As travel-hungry Australians fixate on whether Qatar Airways will get its additional 28 flights into Australia, co-founder and chief executive of the Flight Centre Travel Group, Graham Turner, warns significant downward pressure on flight prices will not happen until the end of next year.
Qatar versus Qantas has dominated headlines over the past week, but a number of other players have applications before federal Transport Minister Catherine King, including newcomer Turkish Airlines and Vietnam Airlines.
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Fiona Carruthers has written and edited travel for the Financial Review for almost a decade. She has held senior roles with ABC Radio National, Deutsche Welle Radio, TIME and The Australian, and was deputy editor of Traveller. Email Fiona at fcarruthers@afr.com
