Once upon a time there was Air Nauru.
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Oops, old news, the re-tendering process was at least three months ago. Your information source is somewhat out-of-date!!!
Looking like a foreign airline will get it once more, and again with an Australian government subsidy as has been the case for several years last. Your taxes and mine.
That wasn't the case when Our Airlines was operating the service. And a better service it was, ask those of the Norfolkians without a vested interest and the stubborn pride to prevent admitting they backed the wrong horse. Higher fares, bugger all freight, reduced frequency (aka fewer seats for tourists and consequently fewer bed-nights for the accommodation operators) are a few of the issues the Islanders have to currently put up with .....
Looking like a foreign airline will get it once more, and again with an Australian government subsidy as has been the case for several years last. Your taxes and mine.
That wasn't the case when Our Airlines was operating the service. And a better service it was, ask those of the Norfolkians without a vested interest and the stubborn pride to prevent admitting they backed the wrong horse. Higher fares, bugger all freight, reduced frequency (aka fewer seats for tourists and consequently fewer bed-nights for the accommodation operators) are a few of the issues the Islanders have to currently put up with .....
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Looking like a foreign airline will get it once more, and again with an Australian government subsidy as has been the case for several years last. Your taxes and mine.
Or perhaps you are suggesting an Australian Airline should be doing the run instead of totally foreign owned airlines. If that is the case I'll stop thinking like the pot....calling the kettle etc etc
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Absolutely NOT. Our Airline/Air Nauru/Nauru Airlines etc receives NO subsidies from the Australian government and certainly it is not supported by the Australian Taxpayer as you suggest. It may receive income from the Oz govt, but no subsidies - and that is a major difference.
It is an Australian airline in that it holds a full Aussie AOC, not a foreign AOC like most airlines with overseas ownership. A fine line, maybe, but one nonetheless.
And YES, if our taxes are used to prop up an operation, then Aussie businesses should be the beneficiaries - nothing more, nothing less.
How'd you feel if your taxes were used to subsidise footwear manufacture, for example, in Asia, Europe or elsewhere? Oops, forgot, the then Aussie government destroyed that industry here some time ago.
It is an Australian airline in that it holds a full Aussie AOC, not a foreign AOC like most airlines with overseas ownership. A fine line, maybe, but one nonetheless.
And YES, if our taxes are used to prop up an operation, then Aussie businesses should be the beneficiaries - nothing more, nothing less.
How'd you feel if your taxes were used to subsidise footwear manufacture, for example, in Asia, Europe or elsewhere? Oops, forgot, the then Aussie government destroyed that industry here some time ago.
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Current places, other than Australian Overseas Territories where the AUD is the official currency, are Nauru, the Kiribati islands and Tuvalu.
Doesn't mean it's the only place you can spend an Aussie dollar though - Fiji, Singapore, Hanoi, Indonesia and Malaysia in my experience.
Doesn't mean it's the only place you can spend an Aussie dollar though - Fiji, Singapore, Hanoi, Indonesia and Malaysia in my experience.
