Originally Posted by
GoldCoastTobacconist
A guy recently came into my store and told me about his recent trip to Broome and how quiet town was. After serving him it was a bit quiet with the cooler weather and I looked into it.
The fee's charged with the following information loads : LW 66T 170pax (incl 20 Children) Arriving and Departing. Passengers last year DOM
Broome $10 329.90
308 856 pax last year
Alice Springs $9472.46
602 865 pax last year
Cairns $6205.68
4 100 948 pax last year
Acknowledgement the difference in passenger figures but sorting out these fee's may well see more airlines on more routes being able to reinvigorate towns.
That's all nicely quoted and the same trap as a certain red haired politician. The figures you quote are for an arrival and departure (ie 340 passengers - I worked it out myself to confirm it). As such, the difference between Broome and Cairns works out $12.19 per passenger. An airfare from Broome dct Melbourne is well over $1000. Cairns dct Melbourne is generally under $200. So that's a difference of $787.81 for a slightly longer flight from Broome.
A lot of trying to shift the blame.