absolutely...frequency for full service is often the key to making it viable and Im sure this will be the case for QF once the new aircraft are online. Not only frequency, but more fuel efficient will work wonders.
To the right markets, JQI will continue to work...its not going to make big money, but it keeps market share where its not viable for QF to go and this allows QF to go after the big dollar routes and fend of the likes of SQ & EK on UK traffic.
MC...you are likely to be right, Im sure now that all plans are "tentative" from this point on...It would make sense that the first 20 or so planes (787) go to mainline for Asia and main trunk domestic. If not at least QF will get back the A330's one for one from when JQ 787 #7 trhu #12 delivered...or so the plan was anyway. I wonder now that QF will pull off double daily CNS-NRT if that provides sufficient a/c to do the routes mentioned by JB??