The Iran war is prompting Qantas to scale back flights within Australia, but it's flying more to Paris and Rome.

The airline's scaling back domestic Qantas and Jetstar flights about 5 percent.

Qantas says fuel prices have more than doubled since late February, and remain highly volatile.

Australian correspondent Murray Olds says the airline's projected to make a loss amid the ongoing conflict - and business confidence has dropped. 

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The Iran war is prompting Qantas to scale back flights within Australia, but it's flying more to Paris and Rome.
The airline's scaling back domestic Qantas and Jetstar flights about 5 percent.
Qantas says fuel prices have more than doubled since late February, and remain highly volatile.
Australian correspondent Murray Olds says the airline's projected to make a loss amid the ongoing conflict - and business confidence has dropped.&nbsp;
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Murray Olds: Australian correspondent on Qantas scaling back flights amid Middle East conflict

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