Are the Board Confused?
"We thought, leisure market, Qantas wouldn't be able to make a living on Honolulu and it would eventually be a complete Jetstar route. What ended up happening is that the competition got squeezed, Jetstar and Qantas appealed to two different segments of the market. Both are making money on Honolulu and both would be very keen to grow Honolulu going forwards."
HNL....Making Money?
Gee, there must be some confused board members but perhaps they don't like to ask questions?
So by saying that the 2 airlines appealed to two different segments, could you argue that: there's a place for Qantas on many a route to pick up the other segment, the pax willing to pay a bit more? and perhaps because of experience do not want to fly a LCC?
For example, to Bali and win pax back from Garuda? Phuket and win some pax back from Thai who get the overnight stay in BKK thrown in, to Vietnam perhaps? Then there's Europe where there's been talk that JetStar may fly to one day couldn't you have say JetStar service ATH (the leisure market to the Islands) and Qantas compliment that service by servicing Rome?