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One-way trans-Tasman bubble flops before wheels up – The Australian Financial Review
It was never going to be an economic miracle, but Qantas has already cut expected services across the pond because of the lack of demand.
Air New Zealand CEO Greg Foran said his airline was mainly carrying Australians returning home. “Around 90 per cent of those travelling on tomorrows flight are booked to travel one-way,” he said.
A Jetstar representative confirmed the same pattern, with “sales steady, but definitely not full” and bookings being mainly by “people needing to get back to Australia for family or other reasons”.
Geoff Culbert and his Sydney Airport team have worked for weeks to welcome passengers arriving from New …
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