.Qantas and VirginAustralia are passing on the rising cost of petrol by increasing the price of airfares. 7NEWS
“What’s happened is fuel prices have spiked and our fuel bill next year will be 1.8 billion more than it was before COVID,” Joyce told 2GB last Thursday in response to questions of doubled airfare costs since before the pandemic.
Virgin Australia was bought by US private equity firm Bain Capital in 2020 and is no longer listed publicly. The country instead exports millions of tonnes of feedstock every year to be made into biofuels in other countries. Qantas has already committed to using 10 per cent sustainable fuels in its overall fuel mix by 2030, while Airbus is working to deliver zero-emission aircraft by 2035.
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