Originally Posted by
BuzzBox
A legally binding Heads of Agreement (HOA) between Qantas and Perth Airport was executed in late 2016 to facilitate Qantas direct flights between Perth Airport Terminal 3 and Singapore, Auckland and European cities.
Perth Airport shareholders invested $10 million to an upgrade of Terminal 3, and significant State and Commonwealth Government funds were also investedand committed based on the specific arrangements stipulated in the HOA, which precluded, except in specific circumstances, Qantas from operating routes from Terminal 3 outside ofthose routes specified in the HOA.
I have been critical of PACL refusing to allow Qantas to operate the Perth - Joburg sector from Terminal 3 before, but hadn't seen this. As disappointing as it is, it is there in black and white, they had every right to refuse it. The HOA should have been amended or its tough, but Qantas will need to wait until they move over to a combined facility on the Eastern side of the airport if they want to fly to destinations outside the agreement (I don't necessarily understand why PACL wouldn't be keen for more business but its their train set). HOWEVER, it
doesn't say LONDON, does it? It says
European Cities.
So it now seems Qantas could be using the Perth - Paris flights ( and the long rumoured Frankfurt flight) to conflate the issues around their case against the user charges in the press? It seems there is nothing else stopping them going ahead... unless there's a cop-out brewing!?