Qantas customers criticise high cost of outback flights
Qantas customers say regional airfares remain unreasonably expensive, according to ABC News Australia. The report says high prices could encourage domestic tourists to travel overseas instead. The supplied material does not provide ticket prices, routes, the airline’s response, evidence of reduced demand or details of any proposed remedy.
Customers have criticised the cost of Qantas flights to outback and regional destinations, saying the fares remain unreasonable, ABC News Australia reports. The concerns focus on the price of domestic regional air travel. According to the supplied material, customers argue that high fares could encourage people who might otherwise travel within Australia to choose overseas destinations instead.
The report does not provide examples of ticket prices or identify the routes on which the complaints have been made. It also does not say whether the fares vary by season, booking time or availability. No response from Qantas is included, and the source gives no data showing whether expensive regional flights have reduced domestic tourism.
It also does not identify any government, industry or consumer proposal for addressing the problem. The available account records customer dissatisfaction and a possible consequence for domestic tourism. It does not establish the scale of the issue or explain the factors behind the fares.
Further information about Qantas’s pricing, demand and regional services was not supplied.
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