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Dominic Giannini

Calls to cut flight caps to lower prices, boost tourism

Qantas is unlikely to return to full international capacity until March, a business group says. (Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS)

Unlimited flights into Australia would lead to lower prices, better quality services and more opportunity to travel, the Productivity Commission says. 

The federal government's independent economic adviser called for the scrapping of caps on the number of flights foreign airlines can schedule, in a submission to a parliamentary inquiry spurred by Labor's decision to knock back extra Qatar Airways flights.

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