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Global Aviator
I may be confusing what you have written. How can there be a net seat reduction when this route has NEVER been done before. Go on all you like about via SGD or DXB but this is track DCT.
I believe that he means in overall QF seat capacity between Australia & Europe. There used to be 5 B747 services per day which was reduced to 2 A380’s per day. The most recent change reduced that further by substituting the B787 PER-LHR-PER service for one of the A380’s - effectively it’s now down to the equivalent of two B747 services in terms of capacity.
I believe that British Airways & Virgin Atlantic are looking at operating LHR-PER-LHR services because of the yield that QF has been achieving on the route.