As was posited, the sheer volume of the non-cancellable JQ order totaling AUD$9.5 billion meant that the business had to find a way to re-cycle airframes.
As has been discussed the JQ business is overscale and as such finding a 'home' for the surplus aircraft.
Doesn’t that argument fall apart when one considers they added 10 more aircraft to that order just last month?
Odd thing to do if they had orders they didn’t want and can’t cancel.