Originally Posted by
Kiltrash
As a Brit on Holiday in Perth at the moment, great city by the way, may I butt in and ask a question?. BA currently do not operate London - Perth, however as they also have B787-9 (seat cap 216) what is stopping them?, cost / profit comes into it but if Qantas B787-9 (seat Cap 234 ) can presumably make it pay, is there another reason??
QF have really good utilisation with the frame on the route. It essentially flies from the US, to Melbourne, PER then LHR. It’s roughly 6 frames for that rotation.
Quite simply it’s a thin route that QF are making work with domestic feed.