Aircraft Orders
No one to my knowledge has mentioned the possibility that many of the aircraft options could be used for leasing purposes in a separate entity owned by the QF group.
Aircraft such as the 787 and others will not be easy to source quickly, hence having access to these aircraft via a leasing company makes good business sense.
DAE capital has done this and it was talked about in the APA takeover of Qantas.
Time will tell but do you think the Australian market is large enough for all these new aircraft plus options?