What matters to BA, therefore, is its ability to capture wealthy people who want to fly to America, Asia and Africa.
Apparently wealthy people do not wish to travel to Oz!
Australia's geography lends itself to a multitude of fast trains, problem is at the moment most train journeys cost six times as much as the comparitive air fare!
Surely a very fast CB to SY service, city to city, would beat the air alternative by around an hour!