Originally Posted by
Icarus2001
Well not really. For every pairing the overseas airline could run a similar (or better) type the other way. So a UK airline could run UK to Perth. Or a US airline could run direct to BN or SYD. If overseas airlines see a market to exploit they will.
Correct, however they or Qantas have to get the aircraft that have the range so far Qantas is the only carrier showing any interest and judging by the the load factors and yield on Perth to London they think they are on a winner.