The GODs are Now
Look,there are a lot of people who get 30 days off a BP now.
Partime means even more time off and you can still clear $40K.
Worry about what you have control over and disregard the rest.
You'll sleep better.
Its been said...the A380 is a high volume of traffic aircraft..you wouldnt send it to MNL 2/3 empty.You send it to destinations where you can fill it.This is why you have aircraft of different size and capacity for thin routes,thick routes and everything in between.
The Qantas network does not have enough high volume routes to buy or fill more than 20 A380s.QF is an end of line carrier with a relatively small domestic population.It will grow but never to the extent of Cathay or China Air or a number of other Asian Carriers.Thats the reason QF bought into Vietnam Air.It has enormous growth potential because of where Vietnam is geographically and economically.
Unless Qantas merges with another carrier it will be a regional carrier that has a couple of european destinations and the states.The Jet* Asia business model is doomed to fail.LCC carriers cannot do longhaul and succeed.The infrastructure cost and the lack of high yield customers mean that only legacy carriers will succeed in longhaul.Virgin Blue started off as a LCC but has repositioned itself to attract high yield travellers.Tiger and JetStar will go head to head while Virgin and Qantas mainline compete.Branson has spent years building the Virgin international network and its all about to dovetail nicely.
The next few years in aviation in Australasia will be interesting.There will be successes and failures...Jet* Asia will probably be one.Qantas mainline cant prop them up forever.
My prediction...once Dixon goes...Jet*Asia goes.The LHR base will eventually become unviable..if its not already with this new EBA
Last edited by surfside6; 10th Feb 2008 at 05:25.