Originally Posted by
Gobber
Everything from West Europe with QR is definitely inflated, even taking into consideration of significant rise of jet fuel cost vs times of 'cheap fares'. But we are constantly seeing less expensive QR fares from eastern Europe and Scandinavia, is that due more competition? Whom are they fighting? SK, LO, EY? Even at western LH hubs QR is charging much much higher.
It is just that those markets are quite different in terms of pricing. All one-stop airlines (e.g. BA, CX, ...) offer cheap business fares out to Scandinavia and Eastern Europe. Hence QR has to align.
Besides historical reasons which are hard to break, these markets are leisure heavy and premium light. QR has trouble filling the J cabin.