Qatar are not just flooding the market for the sake of it, people are actually flying them due to top notch service and hard product, they have the demand. If you have flown Q Suites recently you will understand. They have nailed many parts of the experience, Qantas Long Haul is an embarrassment.
I don’t think Qatar was asking for much, when factoring in Etihad who had 9 flights a day into Australia at one moment in time. Today that sits at 2.