Why Doesn't Qantas fly to Kuala Lumpur?

[kpc]

I dont think Qf can compete with Mh on this route...from a cost perspective.

 

[elanshin]

I dont think Qf can compete with Mh on this route...from a cost perspective.

Well SYD/MEL - KUL is consistent more expensive on MH than SYD/MEL - SIN on QF in Y.

I suspect its more of a network and fleet issue more than cost/revenue.

 

[Himeno]

I suspect its more of a network and fleet issue more than cost/revenue.

Send the 321LRs to JQ and bring the 787-8s over to QF.

 

[kpc]

Well SYD/MEL - KUL is consistent more expensive on MH than SYD/MEL - SIN on QF in Y.

I suspect its more of a network and fleet issue more than cost/revenue.

If Qf started flying Syd/Mel -Kul, Im sure Mh would drop its price.

No competition for MH atm except for AK.

I often fly Syd-Sin-Kul on Sq award but will fly Mh Syd-Kul if I can get it with pts

 

[serfty]

Until around the turn of the century BA Flew LHR-KUL-SYD vv. before dropping the SYD legs.

There were some quite inexpensive fares around shortly beforehand..

Looking at an Oct 1996 timetable, Qantas flew:

QF31 SYD-KUL 1045-1620
QF31 KUL-SIN 1720-1810

QF32 SIN-KUL 1955-2055
QF32 KUL-SYD 2145-0910

 

[jase05]

I often fly Syd-Sin-Kul on Sq award will fly Mh Syd-Kul if I can get it with pts

We often fly MH and SQ J to/from ADL with points but have emptied out my QFF points and closing the account so next couple of trips will be with SQ on VA points but hopefully some Avios redemptions on MH early next year

 

[kpc]

Until around the turn of the century BA Flew LHR-KUL-SYD vv. before dropping the SYD legs.

There were some quite inexpensive fares around shortly beforehand..

Looking at an Oct 1996 timetable, Qantas flew:

QF31 SYD-KUL 1045-1620

QF32 KUL-SYD 2145-0910

Flew this in 1996 to attend a wedding.....booked through some discounted Asian TA, I did get it for $848 in Y

 

[Quickstatus]

’m just not sure it would be viable for QF

and JQ

 

[Quickstatus]

No competition for MH atm except for AK.

D7 provides stiff competition at the lower end
MH financial position turning around so maybe its LHR/MEL/SYD/AKL routes making some $$$
...


Didn't MH used to do KUL-CPT-EZE?

 

[NM]

Well SYD/MEL - KUL is consistent more expensive on MH than SYD/MEL - SIN on QF in Y.

I suspect its more of a network and fleet issue more than cost/revenue.

And I wonder how the prices compare for a return ticket purchased ex-Australia verses being purchased ex-Malaysia. Selling return fares from Australia to Malaysia to a mostly Australian demographic is likely priced higher than selling an Aussie holiday visit to a local Malaysian demographic ex-KUL.

 

[AIRwin]

Didn't MH used to do KUL-CPT-EZE?

It was KUL-JNB-CPT-EZE

 

[kpc]

It was KUL-JNB-CPT-EZE

That's a great route for many reasons

 

[justinbrett]

Bit of a random question... but why don't Qantas fly to Malaysia/Kuala Lumpur, I thought they would ad least have a service from sydney/melbourne, is there a particular reason for this?

Well they do, QF metal to SIN connecting to JQ, with QF codeshare, to KUL.

 

[HS-TQE]

JQ perhaps might return one day but I’d be surprised if QF bothered.
KUL is pretty well served to Australia by MH and I’m just not sure it would be viable for QF

Wouldn't expect JQ to return ex-SYD. JQ got pummelled by D7 in their last outing over two decades ago.

JQ might attempt BNE-KUL to pick up the low yielding crowd considering MH's less than ideal circumstances with 3 failed BNE attempts prior to their 4th return.

 

[jase05]

Wouldn't expect JQ to return ex-SYD. JQ got pummelled by D7 in their last outing over two decades ago.

JQ might attempt BNE-KUL to pick up the low yielding crowd considering MH's less than ideal circumstances with 3 failed BNE attempts prior to their 4th return.

BNE is a strange one.
MH will have double daily to SYD, MEL and PER plus the ADL service goes ok but for one reason or another BNE just doesn’t work for them

 

[markis10]

BNE is a strange one.
MH will have double daily to SYD, MEL and PER plus the ADL service goes ok but for one reason or another BNE just doesn’t work for them

I suspect that the budget market is happy to go via DPS with Batik while premium is well served by SQ and QF via SIN

 

[dajop]

BNE is a strange one.
MH will have double daily to SYD, MEL and PER plus the ADL service goes ok but for one reason or another BNE just doesn’t work for them

With intense competition , perhaps the lack of a sizeable Malaysian community doesn't help ? BNE only has 1/3 of Malaysian born population of SYD and PER and 1/5 that of MEL. (But more than ADL, I guess ADL's lack of QF service helps MH).

 

[AIRwin]

JQ might attempt BNE-KUL

Or OOL?

 

[markis10]

Or OOL?

Air Asia struggled with OOL

 

[elanshin]

Wouldn't expect JQ to return ex-SYD. JQ got pummelled by D7 in their last outing over two decades ago.

JQ might attempt BNE-KUL to pick up the low yielding crowd considering MH's less than ideal circumstances with 3 failed BNE attempts prior to their 4th return.

Or OOL?

Its likely due to how many Malaysians are living in SYD and MEL (there's a lot) compared with BNE.