I hear you guys, but why not bite the bullet and just resume the Melb-DPS service. Is it out of sheer bloody mindedness, refusal to admit they screwed up? I thought running an airline was all about bums on seats. My brother (Virgin then Tiger painted Virgin) reckons the flights from Melbourne were nearly always chockers! As a staff traveller, more often than not I couldn't get on (not Tiger, Virgin staff travel didn't apply) and had to travel with other carriers..
I still don't get it!