Originally Posted by Angle Of Attack
The simple fact is it would still be a one stop service to London from anywhere but Perth, and would save zero time compared to any other airline transiting through their various hubs.
Incorrect. Lets say someone wants to fly from Kalgoorlie Alice Springs or Broome to London. They will save time or stops using this route as compared to any other carrier.
Won't work, plain and simple. Still wouldn't be any quicker from the east coast of oz to London.
Why are you pre-supposing the target Market is the East Coast of Oz. I suspect it is really from ADL westwards with a few extras from the East Coast who may wish to avoid the ME or Asia for various reasons. Mostly from Perth though. This is straight from Wikipedia "
Perth's population is notable for the high proportion of British and Irish born residents. At the 2006 Census, 142,424 England-born Perth residents were counted, narrowly behind Sydney (145,261), despite the fact that Perth had just 35% of the overall population of Sydney."
QF would know exactly how many of their codeshare pax on the two Emirates A380s that head PER-DUB each day are going on to the UK and this should give them a good sense of the demand.