Evans made mention that minimum fleet size for efficiency is 30
Gareth is talking an 'absolute truth', the same number was floated when they conspired to close Avalon heavy Maintenance, effectively circumventing the QSA and ending Australian heavy maintenance for ever...
Before considering the imminent arrival of the ghostly '50 aircraft order', that some will hang on to no matter how many times it fails to materialise, one needs to understand how exactly the balance sheet is geared and the amount of off balance sheet debt. It may be that more aircraft replace the retired types but that may mean the horizon is further off than it first appears. Gareth knows that.
It may be worth looking into demographics at play to see how the opportunity may present