cover these extra costs.
” hounded by similar reliability issues to those that curtailed the initial post-pandemic travel restart, says Melbourne Airport chief executive Lorie Argus.
Ms Argus said airlines had “put a lot of effort” into solving their operational issues, with Qantas and Virgin Australia hiring hundreds of reserve workers and putting aircraft on standby in case any in use needed urgent repairs.“With the challenges around inflation, fuel charges and the like, I think it will be a while before we see those airfares taper off,” Ms Argus said.
She added Qantas “would throw everything that they can” at the holiday period to help fix issues with delays, cancelled flights and lost baggage because “from a branding perspective, I don’t think Qantas can afford to have a really bad Christmas”.Australia was still having trouble convincing tourists to make the trek down under because of a lingering stigma from last year’s lockdowns and border closures.
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