Very interesting Lloyd.
The stand out stats/projection for me is the size (capacity) of aircraft that will be required for regional and inter-capital routes.
Qantas/Jetstar will have the 787's and Virgin Blue will probably end up with a few 737-900's. Tiger - who knows? A321's?
Could we see REX operating larger a/c than they do now? The only real prop commuter a/c being built at present are the ATR and DHC8-400.
They could upgrade to second hand Dash 8's or Saab 2000, Fokker 50's or even Embraer/CRJ jets. Long way off I know and I will probably not be around in 2029.
Remember Kendell with their CRJ-200's? Don't know how successful/economical they were as they didn't get a chance after the Ansett collapse.
Lots of possibilities/scenarios.
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