Qantas boss Alan Joyce will appear before a federal parliamentary inquiry for the first time since 2014 to face a grilling over high airfares and competition.
Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce has been summoned to Canberra to appear before a parliamentary cost of living inquiry, as pressure mounts on the national carrier about competition in domestic and international aviation.
It will be the first time the Qantas boss has fronted the Senate since March 2014, when he defended the airline’s decision to cut 5000 jobs and send aircraft maintenance work offshore.“After almost a decade of evading parliamentary scrutiny, even while receiving a $2.7 billion no-strings-attached bailout from the Morrison government, Mr Joyce has a lot to answer for,” said NSW Labor Senator and former transport workers union boss Tony Sheldon.
The committee will examine whether bonuses paid to Mr Joyce have come at the expense of passengers, as well as Qantas’s heavily criticised flight credit scheme, which is the subject of a class action lawsuit.and assistant competition minister Andrew Leigh said there had been “a rise in concentration” in business.to Australia, which would have added competition to Qantas’ international business.
Canberra Airports managing director Stephen Byron said Canberrans are “copping the raw end of the pineapple” and that “Qantas is not properly using its slots into Sydney Airport from Canberra”.
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