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Airline complains about fees?!
Like all airlines, Qantas is looking to cut costs. And, it saw an opportunity by forming partnerships with some of Australia's airports. If all were to go according to plan, Qantas could make a dent in its annual airport costs of $544 million (AU$700 million). While some airports are willing to play ball, others (like Sydney and Brisbane) aren't ... leaving an airline to complain about fees, for a change.
Taking a page from the playbook of (in)famous Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary, Alan Joyce (top dog at Qantas) made a rather hostile public announcement, "Airports are very, very good at earning revenues out of everything you could imagine – if they could charge for oxygen at the airport they probably would."
Joyce and Qantas recently came under fire for charging up to $124 (AU$160) exit row seating and calling it "giving passengers more of an option." He also says that Qantas is following the trend rather than blazing the trail when it comes to additional fees.
Qantas is facing a loss for the second half of its fiscal year, the first time this has happened since the SARS outbreak in 2003.
Whether Qantas gets relief is immaterial ... all that matters is that it's found a way to pass the buck.
