So QF launches JNB from terminal 1. SAA gets pushed out anyway. What does Perth airport want? Are they trying to protect SAA?
QF service is intended to be seasonal? So they push SAA out who operate year round. Who does PA make money off when both QF and SAA aren't flying to JNB? Of course they are trying to protect their long term interests.
Perth Airport should be ‘building’ already because, ‘design, approvals, red tape, green tape, Australia tape, etc etc’ are all part of ‘building’ it
How do you know they are not? Just because they are not moving dirt? They could just be waiting for the best time to pull the trigger.
The trouble with Airlines and Airports is that the airlines can change their minds for multiple reasons. Airports are stuck with with what was built before the airline changed its mind. Before you build anything, you need to make bloody sure that you are going to get the use you expect out of it. Look at Auckland. They built the infrastructure to cope with 3 A380's arriving within hour. They used it for a while, then out of the blue, EK changed their mind. Three A380's to none. What does AKL do with the infrastructure now? What if QF decide the B787 isn't really working for them out of PER and switch it elsewhere. Airlines are fickle beasts. They can do it easily, and they do it all the time. It's just a marketing decision. You can't unbuild a terminal.