❓ Hon. Mark Nevill raises concerns about insufficient air service to Exmouth, impacting tourism. Minister Moore acknowledges the issue and outlines efforts to encourage Ansett and Qantas to improve services.
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(1) Is the minister aware that no discounts were offered by Ansett Australia to the major tourist destination of Exmouth, which has over 2 000 beds? (2) Is the minister aware that occupancy rates are down in hotels that rely on visitors by air, whereas the caravan parks have been full for some time? (3) Has the minister asked Ansett to expand the seating capacity for the Perth-Exmouth run to take advantage of the Elle advertisement campaign? (4) Has he encouraged other operators such as Qantas Airways Ltd to service the route either directly or en route to Karratha or other destinations? Hon N.F. MOORE
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(1)-(4) As the member described, Exmouth is serviced by Skywest using F50 aircraft, each of which has 40 or something seats. Those aircraft service Denham, Carnarvon and Exmouth. Regrettably, not enough seats are going to Exmouth. Ansett used to run a jet service into Exmouth on a regular basis in the “good old days”. That is not the case any longer and Exmouth has, in my view, received a diminished service from the airlines. I have consistently requested Ansett to put Exmouth back on the jet route. It has consistently refused to do that. As a consequence, when Ansett recently announced that it was following Qantas with cheaper airfares within Australia, these airfares were available only on the Ansett routes and, as I said, Exmouth is not serviced by Ansett. Where do we go from here? The Tourism Commission continues to put the case to Ansett that it should reintroduce a jet service to Exmouth because it is potentially a very significant tourism destination in Western Australia and - at the risk of being regarded as a little parochial - it is probably the best tourism destination in Western Australia, bar none. I have also spoken to the state manager of Qantas, who visited Broome with me recently, because I think Qantas should also do more in Broome. I have also arranged to take him on a visit to Exmouth as soon as that can be organised, as he is a relatively new manager from the eastern States. I want him to be aware of our tourism capacity and potential in the north west. Qantas has a significant amount of capacity and it should not be too difficult, in my view, for the airline to add Exmouth to some of its existing routes. We are doing our best. We were involved in convincing Qantas to reduce fares in the first place. We are not taking credit for that, but we were active in encouraging the airline to do that. However, the pity of all this is that the destinations serviced by Skywest have not had these airfares made available to them because of the nature of Skywest aircraft. We continue to argue the case with the airlines and hope that eventually they will see the merit of the argument that the destination of Exmouth, particularly, should have a jet air service and considerably more seats going to it.
(2) Is the minister aware that occupancy rates are down in hotels that rely on visitors by air, whereas the caravan parks have been full for some time? (3) Has the minister asked Ansett to expand the seating capacity for the Perth-Exmouth run to take advantage of the Elle advertisement campaign? (4) Has he encouraged other operators such as Qantas Airways Ltd to service the route either directly or en route to Karratha or other destinations? Hon N.F. MOORE replied: (1)-(4) As the member described, Exmouth is serviced by Skywest using F50 aircraft, each of which has 40 or something seats. Those aircraft service Denham, Carnarvon and Exmouth. Regrettably, not enough seats are going to Exmouth. Ansett used to run a jet service into Exmouth on a regular basis in the “good old days”. That is not the case any longer and Exmouth has, in my view, received a diminished service from the airlines. I have consistently requested Ansett to put Exmouth back on the jet route. It has consistently refused to do that. As a consequence, when Ansett recently announced that it was following Qantas with cheaper airfares within Australia, these airfares were available only on the Ansett routes and, as I said, Exmouth is not serviced by Ansett. Where do we go from here? The Tourism Commission continues to put the case to Ansett that it should reintroduce a jet service to Exmouth because it is potentially a very significant tourism destination in Western Australia and - at the risk of being regarded as a little parochial - it is probably the best tourism destination in Western Australia, bar none. I have also spoken to the state manager of Qantas, who visited Broome with me recently, because I think Qantas should also do more in Broome. I have also arranged to take him on a visit to Exmouth as soon as that can be organised, as he is a relatively new manager from the eastern States. I want him to be aware of our tourism capacity and potential in the north west. Qantas has a significant amount of capacity and it should not be too difficult, in my view, for the airline to add Exmouth to some of its existing routes. We are doing our best. We were involved in convincing Qantas to reduce fares in the first place. We are not taking credit for that, but we were active in encouraging the airline to do that. However, the pity of all this is that the destinations serviced by Skywest have not had these airfares made available to them because of the nature of Skywest aircraft. We continue to argue the case with the airlines and hope that eventually they will see the merit of the argument that the destination of Exmouth, particularly, should have a jet air service and considerably more seats going to it.
(3) Has the minister asked Ansett to expand the seating capacity for the Perth-Exmouth run to take advantage of the Elle advertisement campaign? (4) Has he encouraged other operators such as Qantas Airways Ltd to service the route either directly or en route to Karratha or other destinations? Hon N.F. MOORE replied: (1)-(4) As the member described, Exmouth is serviced by Skywest using F50 aircraft, each of which has 40 or something seats. Those aircraft service Denham, Carnarvon and Exmouth. Regrettably, not enough seats are going to Exmouth. Ansett used to run a jet service into Exmouth on a regular basis in the “good old days”. That is not the case any longer and Exmouth has, in my view, received a diminished service from the airlines. I have consistently requested Ansett to put Exmouth back on the jet route. It has consistently refused to do that. As a consequence, when Ansett recently announced that it was following Qantas with cheaper airfares within Australia, these airfares were available only on the Ansett routes and, as I said, Exmouth is not serviced by Ansett. Where do we go from here? The Tourism Commission continues to put the case to Ansett that it should reintroduce a jet service to Exmouth because it is potentially a very significant tourism destination in Western Australia and - at the risk of being regarded as a little parochial - it is probably the best tourism destination in Western Australia, bar none. I have also spoken to the state manager of Qantas, who visited Broome with me recently, because I think Qantas should also do more in Broome. I have also arranged to take him on a visit to Exmouth as soon as that can be organised, as he is a relatively new manager from the eastern States. I want him to be aware of our tourism capacity and potential in the north west. Qantas has a significant amount of capacity and it should not be too difficult, in my view, for the airline to add Exmouth to some of its existing routes. We are doing our best. We were involved in convincing Qantas to reduce fares in the first place. We are not taking credit for that, but we were active in encouraging the airline to do that. However, the pity of all this is that the destinations serviced by Skywest have not had these airfares made available to them because of the nature of Skywest aircraft. We continue to argue the case with the airlines and hope that eventually they will see the merit of the argument that the destination of Exmouth, particularly, should have a jet air service and considerably more seats going to it.
(4) Has he encouraged other operators such as Qantas Airways Ltd to service the route either directly or en route to Karratha or other destinations? Hon N.F. MOORE replied: (1)-(4) As the member described, Exmouth is serviced by Skywest using F50 aircraft, each of which has 40 or something seats. Those aircraft service Denham, Carnarvon and Exmouth. Regrettably, not enough seats are going to Exmouth. Ansett used to run a jet service into Exmouth on a regular basis in the “good old days”. That is not the case any longer and Exmouth has, in my view, received a diminished service from the airlines. I have consistently requested Ansett to put Exmouth back on the jet route. It has consistently refused to do that. As a consequence, when Ansett recently announced that it was following Qantas with cheaper airfares within Australia, these airfares were available only on the Ansett routes and, as I said, Exmouth is not serviced by Ansett. Where do we go from here? The Tourism Commission continues to put the case to Ansett that it should reintroduce a jet service to Exmouth because it is potentially a very significant tourism destination in Western Australia and - at the risk of being regarded as a little parochial - it is probably the best tourism destination in Western Australia, bar none. I have also spoken to the state manager of Qantas, who visited Broome with me recently, because I think Qantas should also do more in Broome. I have also arranged to take him on a visit to Exmouth as soon as that can be organised, as he is a relatively new manager from the eastern States. I want him to be aware of our tourism capacity and potential in the north west. Qantas has a significant amount of capacity and it should not be too difficult, in my view, for the airline to add Exmouth to some of its existing routes. We are doing our best. We were involved in convincing Qantas to reduce fares in the first place. We are not taking credit for that, but we were active in encouraging the airline to do that. However, the pity of all this is that the destinations serviced by Skywest have not had these airfares made available to them because of the nature of Skywest aircraft. We continue to argue the case with the airlines and hope that eventually they will see the merit of the argument that the destination of Exmouth, particularly, should have a jet air service and considerably more seats going to it.
Hon N.F. MOORE replied: (1)-(4) As the member described, Exmouth is serviced by Skywest using F50 aircraft, each of which has 40 or something seats. Those aircraft service Denham, Carnarvon and Exmouth. Regrettably, not enough seats are going to Exmouth. Ansett used to run a jet service into Exmouth on a regular basis in the “good old days”. That is not the case any longer and Exmouth has, in my view, received a diminished service from the airlines. I have consistently requested Ansett to put Exmouth back on the jet route. It has consistently refused to do that. As a consequence, when Ansett recently announced that it was following Qantas with cheaper airfares within Australia, these airfares were available only on the Ansett routes and, as I said, Exmouth is not serviced by Ansett. Where do we go from here? The Tourism Commission continues to put the case to Ansett that it should reintroduce a jet service to Exmouth because it is potentially a very significant tourism destination in Western Australia and - at the risk of being regarded as a little parochial - it is probably the best tourism destination in Western Australia, bar none. I have also spoken to the state manager of Qantas, who visited Broome with me recently, because I think Qantas should also do more in Broome. I have also arranged to take him on a visit to Exmouth as soon as that can be organised, as he is a relatively new manager from the eastern States. I want him to be aware of our tourism capacity and potential in the north west. Qantas has a significant amount of capacity and it should not be too difficult, in my view, for the airline to add Exmouth to some of its existing routes. We are doing our best. We were involved in convincing Qantas to reduce fares in the first place. We are not taking credit for that, but we were active in encouraging the airline to do that. However, the pity of all this is that the destinations serviced by Skywest have not had these airfares made available to them because of the nature of Skywest aircraft. We continue to argue the case with the airlines and hope that eventually they will see the merit of the argument that the destination of Exmouth, particularly, should have a jet air service and considerably more seats going to it.
(1)-(4) As the member described, Exmouth is serviced by Skywest using F50 aircraft, each of which has 40 or something seats. Those aircraft service Denham, Carnarvon and Exmouth. Regrettably, not enough seats are going to Exmouth. Ansett used to run a jet service into Exmouth on a regular basis in the “good old days”. That is not the case any longer and Exmouth has, in my view, received a diminished service from the airlines. I have consistently requested Ansett to put Exmouth back on the jet route. It has consistently refused to do that. As a consequence, when Ansett recently announced that it was following Qantas with cheaper airfares within Australia, these airfares were available only on the Ansett routes and, as I said, Exmouth is not serviced by Ansett. Where do we go from here? The Tourism Commission continues to put the case to Ansett that it should reintroduce a jet service to Exmouth because it is potentially a very significant tourism destination in Western Australia and - at the risk of being regarded as a little parochial - it is probably the best tourism destination in Western Australia, bar none. I have also spoken to the state manager of Qantas, who visited Broome with me recently, because I think Qantas should also do more in Broome. I have also arranged to take him on a visit to Exmouth as soon as that can be organised, as he is a relatively new manager from the eastern States. I want him to be aware of our tourism capacity and potential in the north west. Qantas has a significant amount of capacity and it should not be too difficult, in my view, for the airline to add Exmouth to some of its existing routes. We are doing our best. We were involved in convincing Qantas to reduce fares in the first place. We are not taking credit for that, but we were active in encouraging the airline to do that. However, the pity of all this is that the destinations serviced by Skywest have not had these airfares made available to them because of the nature of Skywest aircraft. We continue to argue the case with the airlines and hope that eventually they will see the merit of the argument that the destination of Exmouth, particularly, should have a jet air service and considerably more seats going to it.
Where do we go from here? The Tourism Commission continues to put the case to Ansett that it should reintroduce a jet service to Exmouth because it is potentially a very significant tourism destination in Western Australia and - at the risk of being regarded as a little parochial - it is probably the best tourism destination in Western Australia, bar none. I have also spoken to the state manager of Qantas, who visited Broome with me recently, because I think Qantas should also do more in Broome. I have also arranged to take him on a visit to Exmouth as soon as that can be organised, as he is a relatively new manager from the eastern States. I want him to be aware of our tourism capacity and potential in the north west. Qantas has a significant amount of capacity and it should not be too difficult, in my view, for the airline to add Exmouth to some of its existing routes. We are doing our best. We were involved in convincing Qantas to reduce fares in the first place. We are not taking credit for that, but we were active in encouraging the airline to do that. However, the pity of all this is that the destinations serviced by Skywest have not had these airfares made available to them because of the nature of Skywest aircraft. We continue to argue the case with the airlines and hope that eventually they will see the merit of the argument that the destination of Exmouth, particularly, should have a jet air service and considerably more seats going to it.
I have also spoken to the state manager of Qantas, who visited Broome with me recently, because I think Qantas should also do more in Broome. I have also arranged to take him on a visit to Exmouth as soon as that can be organised, as he is a relatively new manager from the eastern States. I want him to be aware of our tourism capacity and potential in the north west. Qantas has a significant amount of capacity and it should not be too difficult, in my view, for the airline to add Exmouth to some of its existing routes. We are doing our best. We were involved in convincing Qantas to reduce fares in the first place. We are not taking credit for that, but we were active in encouraging the airline to do that. However, the pity of all this is that the destinations serviced by Skywest have not had these airfares made available to them because of the nature of Skywest aircraft. We continue to argue the case with the airlines and hope that eventually they will see the merit of the argument that the destination of Exmouth, particularly, should have a jet air service and considerably more seats going to it.
We are doing our best. We were involved in convincing Qantas to reduce fares in the first place. We are not taking credit for that, but we were active in encouraging the airline to do that. However, the pity of all this is that the destinations serviced by Skywest have not had these airfares made available to them because of the nature of Skywest aircraft. We continue to argue the case with the airlines and hope that eventually they will see the merit of the argument that the destination of Exmouth, particularly, should have a jet air service and considerably more seats going to it.
(2) Is the minister aware that occupancy rates are down in hotels that rely on visitors by air, whereas the caravan parks have been full for some time? (3) Has the minister asked Ansett to expand the seating capacity for the Perth-Exmouth run to take advantage of the Elle advertisement campaign? (4) Has he encouraged other operators such as Qantas Airways Ltd to service the route either directly or en route to Karratha or other destinations? Hon N.F. MOORE replied: (1)-(4) As the member described, Exmouth is serviced by Skywest using F50 aircraft, each of which has 40 or something seats. Those aircraft service Denham, Carnarvon and Exmouth. Regrettably, not enough seats are going to Exmouth. Ansett used to run a jet service into Exmouth on a regular basis in the “good old days”. That is not the case any longer and Exmouth has, in my view, received a diminished service from the airlines. I have consistently requested Ansett to put Exmouth back on the jet route. It has consistently refused to do that. As a consequence, when Ansett recently announced that it was following Qantas with cheaper airfares within Australia, these airfares were available only on the Ansett routes and, as I said, Exmouth is not serviced by Ansett. Where do we go from here? The Tourism Commission continues to put the case to Ansett that it should reintroduce a jet service to Exmouth because it is potentially a very significant tourism destination in Western Australia and - at the risk of being regarded as a little parochial - it is probably the best tourism destination in Western Australia, bar none. I have also spoken to the state manager of Qantas, who visited Broome with me recently, because I think Qantas should also do more in Broome. I have also arranged to take him on a visit to Exmouth as soon as that can be organised, as he is a relatively new manager from the eastern States. I want him to be aware of our tourism capacity and potential in the north west. Qantas has a significant amount of capacity and it should not be too difficult, in my view, for the airline to add Exmouth to some of its existing routes. We are doing our best. We were involved in convincing Qantas to reduce fares in the first place. We are not taking credit for that, but we were active in encouraging the airline to do that. However, the pity of all this is that the destinations serviced by Skywest have not had these airfares made available to them because of the nature of Skywest aircraft. We continue to argue the case with the airlines and hope that eventually they will see the merit of the argument that the destination of Exmouth, particularly, should have a jet air service and considerably more seats going to it.
(3) Has the minister asked Ansett to expand the seating capacity for the Perth-Exmouth run to take advantage of the Elle advertisement campaign? (4) Has he encouraged other operators such as Qantas Airways Ltd to service the route either directly or en route to Karratha or other destinations? Hon N.F. MOORE replied: (1)-(4) As the member described, Exmouth is serviced by Skywest using F50 aircraft, each of which has 40 or something seats. Those aircraft service Denham, Carnarvon and Exmouth. Regrettably, not enough seats are going to Exmouth. Ansett used to run a jet service into Exmouth on a regular basis in the “good old days”. That is not the case any longer and Exmouth has, in my view, received a diminished service from the airlines. I have consistently requested Ansett to put Exmouth back on the jet route. It has consistently refused to do that. As a consequence, when Ansett recently announced that it was following Qantas with cheaper airfares within Australia, these airfares were available only on the Ansett routes and, as I said, Exmouth is not serviced by Ansett. Where do we go from here? The Tourism Commission continues to put the case to Ansett that it should reintroduce a jet service to Exmouth because it is potentially a very significant tourism destination in Western Australia and - at the risk of being regarded as a little parochial - it is probably the best tourism destination in Western Australia, bar none. I have also spoken to the state manager of Qantas, who visited Broome with me recently, because I think Qantas should also do more in Broome. I have also arranged to take him on a visit to Exmouth as soon as that can be organised, as he is a relatively new manager from the eastern States. I want him to be aware of our tourism capacity and potential in the north west. Qantas has a significant amount of capacity and it should not be too difficult, in my view, for the airline to add Exmouth to some of its existing routes. We are doing our best. We were involved in convincing Qantas to reduce fares in the first place. We are not taking credit for that, but we were active in encouraging the airline to do that. However, the pity of all this is that the destinations serviced by Skywest have not had these airfares made available to them because of the nature of Skywest aircraft. We continue to argue the case with the airlines and hope that eventually they will see the merit of the argument that the destination of Exmouth, particularly, should have a jet air service and considerably more seats going to it.
(4) Has he encouraged other operators such as Qantas Airways Ltd to service the route either directly or en route to Karratha or other destinations? Hon N.F. MOORE replied: (1)-(4) As the member described, Exmouth is serviced by Skywest using F50 aircraft, each of which has 40 or something seats. Those aircraft service Denham, Carnarvon and Exmouth. Regrettably, not enough seats are going to Exmouth. Ansett used to run a jet service into Exmouth on a regular basis in the “good old days”. That is not the case any longer and Exmouth has, in my view, received a diminished service from the airlines. I have consistently requested Ansett to put Exmouth back on the jet route. It has consistently refused to do that. As a consequence, when Ansett recently announced that it was following Qantas with cheaper airfares within Australia, these airfares were available only on the Ansett routes and, as I said, Exmouth is not serviced by Ansett. Where do we go from here? The Tourism Commission continues to put the case to Ansett that it should reintroduce a jet service to Exmouth because it is potentially a very significant tourism destination in Western Australia and - at the risk of being regarded as a little parochial - it is probably the best tourism destination in Western Australia, bar none. I have also spoken to the state manager of Qantas, who visited Broome with me recently, because I think Qantas should also do more in Broome. I have also arranged to take him on a visit to Exmouth as soon as that can be organised, as he is a relatively new manager from the eastern States. I want him to be aware of our tourism capacity and potential in the north west. Qantas has a significant amount of capacity and it should not be too difficult, in my view, for the airline to add Exmouth to some of its existing routes. We are doing our best. We were involved in convincing Qantas to reduce fares in the first place. We are not taking credit for that, but we were active in encouraging the airline to do that. However, the pity of all this is that the destinations serviced by Skywest have not had these airfares made available to them because of the nature of Skywest aircraft. We continue to argue the case with the airlines and hope that eventually they will see the merit of the argument that the destination of Exmouth, particularly, should have a jet air service and considerably more seats going to it.
Hon N.F. MOORE replied: (1)-(4) As the member described, Exmouth is serviced by Skywest using F50 aircraft, each of which has 40 or something seats. Those aircraft service Denham, Carnarvon and Exmouth. Regrettably, not enough seats are going to Exmouth. Ansett used to run a jet service into Exmouth on a regular basis in the “good old days”. That is not the case any longer and Exmouth has, in my view, received a diminished service from the airlines. I have consistently requested Ansett to put Exmouth back on the jet route. It has consistently refused to do that. As a consequence, when Ansett recently announced that it was following Qantas with cheaper airfares within Australia, these airfares were available only on the Ansett routes and, as I said, Exmouth is not serviced by Ansett. Where do we go from here? The Tourism Commission continues to put the case to Ansett that it should reintroduce a jet service to Exmouth because it is potentially a very significant tourism destination in Western Australia and - at the risk of being regarded as a little parochial - it is probably the best tourism destination in Western Australia, bar none. I have also spoken to the state manager of Qantas, who visited Broome with me recently, because I think Qantas should also do more in Broome. I have also arranged to take him on a visit to Exmouth as soon as that can be organised, as he is a relatively new manager from the eastern States. I want him to be aware of our tourism capacity and potential in the north west. Qantas has a significant amount of capacity and it should not be too difficult, in my view, for the airline to add Exmouth to some of its existing routes. We are doing our best. We were involved in convincing Qantas to reduce fares in the first place. We are not taking credit for that, but we were active in encouraging the airline to do that. However, the pity of all this is that the destinations serviced by Skywest have not had these airfares made available to them because of the nature of Skywest aircraft. We continue to argue the case with the airlines and hope that eventually they will see the merit of the argument that the destination of Exmouth, particularly, should have a jet air service and considerably more seats going to it.
(1)-(4) As the member described, Exmouth is serviced by Skywest using F50 aircraft, each of which has 40 or something seats. Those aircraft service Denham, Carnarvon and Exmouth. Regrettably, not enough seats are going to Exmouth. Ansett used to run a jet service into Exmouth on a regular basis in the “good old days”. That is not the case any longer and Exmouth has, in my view, received a diminished service from the airlines. I have consistently requested Ansett to put Exmouth back on the jet route. It has consistently refused to do that. As a consequence, when Ansett recently announced that it was following Qantas with cheaper airfares within Australia, these airfares were available only on the Ansett routes and, as I said, Exmouth is not serviced by Ansett. Where do we go from here? The Tourism Commission continues to put the case to Ansett that it should reintroduce a jet service to Exmouth because it is potentially a very significant tourism destination in Western Australia and - at the risk of being regarded as a little parochial - it is probably the best tourism destination in Western Australia, bar none. I have also spoken to the state manager of Qantas, who visited Broome with me recently, because I think Qantas should also do more in Broome. I have also arranged to take him on a visit to Exmouth as soon as that can be organised, as he is a relatively new manager from the eastern States. I want him to be aware of our tourism capacity and potential in the north west. Qantas has a significant amount of capacity and it should not be too difficult, in my view, for the airline to add Exmouth to some of its existing routes. We are doing our best. We were involved in convincing Qantas to reduce fares in the first place. We are not taking credit for that, but we were active in encouraging the airline to do that. However, the pity of all this is that the destinations serviced by Skywest have not had these airfares made available to them because of the nature of Skywest aircraft. We continue to argue the case with the airlines and hope that eventually they will see the merit of the argument that the destination of Exmouth, particularly, should have a jet air service and considerably more seats going to it.
Where do we go from here? The Tourism Commission continues to put the case to Ansett that it should reintroduce a jet service to Exmouth because it is potentially a very significant tourism destination in Western Australia and - at the risk of being regarded as a little parochial - it is probably the best tourism destination in Western Australia, bar none. I have also spoken to the state manager of Qantas, who visited Broome with me recently, because I think Qantas should also do more in Broome. I have also arranged to take him on a visit to Exmouth as soon as that can be organised, as he is a relatively new manager from the eastern States. I want him to be aware of our tourism capacity and potential in the north west. Qantas has a significant amount of capacity and it should not be too difficult, in my view, for the airline to add Exmouth to some of its existing routes. We are doing our best. We were involved in convincing Qantas to reduce fares in the first place. We are not taking credit for that, but we were active in encouraging the airline to do that. However, the pity of all this is that the destinations serviced by Skywest have not had these airfares made available to them because of the nature of Skywest aircraft. We continue to argue the case with the airlines and hope that eventually they will see the merit of the argument that the destination of Exmouth, particularly, should have a jet air service and considerably more seats going to it.
I have also spoken to the state manager of Qantas, who visited Broome with me recently, because I think Qantas should also do more in Broome. I have also arranged to take him on a visit to Exmouth as soon as that can be organised, as he is a relatively new manager from the eastern States. I want him to be aware of our tourism capacity and potential in the north west. Qantas has a significant amount of capacity and it should not be too difficult, in my view, for the airline to add Exmouth to some of its existing routes. We are doing our best. We were involved in convincing Qantas to reduce fares in the first place. We are not taking credit for that, but we were active in encouraging the airline to do that. However, the pity of all this is that the destinations serviced by Skywest have not had these airfares made available to them because of the nature of Skywest aircraft. We continue to argue the case with the airlines and hope that eventually they will see the merit of the argument that the destination of Exmouth, particularly, should have a jet air service and considerably more seats going to it.
We are doing our best. We were involved in convincing Qantas to reduce fares in the first place. We are not taking credit for that, but we were active in encouraging the airline to do that. However, the pity of all this is that the destinations serviced by Skywest have not had these airfares made available to them because of the nature of Skywest aircraft. We continue to argue the case with the airlines and hope that eventually they will see the merit of the argument that the destination of Exmouth, particularly, should have a jet air service and considerably more seats going to it.
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