The "inept Perth Airport Managment" haven't failed at anything. When negotiations began, QF had not committed to the PER-LHR service, let alone any others. QF were trying to sell a sh*t sandwich (5hrs to PER before your 17hr flight to LHR) to the rest of the country as A GOOD THING, so the illusion that it was all one seamless flight was a major deal. PER has an International Terminal, and QF were happy to use it before. When PER stuck to their guns about the expense of modifying the Domestic for 1 potential QF service (and no firm commitments to any others), QF played the "Ohh, think of the lost jobs and tourism" card which the WA Govt fell for hook, line and sinker. So QF get what they want, they've moved their other International services out of the existing International terminal across to their own, so now they are completely self contained. All this just for a promise to move over to the International in 2025. Of course PER aren't building another Terminal yet. Why would they? QF are sitting tight for another 7 years. And do you think they will move even then, especially if they have began other destinations? They will be too entrenched. QF9 is mainly Domestic pax MEL-PER, and that could have been accommodated at the international (like QF do at all the other airports). QF had a few transits, which the existing International could have dealt with easily. QF's issue is that most join in PER (ie locals, so the transfers are irrelevant), or have to go to PER on other QF services and transfer, and that's what they are trying to pretend isn't happening. QF could have had much the same outcome, and saved themselves and the WA tax payers millions. But it was the "Gamechanger" after all.