Key statement in the article is this:
. Qantas has not yet placed a binding order, but says it will buy up to 12 of the Airbus jets if it goes ahead with the ultra-long haul flights.
Qantas has in reality announced nothing.
It also went on to say that the business case has to stack up. Has anyone in business ever set out to go broke? Actually, the one possible exception to that is one Mr Joyce who appears to have actually done that on a couple of occasions!
Groundbreaking announcements, both.