jamsquat, have a re-read of Keg's post. It appears that you have misunderstood what he was saying.
Vortsa said:
Like VH-OJH no matter how much or how long,the bill paid for by insurance company.
At the time of the BKK incident, OJH was insured for $187m and the repair was $96m. These facts don't stop people maliciously posting that Qantas would spend whatever it takes to avoid a hull write-off.
Big plus for QANTAS they wanted to put some A/C up against the fence for awhile any way, this time they are getting paid lost revenue money from the Insurance.
OJK is insured and will be repaired as the aircraft is desperately needed back in service. There are international flights cancelled everyday because there is no spare capacity to replace it - eg the QF2 LHR-BKK-SYD on Mon 25 Aug (and obviously a northbound service) has been cancelled. This is at a time of the year when bookings are heavy with holiday makers as well as business travellers.