Qantas used to fly to Paris 3 times per week, that was around 1200 seats per week ad the flights were full. When code share started with Air France, airport manager stated it was 50 seats per flt. So we went from 1200 seats to 350 seats per week. So were did these other 850 passengers go, probably EK, Singair etc. Another great decision by QF.
We constantly see reports of QF market share dropping, most likely because we don't offer the pax an option of getting to their destination unless they want to go via LHR, FRA.
As stated, we have extra a/c and crews, but the management is so fixed on their Jetstar plans they fail to see any growth opportunities for Mainline. If we had 777's and QCCA cabin crew operating in them, we could offer a profitable full service option to ports in Europe with a known and trusted brand. Well at least it was trusted till Dixon took the helm.