Yes it does matter, and no one will answer my question.
It mattered when I was told that Qantas had a monopoly on 747 turnarounds (unless you were Singapore, Malaysian, Cathay or Air NZ) because it meant that every European or American AC had to go through Sydney on the way in, or the way out of Australia.
The three hour stop in Sydney biased foriegn investment NSW's way because people from New York and London were effectively being told the Melbourne and Brisbane (Let alone Adelaide) were three hours further away from the power centers of the globe than Sydney.
The reaction to my humble suggestion that AN break this monopoly and invest a little more when tooling up for the 767 was met with EXTREME anxiety by AN management I was simply told "Abeles will have our balls if we try to break the QF monopoly". You want a statutory declaration?
Listening to Max the Axe last week about the A380 preparations confirms this QF centric attitude is alive and well because it is the only good reason overseas investors have for locating a business in Sydney.