Originally Posted by
Derfred
Umm, Qantas paid for it, assisted by a one-off payment by the Govt of $14M, who stated they hope to gain over $30M per annum for the deal. Sounds like a pretty good deal to me if the costs and returns are accurate.
PER airport did not contribute one cent, as far as I know, and are now acting like 3yo children with an iPhone.
You must be reading a different article than me, the article above says the $14m is government funding for additional staff in the domestic terminal to handle international services, i.e. "immigration, customs, quarantine services"
the $30m "return" is an unrelated and unmeasurable economic benefit to Perth city as additional tourists are predicted to have a stopover.
sounds like nothing more than some under the table slush funds to stop Qantas having a tantrum.