If Qantas is "set free" then we immediately need a complete open skies aviation access policy in Australia to "Set Free" Australian travellers from the tyranny of Qantas who own a very large chunk of the aviation infrastructure.
That means allowing international carriers access to all domestic routes as well as the international routes in and out of the country - others can explain this better than me.
Absolutely! Lion Air will need somewhere to operate the 234 A320's they have on order, why not fill Australian skies with foreign registered/crewed/maintained aircraft? Domestic airfares will plummet as a result (no more exorbitant $49 SYD-MEL thank you). The Australian economy will boom as perhaps 100,000 Australian aviation related jobs march on down to centalink. Brilliant!
With no Australian registered aircraft, who needs CASA? Air Services? Ujung HF should just reach our southern most airspace! Airports, terminals - who cares? 100% foreign ownership all round! Let's make this country great!
