We have forgotten that Qantas via Australian Airlines added a lot of extra capacity between Australia & Japan from late 2002,
Hi way,
I'm not going to abuse you, call you a troll or otherwise attack you 'cos I disagree with you!
I think you will find that Australian did not add much capacity when they took over Osaka, Nagoya and Fukuoka from Qantas. They went from 2 class 767's and 747's to something like a one class 270 seater 767s. SARS and a couple of other issues led to the demise of Australian. My memory may be failing but I think the Japanese market was def showing signs of decline at that time.