Even though I don't wish to fly with either of them, I have so much more respect for Virgin Blue than I do for Jetstar.
Virgin Blue started from scratch, flying just one route between Brisbane and Sydney. It was exciting to watch them grow and annoucne new routes. And then they annoucned routes that Qantas didn't even service with jets.
Jetstar comes in and basically takes over a hell of a lot of Qantas flights, with a few additions but they basically took over all the lesuire flights.
And after all this time, they still don't fly Sydney - Brisbane.
It should be remembered not every route announced by Jetstar (or Virgin) has been a sucess, and neither airline should think they are assured of sucess on any given route.
I don't mind Jetstar breaking even but I hope Qantas gets most of the business and are forced to add mainline flights. Perhaps even add Brisbane/Darwin to the cityflyer route.