Sky News can confirm Foreign Minister Penny Wong initiated a phone call on Monday with the Prime Minister of Qatar as issues of the government blocking Qatar Airways 28 extra flights into Australia continues. The Prime Minister has made clear that any arrangement to allow Qatar Airways more flights into the country, a move which experts say would help reduce the cost of international airfares, would require a country-to-country agreement. Government sources have told Sky News that the bilateral air service agreement was not specifically raised in the call.
Sky News can confirm Foreign Minister Penny Wong initiated a phone call on Monday with the Prime Minister of Qatar as issues of the government blocking Qatar Airways 28 extra flights into Australia continues.
The Prime Minister has made clear that any arrangement to allow Qatar Airways more flights into the country, a move which experts say would help reduce the cost of international airfares, would require a country-to-country agreement. Government sources have told Sky News that the bilateral air service agreement was not specifically raised in the call.
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