Originally Posted by
apollo00
Wouldn't that be possible as an 8th freedom flight however in the same category as QF11 (SYD>LAX>JFK)?
QF has no right to carry passengers between LAX-JFK and JFK-LAX except as part of an international ticket originating or finishing in Australia and only consisting of QF metal.
The DOT recently fined QF about $125k for ferrying some passengers from JFK via LAX onto a QF codeshare to Tahiti instead of a real QF flight.
BA has rights to do this, but you have to ask, is a good use of their equipment? Especially when they could just codeshare with AA?