{"id":403362,"date":"2026-04-10T14:20:02","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T04:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/australianaviation.com.au\/?p=1431001"},"modified":"2026-04-10T14:20:02","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T04:20:02","slug":"qantas-flags-razor-thin-margins-on-regional-q400-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=403362","title":{"rendered":"Qantas flags razor-thin margins on regional Q400 services"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHdpZHRoPSI2NDAiIGhlaWdodD0iMzYwIj48cmVjdCB3aWR0aD0iMTAwJSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxMDAlIj48YW5pbWF0ZSBhdHRyaWJ1dGVOYW1lPSJmaWxsIiB2YWx1ZXM9InJnYmEoMTUzLDE1MywxNTMsMC41KTtyZ2JhKDE1MywxNTMsMTUzLDAuMSk7cmdiYSgxNTMsMTUzLDE1MywwLjUpIiBkdXI9IjJzIiByZXBlYXRDb3VudD0iaW5kZWZpbml0ZSIgLz48L3JlY3Q+PC9zdmc+\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image wp-image-1387411 wp-post-1431001\" alt=\"\" style=\"float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-public-id=\"Australian Aviation\/qantaslink_q400_vh-qow_qoc8bd\/qantaslink_q400_vh-qow_qoc8bd.png\" data-format=\"png\" data-transformations=\"f_auto\" data-version=\"1719275592\" data-seo=\"1\" data-responsive=\"1\" data-size=\"640 360\" data-delivery=\"upload\" onload=\";window.CLDBind?CLDBind(this):null;\" data-cloudinary=\"lazy\" \/>In its submission to the Productivity Commission\u2019s inquiry into regional airfares, the Flying Kangaroo said regional aviation is \u201ccommercially challenging\u201d, with airport charges, distance, fuel costs and maintenance all impacting its bottom line.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In its submission to the Productivity Commission\u2019s inquiry into regional airfares, the Flying Kangaroo said regional aviation is \u201ccommercially challenging\u201d, with airport charges, distance, fuel costs and maintenance all impacting its bottom line.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[476,273,312,471],"tags":[472],"class_list":["post-403362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-airlines","category-australia","category-aviation","category-news","tag-australian"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403362","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=403362"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403362\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":403363,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403362\/revisions\/403363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=403362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=403362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=403362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}