Airport blocks Qantas PER-JNB plans

QANTAS’ plans to
launch seasonal
flights between Perth
and Johannesburg are no
longer a certainty because
of the carrier’s long-running
dispute with Perth Airport
about terminal use, Michi
Messner, regional manager -
Africa of Qantas told TNW.
Qantas wants to operate
the flights to Johannesburg
from Perth Airport’s new
international wing in
Terminal 3 on the western
side of the airport to better
handle transit passengers.
However, Perth Airport says
the airline can only use
Terminal 1 for the flight.
All of Qantas’ flights, both
domestic and international,
operate from the Terminal 3
and Terminal 4 facilities.
The four-times-a-week
service was to start in
December and run through
to April.