The supervisor of Qantas has said that the pandemic is probably going to cost the firm A$20bn (£10.6bn) in lost revenue before the finish of 2021.
Alan Joyce offered the comments as the Australian airline reported an annual pre-tax loss of A$1.83bn.
The misfortune was for the year to the end of June and does exclude the most recent lockdown in Sydney.
In any case, Qantas says it is cheerful that some worldwide travel will resume on schedule for Christmas.
“This loss shows the impact that a full year of closed international borders and more than 330 days of domestic travel restrictions had on our national carrier,” Mr Joyce said.
“The trading conditions have frankly been diabolical,” he added.
Be that as it may, the organization said it was idealistic it is ready to continue some global departures from December, after Australia’s inoculation rate came to 80% of the qualified populace.
The firm desires to continue trips to “Covid-safe destinations”, which could incorporate the UK, US, Canada, Japan and Singapore.
The airline likewise hopes to bring five of its A380 super jumbos back into service by the middle of the next year to meet high demand for flights to Los Angeles and London.
Qantas said that its “Covid recovery plan” had seen 9,400 individuals leave the organization, while around 6,000 laborers remained down because of the conclusion of Australia’s global boundaries.
On top of that a further 2,500 staff were remained down recently as the lockdown in Sydney impacts air traverse Australia.
Additionally in August, the organization said that the entirety of its representatives should be inoculated against Covid-19.
Frontline laborers including pilots, lodge team and air terminal staff were told they should be completely inoculated by mid-November.
The firm said its excess workers have until the finish of March one year from now to get the two dosages.