Originally Posted by
alexwuk
Given there is already a JBA on certain UK-Oz city pairs with QR I'd imagine they'd rebook people onto QR metal via DOH
No there isn’t. Two weeks ago an application was lodged with various competition authorities to ask them to allow a UK-Australia JB. These things tend to take longer than a fortnight to be approved, set up and implemented.
BA and QR *can* come to some sort of rebooking arrangement on these routes, the same as any two airlines anywhere can, but in the normal way and subject to normal commercial terms. It will not be automatic acceptance.