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Old 8th June 2011, 07:45 AM
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Originally Posted by Ash W View Post
Andrew think you hit the nail on the head about the other airlines having a geographic advantage over airlines like Qantas. Have been saying the same myself for a long time when people ask why Qantas doesn't fly to places like Dubai or when people complain that Emirates, Singapore etc serve Australia with higher frequencies than Qantas does. The reason of course is they are flying people to their hubs and then distributing out, something that Qantas could never hope to do.
How do you explain Air NZ's recent change of fortunes with the same challenges and a home country of only 4 million people?
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