Originally Posted by
Chocks Away
Further to
Project Sunrise ... good luck
From
another article : " Joyce also pointed out that Qantas is the only airline in the world which could order a significant number of Ultra-long-haul aircraft as there was no other major market which is as remote as Eastern Australia" ...
This comment just shows his caliber
What an extremely naive and ignorant comment. How about Air EnZed's fine example? ... LAN (Chile)/ LATAM; SA Airways; Finnair; Aerolinas Argentinas... the list goes on.
Happy Landings
That there long ago ceased to be investigative journalism is in part reason why these statements go unchallenged.
It is fanciful that the industry seriously allows such rubbish to be printed.
" Joyce also pointed out that Qantas is the only airline in the world which could order a significant number of Ultra-long-haul aircraft as there was no other major market which is as remote as Eastern Australia"
With the A380 development cost exceeding $9.5 billion, then Little Napoleon will need to buy a whole lot of aircraft to 'bind' the manufacturers.
Outside the Australian, home field myopia Qantas is a small insignificant airline, Jetstar even less so.