Times are so tough that Qantas is selling biscuits and tea bags

Times are clearly hard at Qantas Airways. Now the airline is trying to sell its in-flight biscuits and tea bags. With all overseas and most domestic flights halted during the pandemic, the Australian airline has thousands of premium-class pajamas, moisturizers and snacks sitting idle, it said Friday. For A$25 ($18) apiece, frustrated travellers stuck at home can buy as many as 10 packs of typical freebies that include 12 chocolate biscuits, a sleeper suit, and the kind of smoked almonds that only first-class passengers normally munch. The packs are available in Qantas’s online store. Selling on-board amenities was more about recovering costs than making money, a spokesman for the airline said Friday.<br/>