Perth Airport – Australia

The Western Australia (WA) Supreme Court has decided that Qantas Group has made short-payment of invoices by Perth Airport.
 
Seen as the new non-stop gateway to Australia from London, Qantas successfully launched 17hr flights from Heathrow in March 2018, and stopped at the outbreak of the pandemic.  The route transferred to the one hour shorter stopover at Darwin with reopening up of Oz except Western Australia.  No decision seems to have been made as to its continuance now that Perth is to have its sanctions lifted.

Kevin Brown, CEO, Perth Airport, issued a consolatory note: “We look forward to resolving all outstanding payments and moving forward together with Qantas as we rebuild the WA aviation sector”.

“We are glad to have received a judgment and the outcome has recognised the fairness of the open and transparent consultative manner in which Perth Airport negotiates prices with our airline partners.

“The judgement recognises that airports are entitled to a fair and reasonable price for the services they provide to all airlines for the benefit of the 8m hardworking Australian workers who are effectively the shareholders of Perth Airport through their superannuation funds”.

Based on the pricing included in the judgement, Perth Airport’s expectation is that Qantas will be required to pay in excess of $9m more than it initially paid to make up for the short payments it made when using at Perth Airport from July to mid-December in 2018.

“We’ve already signalled to Qantas our willingness to work on returning the Perth – London service, the new Perth – Rome service, and additional routes such as Johannesburg and India”, Brown said.

“Our focus remains on quickly reconnecting WA to the world. Perth Airport welcomes the decision and looks forward to working with Qantas as we rebuild the sector.”

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