Originally Posted by
Taildragger67
I think Go was actually pretty popular with the punters, though.
BA sold Go because they needed the cash. Go was making money and was therefore an attractive sale option; I suspect that had BA not had a pressing need for the dough, they would've hung onto it (as they've then tried to do other lo-co ops under different guises); my point being that the parallel is not quite the same (as Qantas has plenty of cash).
I thought Go was directly competing against BA eg flying to Losbon ex Stansted against BA's own service from LHR.
I think QF have careful that J* does not compete for passengers that QF still wants to carry, so J* does not offer such good departure times on Sydney to Avalon for business flyers who want to do a trip in one day