Originally Posted by
topend3
Qantas confirmed it is in “discussion with Perth Airport about a seasonal service to South Africa” and is “keen to expand” its “western hub concept with new destinations” (The West, 24-Apr-2018). Qantas and Perth Airport are reportedly at an impasse over a planned Perth-Johannesburg service, with the carrier wanting to use its international T3 operation and the airport wanting the airline to use the existing T1 international terminal. Qantas reportedly intends to operate a four times weekly service from 07-Dec-2018 to Apr-2019, using A330-200 equipment. Qantas stated the integration of its domestic and international operations at Perth Airport’s T3 has been “very successful so far” for its service to London Heathrow.
What!? Perth Airport Management can’t be serious?
The whole idea behind the integrated QF facility is to offer seamless transfers for QF pax between international and domestic, until PAPL pull their fingers out and build an adequate facility for Qantas to move into.(circa 2025... and this is Oz, so we can safely say they’re already about two years behind schedule
and they haven’t even started)
Airport management are willing to have Qantas abandon a bit of extra growth for what? And what of potential services elsewhere, (Paris/Frankfurt/etc) is the same idiocy going to occur again?
Utterly astonishing.