Terminals or no terminals
VB have a growing and loyal customer base. The only way AN MK2 or anyone else is going to topple them is to take away their client base. That will only happen if the price of a ticket is consistently less that
VB's. Nobody in the market now nor likely to be in the near future can beat
VB on costs and thus won't last to long if they try to run them out of the market. If people want to pay the extra for TV's and bigger seats they will fly AN of QF. If they want a cheaper airfare they will fly
VB. The terminal congestion at SYD and MEL can be alleviated somewhat by staggering the banks of arrivals and departures by ten or so minutes over what currently exists. It will be a looooong time before access to AN terminal space or anyone elses plays a pivotal role in the survival or demise of
VB. I do agree that access to those terminals would be very nice and
VB would like to have such access, no question about it. But it isn't paramount to the companies survival.