Originally Posted by
Lookleft
Have another read of post #4. Operating in the 3rd dimension presents certain physical and regulatory barriers to bright young things with a new idea.
I follow that and the other aspects of regulatory oversight for matters like maintenance standards and flight crew licensing however, to approach this matter in a different context, why can't foreign operators that are approved to operate in Australian airspace carry domestic passengers between domestic airports that are on their network (cabotage).