Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack has suggested Victoria only received one destination in the government’s cheap plane ticket financial package because of its snap lockdowns.
Rex deputy chairman John Sharp has said the government’s replacement for JobKeeper will unfairly benefit Qantas and offer his airline little.
The government will supplement 800,000 half-price airfares for passengers as part of a new $1.2 billion package for the aviation industry when JobKeeper ends.
The industry groups representing airports, national airlines and regional aviation have all backed the government’s financial packages to replace JobKeeper.
A conglomerate of eight unions has written a letter to the prime minister expressing their “utter dismay” at the government’s new financial package to replace JobKeeper.
Qantas has said the government’s new package of financial support will accelerate its return to 80 per cent domestic capacity.