I didn't debate your statistics. They were for total passengers out of Adelaide, not passengers flying Qanats. We're talking about why Qantas couldn't sustain a route, not the general international market ex Adelaide. You have speculated the reason it was axed was because Qanatas didn't want to put the larger aircraft on the route (which they already had). You also boldly said it was Qantas' strategy to reduce seats ("Clearly") without any evidence. That my friend is speculation.
Darwin is relevant because for a long time that was Adelaide's only international flight. It was felt at the time that Adelaide couldn't support its own flight so it operated via Darwin to increase loads (no that's not speculation, that's from an insider at Darwin airport).
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