Grant Award View - GA202556
The Program provides eligible domestic Regional Public Transport (RPT)...
The domestic airline industry continues to be vulnerable to the disruptive effects of sudden COVID-19 outbreaks and the imposition of unexpected border restrictions and stay-at-home orders.
The numerous COVID-19 outbreaks across the country since late May 2021 has seen increasing domestic travel restrictions, resulting in significantly reduced domestic aviation activity.
As a critical industry responsible for connecting Australia, the impacts of these kinds of shocks can be felt across the broader economy, and could potentially stifle Australia’s economic recovery. It is important that during these periods of Commonwealth Chief Medical Officer (CMO) hot spot declarations, domestic airline capability is retained so that domestic airlines have the capacity to effectively and quickly respond when conditions allow.
The Grant will allow domestic Regular Public Transport (RPT) airlines operating interstate services which suffer from activity reductions following a Commonwealth CMO hot spot declaration:
• to quickly and effectively respond to sudden changes in activity and demand throughout recovery,
• retain critical airline skills, and
• preserve jobs across the domestic airline sector.