Aviation is a regulated industry, and however much we like to think otherwise, there remains a huge amount of red tape and paperwork – some of which perhaps benefits the incumbents rather than encouraging new entrants.
Obviously, there is no permissible shortcuts around airworthiness (and long may that be the case), however, there are occasions when sometimes it seems that the edges between regulation and protectionism become greyed… to say the least.
Recently, Australia has been getting quite a bit of unwanted attention around its aviation sector. By default, it meant Qantas secured some coverage, however much they try to avoid those column inches:
All of this pre-empted a new “Green Paper” from the Government that will at some stage turn into a “White Paper” to establish the long-term strategic vision for the aviation sector until 2050. It’s all happening in Australia!!
Inevitably airline data will end up being used for various points and arguments in the…
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