However, some analysts have questioned whether the airline can operate without eating into its own customer base.
Every press article has words to that effect - Are they really that dumb? It's obvious to everyone in the industry that Geoff Dixon is planning to replace the entire domestic operation with Jetstar - still have dominant market share but with higher yield (at the expence of staff salaries). The writer even said it himself as evidenced by the quote below but he couldn't see the implications.
Qantas chief executive Geoff Dixon said this week the new airline would compete head to head with mainline Qantas, even on major trunk routes.