Continued viability of QF9/10 ?

[David C]

If and when the “ Project Sunrise “ flights eventuate , what do you think the continued viability would be for the PER- LHR - PER flights considering a large proportion of the pax originate from the Eastern States and would presumably then use the new non stop service from SYD to LHR . I’ve been thinking of this for some time and would welcome thoughts on the subject .

Dave C

[Dave Dale]

I have heard from various people on the flights that I have taken on QF9/10 that in fact a lot of passengers terminate at Perth and no onward flight to the east.

[Ryan K]

If these ultra long haul flights do eventuate, I'll definitely be one of the people that would chose a one-stop journey to stretch the legs!

[MarkR]

I have heard from various people on the flights that I have taken on QF9/10 that in fact a lot of passengers terminate at Perth and no onward flight to the east.

Not surprising, tag flights with domestic legs are hardly popular based on stats
ie August
Brisbane-Cairns 178
Sydney-Canberra 125

[Brenden S]

I have heard from multiple sources that majority of the passengers come from Perth and a lot of frequent flyers use that MEL-PER-MEL domestic leg to get international service on a domestic leg. Not sure how true that is though.
I am also pretty sure that QF still has 3 slots at LHR, so there is a possibility that there is a SYD/MEL/PER-LHR leg in the future.
Lastly there has been many public reports from AJ that the route is very profitable.

[Martin Buzzell]

I have heard from various people on the flights that I have taken on QF9/10 that in fact a lot of passengers terminate at Perth and no onward flight to the east.

Hence why when the 9 turns around at PH sometimes, the ML leg is serviced by a 737.

[Adam W]

Hence why when the 9 turns around at PH sometimes, the ML leg is serviced by a 737.

That's very rare. Usually only happens when an aircraft goes u/s and they need to get the schedule back on track.