“Build it and they will come” is often derided as a concept. So long as going to and from Sydney CBD is such a barrier, the derision will be justified.
Project Sunrise is built around ultra-long-haul flying, meaning it falls outside the EC’s full carbon price rules. But the airline has won time, not permanent immunity.
The more technologically advanced, interconnected and digitally dependent aviation is, the more fragile it becomes.
It’s time to plan for the only long-term hope for new entries and greater competition – the opening of Sydney’s second airport.
When unions push too hard on leadership decisions, it doesn’t always end well. And perhaps it’s best governments stay out of the selection process too.
Allowing an international state-owned carrier to buy a stake in Australia’s second-biggest airline will go a long way to creating a better competitive balance in the domestic aviation market.
It would be in the national interest – and Qantas’ – for the government to create a successful duopoly by biting the bullet on foreign ownership of Virgin.
Is Qantas to be given primacy in Australian aviation or is it really just another privatised airline in a deregulated market?
When judging the performance of the former CEO, some very important factors are being buried in the current firestorm.
