Are Qantas not paying their bills?
 

http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2018-09-04/qantas-fees-nt-airports-darwin-alice-springs-charges/10200132

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But at the time Alice Springs chief executive Dave Batic disagreed, and said the airport charged less than $30 on average per person per flight and the rest of the airline ticket costs were Qantas charges.

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As of Tuesday evening, the cheapest Qantas flight from Darwin to Sydney on September 8 is $422 one-way.

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$30 per person departure tax. Does Sydney levy a passenger arrival tax? Plus en-route navigation charges. Plus landing and parking charges? Plus GST being 9.09% of the fare.

Of course airport and other Government charges are a very significant part of a passenger air fare. The higher the charges, the higher the air fare.

Torres, most people on here don't have a clue about the financial side of running an airline. I'm pleased to see QF stand up against monopolies like this. Smaller carriers don't have the same clout and get the one fingered salute from airports and others. Townsville is very expensive too....

And in the end, Qantas did come to the party. So as usual, it was all p*ss and wind by Mr Joyce. I believe it was actually a request for QF to directly contribute to the costs by an increase in landing fees then, in preference to higher fees when the runway was finished. How QF chose to absorb or pass that on was up to them, if they chose to accept the deal.
So that means QF can not put a dollar or two on a ticket, to save up to pay for new aircraft in the future? Yea right.

I'll have to remember to tell that to the bank next time they raise my home loan interest rates.

A few aircraft on the ground, a lien on them to pay back charges and the Airport closed to future movements until all bills paid and arangements to maintain payments made. That would lead to a quick rethink. That would shows what ransom is.

Maybe just keep every inbound Qantas aircraft in a holding pattern for 45 minutes before clearing them to land. And delay every takeoff for an hour...

Purely due to "operational" reasons, nothing to do with unpaid bills....

Tis a pity the Airport does not have anything to do with provision of ATC then, otherwise these might have been options.

entirely reasonable, need to make sure they are handled safely, if Qantas paid their bills, Darwin could afford experienced controllers, to process them quickly :)

"Is Qantas not paying their bills?" would be correct

Re the BNE parallel runway levy, the issue was timing. Qantas and most others refused to pay because the runway hadn't been built.Would you rent a property that wasn't available?

Is that a good analogy? Prepayment is a feature in lots of financing deals to get things built. An Off The Plan apartment usually requires a deposit & purchase commitment, enabling the builder to take a certain number pre sales to the bank get the actual construction financed, usually with some sort of discount or other advantage (no stamp duty). In return you get an IOU for an apartment where there is a currently a vacant block. Both sides can gain out of such arrangements.

Everything in the NT is more expensive. Darwin won't get the turnover or carpark revenue that larger airports do.

Yes it is as the airlines aren't buying a runway. They'll be "renting" by the landing!

I've rented a number of large commercial properties and gotten up to a three month "rent free" holiday on rents. Never paid to rent before is was able to be occupied after all as stated I'm not buying. If it flies, floats and is an airport, rent it!!