I believe both carriers are fairly adaptable in terms of find the suitable aircraft that would minimise the amount of empty seats and thus the cost of flying them empty.
I recently flew from SYD to BNE with QF (on 7/2) which was originally scheduled to be a B763 when I booked the flights. Sometime later, I noticed the flight has been downgraded to a B73H which was fine as I would imagine there aren't that wouldn't be that many people travelling on a Saturday afternoon. When I arrived at the gate to board, I was even more surprised when our flight is actually going to be operated by a B734.
In the end, there was 143 pax on board which would justify the B734/B73H but perhaps not the B763.
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Originally Posted by Craig Murray
If we're looking to slam either carrier for not carrying sufficient "bot-botts on seats" I'm sure we can find plenty of city pairs to support the slandering of both major airline groups.
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A good example I could think of is SYD-CBR, especially for QF.