There's Lies, Damned Lies and Statistics.
Exactly!!!
There is an awful lot of rubbish in this thread.
We have forgotten that Qantas via Australian Airlines added a lot of extra capacity between Australia & Japan from late 2002, which was obviously taken up by JQ in 2006 after Qantas abandoned AO.
Tourism between Japan & Australia was also hit hard by the exchange rate and the Japanese economy, which if not for JQ's lower fares could have been much worse.
Plus the service offered by JAL, when I flew them 2005 through 2010 was crap in clapped out 767s and old 747s, however their product today is much better, which is obviously winning back customers.
Fedsec. I understand your argument. I know flying to CNS I used to fly QF all the time, but they replaced so many flights with JQ. They only "forced" me onto JQ a couple of times, instead for similar money I now fly VA, which is a much better experience.