Ahead of unveiling what is expected to be a bumper profit on Thursday, Qantas boss Alan Joyce has been called before an Australian senate inquiry to explain high ticket prices and a controversial travel credit scheme
A Qantas spokesperson said in a statement: “Qantas was invited to attend a cost-of-living Senate Committee hearing and to nominate relevant executives, which we did. Despite no other company CEO being required to attend, the committee subsequently insisted that Qantas CEO Alan Joyce appear, which he will do.”
On Wednesday, a separate parliamentary inquiry into promoting economic dynamism heard accusations that the national carrier, its budget outfit Jetstar and competitor Virgin Australia, have been to shut out smaller airlines such as Rex and Bonza from introducing rival services. Qantas Group and Virgin have denied they misuse slots.called for any airline that cancels a flight more than 5% of the time to lose its scheduled slot
– tighter than the 20% allowance under current legislation – to deter the major airlines from strategically scheduling then cancelling services out of Sydney to block competitors. John Sharp, the deputy chairman of Rex, said there was a desperate need to reform the legislation, and
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