Originally Posted by Taildragger67
SQ, EK and CX don't have much of a 'home' market (discounting mainland China in the case of CX) but they seem to all do ok on the Europe-Australia run.
But they're not really serving their home market, are they? They're carrying transfer passengers through their respective en-route hubs. Cities which are a) convenient intermediate stops, and b) pleasant places to break your journey for a few days.
Originally Posted by Taildragger67
It's a pretty easy connection in Vienna - flight from London rolls up and the tripler for Sydney - if not at the very next gate - isn't far away
Why would anyone want to do that, given the other options from London?