The century-old giant lost 9.8 billion yuan and saved himself by selling pajamas?

On the 20th, local time, Qantas, Australia's largest airline, announced that its losses in fiscal year 2020 were as high as A $654.38+96 billion (about 9.8 billion RMB) due to the COVID-19 epidemic. Although the recovery of international flights is far away, Qantas has come up with the idea of "Antarctic sightseeing flights". That is, take Australian passengers to travel to the South Pole, but the plane will not land in the South Pole, but fly back to Australia after hovering.

In addition, Qantas also launched the "Care Package" sales business, which included business class pajamas, Tim Tan cookies and extra comfort packages at a price of 25 Australian dollars (about RMB 124 yuan) to clear excess inventory and raise much-needed cash.

"Qantas pajamas have always been very popular. Because people spend more time at home and hope that they can travel somewhere, we think that if we can receive a surprise pajamas, it will definitely be very popular. " Phil capps, executive manager of Qantas products and services, explained.

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Australia's second largest airline has gone bankrupt.

In April this year, Virgin Atlantic, Australia's second largest airline, declared bankruptcy and tens of thousands of employees lost their jobs after the Australian government refused to allocate 200 million Australian dollars for its "renewal".

The financial report shows that Virgin Australia has suffered losses year after year. In the past decade, the total loss exceeded 2 1 100 million Australian dollars, and the actual debt reached 5 billion Australian dollars (about 22.4 billion yuan). The company has debts of A $4 billion on its books, but its market value is only A $720 million. According to media reports at that time, saving Virgin Australia was undoubtedly a waste of taxpayers' money.

But the Australian government has not said "no" to all airlines. It is reported that the Australian government has indicated that it will continue to subsidize domestic flights until September. As of June, the amount of government subsidies for domestic flights has exceeded 654.38+02 billion Australian dollars (about 5.9 billion yuan).

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