On the not like Holden score: QF clearly is not. You can get in a Holden and go wherever you want.
The received wisdom about long haul is that the old Kangaroo route never made money. Well, its gone now. So too Rome, Paris, half of London frequency, etc etc.
The rump of long haul left over must be doing OK judging by the loads and fares. If not, its because it has fallen below critical mass for the burden of the many executive, management, supervisory and administrative activities. Oh! And the odd bit of largesse for one or another of the group's junior airlines.
As has been pointed out, all of the various divisions are part of a cohesive whole. (Excepting JQ intl and franchises...they could go unmissed)
Virgin, it should be noted, did not separate business units in order to divest of one...they did it to game the ownership restrictions.
Last edited by Australopithecus; 6th Mar 2014 at 09:41.