Opening an Adelaide base would reduce the overnights considerably. 6am runs out of non Bases won’t be needed if corporate dollars isn’t the number one priority.
Point to Point Flying is probably where this is going. Forget 5 day trips and so on. They will probably tear up crew hotels contracts, they will become so rare that if your stuck overnight it’s the Captains credit card that will be used, and the bill will be scrutinised by finance before being handed onto many mangers desks before reimbursement.
Engineering will probably move with many other functions to Manila. There is going to be a lot of outsourcing and offshoring! Bain will no doubt question why Virgin in house a large chunk of its ground crews. Swissport can do it for half. Contract signed.