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Treasurer talks up Qantas revival of Japan-Cairns route
Monday March 08, 2021
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg is keen to encourage Qantas to bring in high-spending Japanese tourists to north Queensland once international borders reopen.
(Photo: EPA/Barbara Walton)
Visiting Cairns, where the pandemic has hit tourism businesses hard, Frydenberg said restoring such flights could deliver a boost to the economy.
He said he would talk to Qantas boss Alan Joyce about the major carrier bringing Qantas-branded flights from Japan to the north Queensland tourist hotspot on a regular basis.
Only Qantas’ low-cost subsidiary Jetstar flies the Japan to Cairns…
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