Lodown, please forgive me if I misunderstood your posts, but Singapore Airlines already has three daily flights from Perth to Singapore and QANTAS two. They don’t need to “jump on the route” if a smaller operator makes a profit.
I’m not sure about the Singapore Airlines strategy of making a backdoor entry into the domestic market . . . maybe you are right?
And earlier you said “Rather large aircraft and range capabilities for servicing just the WA regions?”
Maybe you are also right about Skwyest's greater domestic expansion strategy - but the distances and demand are quite large in WA. As you can see from the MMA (Ansett) photo above, the market supported a fleet of F-28s in the 1970s – which were upgraded to later model Fokkers and then 146s. I think the booming WA market has been under serviced since the demise of Ansett in 2001 and we’re finally seeing its re-stabilisation. But I could be wrong?
In any case I too would like to see more competition in the domestic market.
Cheers
Pedota