Jetstar has it's own niche market. That market isn't for the majority of leisure travellers and it isn't for business travellers either. But I agree. Qantas does not appear to have a strategy to recover from this slump.
The stats would seem to agree with this. Looking at the May stats, seat utilisation for QF for Japan is at 75% inbound and 76% outbound. Compare this to the amazing JQ who are at 48% and 54% respecitvely. What a great route to start putting a brand new 300+ aircraft on! April also had a 20 percentage point difference in favour of QF. Singapore looks to be a bloodbath for all (with even SQ not being able to crack 75%).
Although the just announced changes to USA/SCL services do give a glimmer of hope. Of the remaining QF destinations in Asia, I can't see JQ really being able to do much with any of them, especially with JQHK going nowhere fast
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