Aussie airlines point the finger at Coldplay and footy finals for high airfare prices

Qantas Airways is pointing the finger at Coldplay for the unseasonably high airfares since the collapse of Rex Airlines, while Virgin is blaming football finals season.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission released a report this week on domestic airline competition in Australia, which found that prices had more than doubled on some routes since the collapse of Rex in July.

“The increase coincides with less competition after Rex’s exit from many of these routes, an increase in seasonal demand during September, and fuller flights,” the ACCC report found.