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Re: VFT Announcement
- To: ausrail@railpage.org.au
- Subject: Re: VFT Announcement
- From: dbromage@omni.com.au (David Bromage)
- Date: 7 Aug 1998 05:43:08 GMT
- Newsgroups: aus.rail
- Organization: Customer of Access One Pty Ltd, Melbourne, Australia
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Michael Walker (walker@hotkey.net.au) wrote:
> If I recall correctly, Qantas are involved in the Speedrail consortium. From
> what I hear from friends in the airline industry, Qantas are planning to
> divert most if not all of their air traffic to Speedrail and get rid of
> their short haul between Canberra and Sydney. Hence, there are 400,000
> people a year on the train (assuming Ansett / Qantas carry half each).It
> could be argued there would be less as some people would simply switch to
> the other airline, Qantas would still need to run some flights for the
> die-hard air traveller, etc. Still, a significant amount would switch.
Another important point is that you will be able to get Qantas frequent
flyer points by using the train.
Cheers
David