It's a company decision.
Qantas's view is that they don't see international airline travel returning to anywhere near pre-Covid-19 levels until 2023 at the earliest.
They're going to mothball over 100 planes including their entire fleet of A380's in the Mojave Desert.
A real wake up call from Qantas CEO Alan Joyce today.
"International flights might be possible by July 2021".
Whilst domestic flights are gearing up from the current 15% capacity towards the 70% level, the international market remains very much a basket case.
Announced today were a further 6,000...