Govt’s ‘face-saving’ move allowing extra Turkish Airlines flights

The Motley Fool Chief Investment Officer Scott Phillips discusses the latest development in the aviation industry as Turkish Airlines is given approval to increase flights into Australia. Transport Minister Catherine King quietly signed off on the deal which will see the carrier increase flights to the country by 2025. “The government will probably want us to believe this is a case of letting Turkish Airlines in for the reasons of competition but leaving Qatar out for reasons of other maybe geo-political issues,” Mr Phillips told Sky News Australia. “Whether that’s true or whether this is a bit of a face-saving exercise given the really massive community pushback about the original decision – maybe we can speculate on that one. “It should hopefully mean more competition on international airfares going from Australia to the rest of the world.”