and for the further record, QF have done so in the past - pre 380 days via SIN. Anyone who may have looked at the 'quiet times' to stafftravel to/from europe will have found days where various flights wouldn't show up... the 9 and 5 were the usual culprits.
hardly anything new, just folks trying to piss on the dxb thing even more. (that it deserves it is beside the point). Keep your facts straight.