British Airways has indicated that it may abandon its UK-Australia route.
British Airways has indicated that it may abandon its UK-Australia route.
This comes after Qantas Airways, flag carrier of Australia, announced of the company’s plans to choose Emirates as the company’s new alliance partner, and end its 17-year alliance with British Airways, the Business Spectator reports.
In a submission to the Australian Consumer and Competition Commission (ACCC), British Airways said that “it is increasingly challenging for an international airline to operate services on long-haul routes between the United Kingdom-Europe and Australia in the absence of such an alliance, due to persistent excess capacity and the nature of the substantial fixed costs involved in their operation.”
The existing alliance agreement between British Airways and Qantas will expire in March.