Etihad Airways pulls the plug on Brisbane

She’ll probably just ignore it as 99.9% of QLD won’t care about this.

Do you mean the Chairwoman of Qld. that saved the state from the virus.

Ohhh, you mean Jeanette Young??

Yeh like whom? I am surprised more airlines don't  just go into CNS within Qld than bne

so etihad & brunei gone as options to uk & EU, IIRC. Qatar wants to go daily.

Only way to LAX from BNE nonstop is now qantas.

Some fares look like they will increase after possible big sales to kick off opening up of international routes.

Latest news I recd. re LAX flights - qantas flights to LAX still alive from around January 10, 2021, as are options via Fiji.

You must share where you see plans that QF plans to fly to LAX in January.  Everything I have seen has said QF have demobilised QF International until July next year except for some NZ.  Even the NZ plan has been very slow to commence because of quarantine requirements on the other side of the ditch.  Hopefully some other destinations may come back earlier but these will be A330 ports like SIN and HND.  As for US, it is hard to see them coming back any time soon.  USA appears to be heading into a very bad winter with Covid largely out of control.  I can't see the Australian Government risking a third wave by opening up to America for many months to come.

I believe you are correct in saying the QR want to continue services to BNE.  Their current services are special and operate outside of the bilateral agreement.  An ongoing service to BNE will require an amendment to the bilateral between Australia and Qatar as their current services to MEL,SYD and PER fill up their existing entitlement (ADL doesn't count against their rights).  I can't imagine that QF would welcome such a change and will lobby heavily against it. 

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QF flights BNE/LAX from January 10, 2021 are still alive in system. Friends are booked & can't cancel as they have to wait til QF do or penalties. Maybe it's just a way of delaying refunds. Whether they actually fly them or not is unknown to all.

You can actually buy January 10, 2021, BNE/NAN/LAX on FJ codeshared with QF, either on the FJ website or through an agent. Much cheaper through the latter. Substantially so, as FJ really need agents.

EY load factors into BNE may had been high but as reported by others elsewhere the majority of the fares were of the low yield VFR/budget/tourist fares which isn't ideal for an airline also basically in financial debt/bankruptcy for some time.

Please provide evidence of these other reports or the breakdown you have of low vs business fares sold on BNE flights

Probs not same happened with Perth - Flights always had good loads and business full on their A330/787 but were axed and not to return.

friends last year bought BNE/(Milan/Brussels) return for $800 for adults & something like $600 for the kids, departing in June school holidays flying Thai. Only negative was didn't connect in Bangkok on way home so they had to have a night.

So other airlines, had to have some similar fares, so those lowest fares must have been loss leaders. Saw plenty of fares on other airlines to London return for under $1000 & London has higher taxes than most other EU ports.

If Queensland won't even let in people from New Zealand or most of NSW, I doubt the Arabs will be allowed in anytime soon (unless they play AFL or make movies). 

Etihad's racked up an eye watering US$5.6 billion in losses in the 3 financial years up to 2019.  On top of that it's booked an additional US$758m loss in 1H 2020 alone.   Even before the advent of COVID and Federal/State border controls the airline was in a precarious state and had already been scaling back services across the board.   One company's downfall is often another company's opportunity though which is why we are seeing Qatar moving swiftly and purposely to establish regular services into the Qld capital at this time.

Can't see travel or hospitality ever recovering in Queensland. I know many people who used to go to Queensland 1-2 times a year for holiday from the southern states who will never plan to go again because of their terrible attitude. 

Queensland might have warm weather, but there is nothing unique about it (unless a dying reef is your thing). Given their approach I am sure it will be too little too late for a lot of their tourism industry, and then they continue to be a state that is beautiful one day, subsidised by NSW the next. 

I guess that those folks are also planning to never holiday again in WA, Tasmania, NZ and the Pacific Islands given that these jurisdictions also do not allow unrestricted inbound travel from NSW at this time.  That just leaves them with a choice of NT, Sth Australia and Canberra as their future holiday destinations.  

I guess those folks you refer to are also planning to never holiday again in WA, Tasmania, NZ and the Pacific Islands given that these jurisdictions also do not allow unrestricted inbound travel from NSW at this time.  That just leaves them with a choice of NT, Sth Australia and Canberra as their future holiday destinations.  

BNE was the gateway to other Queensland tourist spots such as Cairns and the Gold Coast prior to covid for passengers from countries which weren't served by the local/overseas LCCs and/or were "cashed up" to not bother taking the LCC option directly to OOL/CNS.  

Those tourists were of the "higher yielding" "cashed up" crowd from overseas which has all but evaporated in this current environment.