Its not,qualifications,its not unions,its cost pure and simple. Joyce wants his employees to suck it up,while he takes a huge pay rise.
"Just three international airlines, Singapore Airlines, Emirates and Air New Zealand, operate one-quarter of the seats that are flown into Australia. What do they have in common? They are all majority-owned by governments."
According to information in the most recent annual reports, Qantas's costs (defined on a cents-per-available-seat kilometre basis) are 14 per cent higher than Singapore’s; 25 per cent higher than Air New Zealand’s; and 49 per cent higher than Emirates. (These figures haven’t been adjusted for differences in average sector lengths.)
Over the most recent financial year, Qantas earned around $10 per passenger; Singapore Airlines $60; Emirates $47; and Air New Zealand $39.
The economies of Dubai, Singapore and Auckland, however, stand to gain around $200 per day for each Aussie tourist that they bring into the country. And if those Aussies stay on average 19 nights they stand to gain around $4000 per tourist.
