Charging exhorbinant airfares just because people have little choice is ethically wrong. Why should they be penalised for living in remote parts of the country?
The price of almost
everything increases (sometimes dramatically) in remote parts of the country.
Why should private airlines be a charity?
If you drop your fare 10% you need to increase your pax count by 10% just to break even. If you halve your prices you need to more than double your pax count. This just isn't going to happen on thin routes like this.
Umm... no.