I agree with you, but for different reasons.  Mine is just on service.  MOST other airlines are just better than QF - attitude (soft product) and their equipment (hard product).I can't aggree with the impression that Melbournians are entitled to a flight number.  It will be a bette...

SQ any day of the week - as long as the timings suited...and even if the price differential was the other way.

If travelling on the connecting A330, I'd suggest that connecting bags would be put in the one can from MEL to make it all easier.  Simple when its at the one terminal in PER.  That flight always had connection pax frm ADL, BNE and SYD +++.  Don't think the mishap chances would be ...

Sydney alone still has a larger population.  However I do understand that New South Wales = N = NewcastleS = SydneyW = WollongongIt makes more sense to hub on DRW than PER as its closer to all those other places, whether to Eruope, Middle East, Sub-continent or Asia.  Tropical stor...

Neither other oneworld carriers (except BA to LHR on some routes) nor Emirates will have a "dedicated flight #" MEL-LHR.  They all change numbers and usually (except BA) change aircraft [type and/or metal] in the middle.  The only difference here is that at PER you'll need strol with yo...