Qantas has announced it will be forced to cut flights, reduce seating limits and really pump up its price gouging due to the ongoing conflict in Iran.
In news that will surprise absolutely no one, Qantas said it had always maintained a base level of gouge but liked to go ballistic during certain times – like finals footy or literally any reason it can get away with.
We spoke to an industry insider who said the public have been lucky it hasn’t been worse yet. Adding,
“The public really has no idea how much aviation fuel costs. It’s not like there is an aviation fuel watch so Qantas is free to say whatever it wants really and thanks to the very limited competition in the domestic market it can really take the piss”
Accordingly, Qantas has warned that the price of a fare to the East Coast could cost as much as a newborn baby in a few weeks.
Some may feel this is history repeating itself. A throwback to the COVID era where the company cried poor, got a huge bail out and then just made gazillions more dollars shafting the public.
This leaves everyone with a very valid question – is Qantas going to beg for another handout while simultaneously gouging the public?
Yes, probably.