Originally Posted by
aircraft
Sunfish,
To successfully spin off a low cost carrier (Jetstar) was a masterstroke, given the disastrous results met by KLM and British Airways (?) when they tried the same thing.
Exept BA and KLM didn't try the 'same thing'. Both of those airlines competed head to head with their respective LCC on the
same routes. QF just withdraws from routes and hands them over to Jetstar!
Blind freddy can make that work when you're paying peanuts.