QF are just trying to scoop the cream off the top by only flying seasonally. Joyce is just going the petulant child routine again.
I think this is what it boils down to. There is an international terminal, USE IT. Asking even businesses like duty free shops to set up on the domestic side for six flights a week, talk about arrogant.
Imagine cruise ship companies dictating where they could CIQ clear there pax on arrival in Australia. Oh you want to use Exmouth? Sure. You guarantee us 85,000 pax a year and we will build a CIQ facility otherwise use one that exists.
This is the same petulant Alan that desperately needed federal money and the QSA scrapped to help QF survive. Oh and RED Q.
https://www.ausbt.com.au/qantas-to-ground-asian-based-red-q-airline-before-it-launches
https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/taxpayers-must-pay-the-price-to-keep-qantas-says-joe-hockey-20131128-2ybgm.html