Originally Posted by
cavemanzk
All it shows is that qantas has done something wrong as it seems that air nz is doing great on akl-adl. Although 5hrs on a 737 wouldnt be very nice.
Actually it shows the importance of feed at a hub. AKL is a miserable hub for QF, pretty good hub for NZ. ADL is miserable hub for both. So NZ can clean up on the route while QF decides that flying via MEL or SYD is not so bad. And maybe it actually is better for QF (allowing the non-stop ADL-AKL service to be replaced by connections to CHC and WLG as well as AKL -- these might well be more attractive as CHC-SYD-ADL than as CHC-AKL-ADL). A great illustration of the problems of competing against a fortress hub, even in such a small market.