Originally Posted by
Mwenenzi
Translation: My tax payer $$, (as a Victorian) being given to a USA airline. UA had flights into MEL for many years.
As you saying the government is actually providing financial support for these flights?
The simple fact is that the Australia Government (and Australia as a whole) does owe at least a huge thanks to United for continuing to fly to Australia throughout the pandemic. Yes, it was likely still in UA's best interest (financially) to do so, but the simple fact is that the Australian airlines pulled out at the first hint of a drop in passengers, whilst UA kept flying (almost) every single day of the year, often multiple flights per day. Without these flights Australia would have found itself in a far worse position than it did over the past 2 years!