PATRIOT ONE
How can you say that
VB fares are not cheap.
QANTAS never had fares like they offer now, because they were so cosy with ANSETT. Introduce REAL competition and suddenly ANSETT and QANTAS drop their fares, one of them goes bust and the other tries to imitate the competitor !!!
And if
VB wasn't here now, QANTAS would still be charging like a wounded bull.
You only have to look at their Qantaslink regulated routes where the government provides them with a monopoly.
Horn Island to Cairns return -- $ 759.00. But obviously for this price you would expect the best, right?
Two hours in a cramped turbo-prop, a poor excuse for a meal, your bags might travel on the same flight if you are lucky, and only if you book well in advance because they are likely to be completely sold out, and you can't just go and book a seat with the competitor because there isn't one.
If QANTAS has no competition, they charge what they like.
Don't pretend that QANTAS is our friend. They couldn't give a RAT's @rse.