do you reckon there is room for another airline in australia?

With Sydney, if you have a look at the new Master Plan which has been drawn up, you will see that the airport is divided into two sections. Not international and domestic but Virgin Australia and alliances and then the other side is Qantas and it's alliances and then on what is currently known as the international terminal has a section for all other airlines that dont belong to an alliance.

If Sydney is to become a mega-hub does this mean that you sort of have to be part of 1 of two alliances? With the few airlines that there are left after you deal with each associated with Qantas or Virgin, you are sort of left out and obscure. Take for example Emirates. They are sort of veering away from being a Virgin Australia partner and heading away from australian partnerships. What will happen to airlines like these? They may still continue to Codeshare with Virgin Australia where they need to. But i sort of think that some airlines may sort of be left in the dark. If sydney is to become a mega-hub, it will have to go 24 hours and do a bit more research and thinking about the way they set up their mega hub.

kind of, but i meant that sydney is qantas's largest base and that alot of it's destinations are all served from sydney, like say sydney to johannesburg where if you lived in melbourne you would either have to fly via sydney (qantas) or via perth (south african airways) and there is no direct alternative although there is probably potential for a direct route. however a low cost carrier rejects this thought and links cities with direct flights and less via these so called hubs. for example with jetstar launching there gold coast to hobart, this will likely prove popular as it eliminates the stopover in melbourne and is quicker. it is oppurtunities like these that allow other carriers to expand quickly rather than milking the market, which while it may work is not as effective as seeking new routes with no competition. this no competition is further complemented by the fact that you overtake other airlines as you eliminate the stopover which proves popular to passengers, ultimately giving you the competetive edge over other airlines. What are you thoughts on this?

Yes well i think that it certainly does make a difference when an airline does a direct flight that nobody else does. The hobart gold coast flight is certainly something unique. But what other airlines go to the gold coast anyway?

I dont know how much a hobart perth flight would chop out melb traffic do you?

i bet it would work alright and that there are a few other oppurtunities and that perth could be well located for this as demonstarted by jetstar's perth to gold coast, bypassing the traditional melbourne and sydney connections.