Originally Posted by
chuboy
But SQ also hubs through Singapore so they have far more transfer pax with which to fill an aircraft than Qantas could ever hope to have (even during their heyday).
Not quite so. Qantas used to have a significant real hub at Singapore. In fact, in some old UK CAA figures, at one time they were surprisingly boarding more pax at Singapore for London, on just point-to-point (not through from Oz), than British Airways were; Singapore AL were top, but BA were pushed down into third place.