Look let's be honest any seat upgrade is good on an older aircraft - Delta has proven that with a new interior and IFE even old planes can give a good customer experience. The reality is the only widebodies that should be flying domestically will be tag services to international flights out of Pe...

Emirates would be far better off flying direct to CBR than DRW...more premium govt and corporate traffic and a larger population catchment area.

I think the way to look at the A330 replacement is that it will be a mix of A321XLRs for existing A330 East-West coast flying and some Asian ports - the remaining Asian ports will get the 787s and possibly some A350s, although I think the A350s will really be about replacing the A380 in the main ...

The existence of a 787-9, 787-10 and A350-1000 will give QF a nice trade-up across routes which can be mixed and matched by season for seasonal routes like Johannesburg or Hong Kong. Other than tag services to long haul ex Perth, don't expect to see any other domestic transcontinental widebody se...