Originally Posted by fedsec
I think people would pay a little more to fly. Those airfares of the past gave us the highest standards of safety in the world. Travellers often now pay more for a cab to the airport than their airfare. It isn't sustainable.
The evidence is against people paying more to fly, in fact the entire LCC movement is based on the fact people want to pay as little as possible. To go back to the duopoly days you'd be looking at $600 Syd-Mel type stuff as your regular fare. That's just not going to happen.
Sure people LIKE to fly Qantas, especially when they're not picking up the tab, but the rise of Virgin, Jetstar and Tiger tells you what the market wants.
We need to smarten up and respond to that otherwise we'll be buried by foreign competition.