Celebrating one year since Qatar was denied extra capacity into Australia ☺️

Educate yourself, armchair economist!

Qantas did fly a lot of Aussies home, but the flights were dedicated and not regular like Qatar. If Qantas was operating regular international flights during the time AU's borders were closed, they would have gone bankrupt and it would have drained the f*ck out of what was remaining in their business. Qantas is run as a private corporation, not a petro govt. subsidary like Qatar......

Other airlines that were run as private corporations also didn't fly here when AU was closed. Qatar could because they're not really a corporation, they're a govt subsidiary get huge state payments from gas and oil ventures so they could afford to do AU flights at loss without harming themselves. Even if Qantas was owned by our govt, I doubt AU Govt would have been able to finance regular international Qantas flights during the pandemic because we don't tax our fossil fuel industry enough......

It would be great if you posted something useful instead of pathetic, childish content.

I could say the same thing to you and your pathetic post. David should remove it as the maturity level is as low as it has even been with your post.

I could say the same thing to you and your pathetic post. David should remove it as the maturity level is as low as it has even been with your post.

@Mightyreds. I criticized this immature post last week. But my post was deleted and the immature post was allowed to stand. Go figure out the 'editorial' team's priorities...

Pathetic? My post is an opinion backed up with logical economic reasoning and facts. Your anti-Qantas post was a childish, low-effort troll post with no argument whatsoever and just insults. Has (your employer?) Qatar Airways run out of legitimate arguments? Or have they never had them in the first place? Qatar’s whole campaign is based on fear and lies to make gullible Aussies hate Qantas and meatride Qatar’s ambitions for an unprecedented capacity expansion into this great country which must be resoundingly rejected.

Your argument fails to mention all the jobs that could have been created, and all the money that could have flowed into Australia, and all the economic activity that could have eventuated had the minister granted Qatar's request.

1) Taxi / rideshare fares to and from the airport - hundreds every day

2) Hotels and AirBnB - thousands upon thousands of nights every week, tourists need somewhere to sleep

3) Bars and restaurants - tourists need to eat and drink

4) Sightseeing - tour operaters, tourist venues

5) Hire cars / rideshare vehicles - tourists need to get around

6) Domestic airlines - tourists tend to visit more than one city, Australia is a large country, and i include all 3 domestic airlines (Qantas, Virgin, Rex)

7) Dept. of Immigration - someone needs to process all those extra visitor visas

Above are all the direct jobs that could have eventuated, but there are indirect jobs as well

1) Transport - getting food and drink to bars, clubs and restaurants

2) Petrol stations for taxi's and rideshare operators

3) Cleaners / Laundry operators to clean hotel / Air bnb rooms

And the list goes on.....

And if Qatar gets more flights into Australia, there will be more Australians wanting to travel overseas instead of domestically, which offsets everything you've said above :) Hence will be a net zero change in economic activity, or even a reduction of money to those things you've listed above as more Australians tend to travel overseas than the amount of overseas visitors coming to Australia. HA!

And with more Australians wanting to travel overseas (because they have the money to), then Qantas can put on more flights overseas, to more destinations, to help cater for the increased demand, which means they’ll employ more people, and make even more profits. And this will in turn increase the share price, which will make shareholders like yourself even richer (and happier).

At least we now know what John Setka's decided to do with his extra spare time..... :-)

That’s simply false. But even if that’s the case, Qantas would have to cut back previously profitable domestic routes. Your point being?

Stop trying to evoke some sort of silver lining. Qatar Airways and their Qatar Government owners want a dodgy one-sided deal so they can reap all the benefits, flood the market, kill off local Australian jobs and extract wealth from our great nation.

Wtf does John Setka have to do with this?

Wow! Such a battlefield!

You asked on another post the point of my argument. Your post might be an opinion, but is not backed up with logical economic reasoning and facts. Your opinion is short sighted and much like swiss cheese, so many holes in your argument that an a380 can fly through. Your original post is designed to flame and bait. I agree with Mightyreds that your original post, as written, should have been moderated and removed. I do not object to your opinion that Qatar's application should have been rejected, but your post is just one huge childish dummy spit. And here endeth my contribution to this thread.

Pot kettle black mate. Your entire argument of more jobs in tourism, hotels, restaurants etc if Qatar gets more flights to AU is completely false as Qatar will be flying more Australians out of the country than bringing tourists in, which is actually bad for all those services you listed above as less Aussies take a domestic holiday if Qatar significantly lowers airfares. I’ve said this before.

Bruh, my argument is the only one with logical economic reasoning and facts which mentions the national interest. Your one wants to make our country worse. Why don’t you condemn the “Hi Alan” and “take your medication” posts for also being childish low-effort troll attempts by the Qatar supporters? Those posters stoop to such lows because let’s face it, Qatar have no real arguments for increased flights that would be beneficial to our nation.