I came across a newspaper item from France saying that QANTAS will announce a new Perth to Paris route with 789s when they inaugurate the first Perth to London flight on Saturday next week. Possibly to commence as early as later this year.
The link to the English version of the article is:
The announcement may be made with a later date but there is very little capacity with the second batch of four 789s with daily services from BRI to LAX to JFK from 1 September, 2018 and a further four per week BRI to LAX from 1 December, 2018. Three of the four 789s will be fully utilised with the fourth operating to LAX once per week.
Maybe there is capacity to squeeze two flights per week from Brisbane to Perth to Paris but not any more, unless the flight turns around in Perth on some days. Maybe a further order for 789s will be announced as well.
It will be interesting to see what is actually announced next week.