[Dave Dale]

Originally Posted by Rowan McKeever

It is believed (though obviously not confirmed) that QF is not permitted, under the terms of its EK alliance, to operate Aust to/from EU via any point other than DXB, thus ruling out SIN, HKG, BKK, India, etc. If true, this would mean that to do something different QF has to fly non-stop out of Australia.

* the PER-LHR is, I would imagine, horribly unattractive to anyone in Qld as it's such a big backtrack.

I agree with last statement. Why on Earth Qantas would give away its right to fly to Europe over Singapore is quite silly. Singapore is much better than Dubai. But again, the Perth to London escapes me on how it would be attractive for anyone on Australia's east coast.