Qantas blocks 28 extra weekly flights on Qatar Airways?

[Rowan McKeever]

Originally Posted by Kent Broadhead

Money. The revived business model was fully focussed on domestic 737 ops, with a foray back into the trans-Tasman and South Pacific once steady.

Long-haul international is an unecessary complication.

An unnecessary complication that can't just be cobbled together on a whim. They would need to source aircraft, traffic rights, slots, etc. Negotiate with airlines and service providers. Train crew. And importantly they would have a process to go through with CASA.

[Kent Broadhead]

Originally Posted by Rowan McKeever

An unnecessary complication that can't just be cobbled together on a whim. They would need to source aircraft, traffic rights, slots, etc. Negotiate with airlines and service providers. Train crew. And importantly they would have a process to go through with CASA.

Well, of course. But there is just no good business case, based on the example of the airline which entered administration