Pressure to let foreign airlines fly domestic
This one will be interesting...
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UA does not have full traffic rights on the SYD-MEL tag - it can only carry pax that will continue their journey on UA's services to LAX and SFO however they can stop in SYD and it doesn't have to be an immediate connection. TG has the same set up for their SYD-BNE. MH has no traffic rights at all on the SYD-BNE.
QF's traffic rights on the LAX-JFK tag is the same as UA's on SYD-MEL. For a while just after AN's collapse in 2001, UA had full traffic rights on the SYD-MEL - I remember their $50.00 fares in Y and $150 in C and $200 in F. |
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Have foreign airlines operated domestic flights out of Sydney before
if so, what ones? |
The BA9 and BA10 used to continue on to/from Melbourne.
I'd assume you could previously purchase domestic tickets on these sectors? |
I think if you searched for which airlines operated here during the pilot strike days, you'd find a host of foreigners doing domestics.
Air Canada is one that I think was here... |
CX also has limited rights ADL-MEL & CNS-BNE
Banjo |
Sounds like allowing this to happen could open a real can of worms and set a dangerous precedent. If this ever happened there would be no going back.
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What's "dangerous" about it Nick? |
Setting a precedent such as this is dangerous. If everything goes to the dogs and foreign carriers take over the domestic market you can't just turn around and tell them to go. Once they are in, they are in.
There has to be some sort of protection offered by this government for Australian business. Something the Rudd government has a lacklustre history in. The Australian marketplace is constantly under attack from overseas interests, in almost every sector. The last thing we should be supporting is yet another way for foreign companies to muscle in on Australia. I find it very un-Australian to be supporting and assisting overseas business to profit from Australian customers when we could be promoting a home grown business instead. Personally I always prefer to choose a home grown business to deal with over one that is under foreign ownership to help support Australian business. |
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