8 The European countries most affected are likely to
complain but the Australians will have to bear the brunt
of that. Some of them, notably the Dutch, whose airlines
have poached some of the UK/Australia traffic by linking
back to back services, will be excluded from legitimately
using the new UK-Australia low fare and on past experience
will mutter complaints about this. But we do not regard
that as serious.
the
9 If the Australian proposals are implemented,
weekly pattern of services between Australia and Europe
might be as set out below. Although the frequency of
services will be reduced, the number of passengers carried
may well increase as a result of cheaper air fares.
Qantas
European
Carrier
Total
Change on
present No
Amsterdam
not yet decided.
Athens
1
o
1
-3
Belgrade
1
1 (JAT)
2
-1
Frankfurt
3
3(Lufthansa) 6
London
8
8 (BA)
16
-4
7 7
Rome
2
2 (Alitalia) 4
-2