TIMA9X:
Isn't Qantas through 3K using a sham Singaporean structure to compete head on with SQ and its group of airlines? As I've said repeatedly, QF through 3K can now use SIN's very liberal ASAs to enjoy many of the rights that up till their arrival, SQ used to enjoy alone. Eg SIN-AKL is operated using the SIN AOC on the SIN-NZ Bilateral. Even NZ-USA can be operated using SIN AOC with 5th freedoms, because the SIN-NZ-USA Open Skies Agreement allows for 5th freedoms between NZ and USA.
Metro Man:
What exactly is the "Asian way" of doing things? Vietnam is not exactly Singapore, and Singaporean companies regularly get screwed when doing business throughout Asia too.