❓ Mr. Rundle questions the Minister for Transport about tabling airline performance KPIs, particularly for REX Airlines. The Minister defends REX's service during COVID and expresses concern about leaving regional areas without air service.
AnsweredQoN 526Legislative Assembly
QuestionView source ↗
REX AIRLINES —
INTRASTATE AIR ROUTES
526. Mr P.J. RUNDLE to the Minister for Transport:
I
have a supplementary question. In the interest of transparency, will the
minister commit to tabling the performance of all airlines operating regulated
routes against their KPIs every quarter?
INTRASTATE AIR ROUTES
526. Mr P.J. RUNDLE to the Minister for Transport:
I
have a supplementary question. In the interest of transparency, will the
minister commit to tabling the performance of all airlines operating regulated
routes against their KPIs every quarter?
AnswerView source ↗
I will seek advice about regulated
routes versus unregulated routes because I think the member should compare all
of them.
Mr W.J. Johnston : The Bureau
of Infrastructure and Transport Research Economics publishes everything.
Ms
R. SAFFIOTI : Yes, it would do. I am
actually disappointed in people wanting to attack an airline that, honestly ,
was the easiest to deal with during COVID. It kept going. I remember during
COVID, when every other airline said that they would not fly in WA, one airline
stood by WA and kept going. I will say that.
As
for communications, it was the one that took our phone calls and kept flights
into key areas. I think Rex's management has acknowledged some
of the community concerns, in particular about communication, and I understand
it has issued a statement acknowledging the respect the WA government has given
to Rex and that its duty is, of course, to continue performing.
I will not execute airlines and drop
services because then, next week, the member would be coming in saying, ''Why
hasn't Carnarvon got a service?'' That is what the member would
be saying. In public policy, we are always making judgements. There is never a perfect
answer, but there is the best answer, and we have to judge all the competing issues. That is why I am confident about
this decision. I do not want to leave areas like Carnarvon without a service.
If the member's policy is to say that this airline should not operate
in WA and that Carnarvon should not have a service, that is his policy. I do
not think it is a policy that the Nationals WA would want to execute in
Carnarvon, but if the member is saying that he wants to send the only airline
willing to fly to Carnarvon back over east, that is his policy, not ours.
Mr P.J. RUNDLE : Madam
Speaker, I have a very brief question, if I may have another question.
The SPEAKER : That was a supplementary.
Sorry, I am not going to allow further questions. I have said that. I note that
normally we do not have an MPI on a Wednesday. It is often on a Tuesday. You
are entitled to have it today, but in order to move onto private member's
business by four o'clock, I really need to bring the MPI on now. That
is the rationale for it.
routes versus unregulated routes because I think the member should compare all
of them.
Mr W.J. Johnston : The Bureau
of Infrastructure and Transport Research Economics publishes everything.
Ms
R. SAFFIOTI : Yes, it would do. I am
actually disappointed in people wanting to attack an airline that, honestly ,
was the easiest to deal with during COVID. It kept going. I remember during
COVID, when every other airline said that they would not fly in WA, one airline
stood by WA and kept going. I will say that.
As
for communications, it was the one that took our phone calls and kept flights
into key areas. I think Rex's management has acknowledged some
of the community concerns, in particular about communication, and I understand
it has issued a statement acknowledging the respect the WA government has given
to Rex and that its duty is, of course, to continue performing.
I will not execute airlines and drop
services because then, next week, the member would be coming in saying, ''Why
hasn't Carnarvon got a service?'' That is what the member would
be saying. In public policy, we are always making judgements. There is never a perfect
answer, but there is the best answer, and we have to judge all the competing issues. That is why I am confident about
this decision. I do not want to leave areas like Carnarvon without a service.
If the member's policy is to say that this airline should not operate
in WA and that Carnarvon should not have a service, that is his policy. I do
not think it is a policy that the Nationals WA would want to execute in
Carnarvon, but if the member is saying that he wants to send the only airline
willing to fly to Carnarvon back over east, that is his policy, not ours.
Mr P.J. RUNDLE : Madam
Speaker, I have a very brief question, if I may have another question.
The SPEAKER : That was a supplementary.
Sorry, I am not going to allow further questions. I have said that. I note that
normally we do not have an MPI on a Wednesday. It is often on a Tuesday. You
are entitled to have it today, but in order to move onto private member's
business by four o'clock, I really need to bring the MPI on now. That
is the rationale for it.
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