Singapore Airlines has accused an absence of Australian government clarity about international travel on a decision to scrap many pre-Christmas flights.
Cancellations between October and December are the furthest down the line hit to Australians abandoned abroad frantically wanting to return before the year’s end.
Singapore Airlines representative Karl Schubert said the organization had not been told when international appearance caps would be lifted.
“We’ve had to make the very difficult decision that we simply can’t operate the two additional flights that we were hoping to do into Sydney and to other ports across Australia,” he told ABC radio on Wednesday.
The significant airline has been not able to protect converses with the government.
“That has been frustrating at times, understanding that governments have had quite a lot of work to do and had their focus directed elsewhere,” Mr Schubert said.
“What we need to do is get airlines, airports, governments at state and federal level around the same table to talk about how Australia is going to reopen.”
A national returning plan has raised expectations international travel can continue when 80% of Australians aged 18 or more are fully vaccinated.
Under that stage, caps on returning Australians would be nullified and capacity with respect to students, economic migrants and refugees expanded.
Limitations on Australians leaving the nation would be lifted and new travel bubbles incorporating with Singapore considered.
However, Mr Schubert said the rules around what travel would resemble were hazy.
“We just don’t have the clarity we need to have the confidence to operate,” he said.
Singapore Airlines is working two flights per day across four Australian airports, with traveler services carrying somewhere in the range of 12 and 25 individuals.
Mr Schubert said additional data from government would permit trips to be reestablished.
“We have the capacity to move very quickly to reinstate operations where demands warrants.”