SIN-AKL Profitable?
NZ pulled out of the route because they could not make it pay - admittedly they were using a (tired) 767 at the time, but there have been no rumblings about getting back into it with either the upgraded 767 or the 777-200.
SQ have the route by the nuts.
I'm hearing that the numbers are very ordinary for JQ in both directions - difficult to be profitable when loads are consistently 50% and not that much in the cargo hold either.
Time will tell, but I think SQ will continue to make it very difficult for Jetstar who are only relying on the QF on carriage out of Singapore.
Plainmaker