Hi all,
I have trawled through what we know about Qantas' plans in Asia and complied this piece:
What we know about RedQ | I like to get around
One major problem with a Kuala Lumpur RedQ strategy is that it would involve creating a "dual hub" network structure. Qantas pumps most of its UK/Asia capacity through Singapore and still does not have the critical mass for flights to major European ports or multiple frequencies into cities like Melbourne; routing some traffic through Kuala Lumpur won't help this. The tie up with Malaysia Airlines is therefore quite odd from a network planning perspective.
Furthermore, given that QF does not fly to KUL, it seems like their documented intention to codeshare to AMS, FCO, CDG, IST will basically involve a codeshare arrangement where Qantas handballs passengers over to Malaysia Airlines from their home city in Australia.