Jetstar press release today says that QF will continue it's 3 services to week to HNL with Jetstar services being in addition to this.
Despite this I am sure QF will be reviewing the service in the near future!
NM, I am sure you are correct but the cost of maintaining the 300's is apparently getting higher all the time. Also the very fact that they don't have a skybed will eventually be a problem when AC introduce their flatbed. If Qantas don't want to lose most of their premium trade to AC, and with Jetstar coming into the market they surely will need to upgrade their service. Remember also that AC scheduled a new twice weekly service MEL-HNL just before 9/11 and then with the slump that followed never went ahead with it. An AC source told me last year that they are still considering this route in the future. Imagine with A340's and their new flatbed...here's hoping. (probably dreaming:!: )