Ahhh, I don't know about this. I mean, it sounds all good in theory, but I would hate for an airline to operate a potentially unsafe aircraft in order to avoid penalties. It's not like QF or VA delay flights for fun, it's clearly for a very good reason. Cancelling flights, on the other hand, simp...

Just what we need, another morning arrival into Melbourne, and another evening arrival into asia. We desperately need a flight pair to replace EK404/405. Arriving in Singapore in the morning as opposed to all currently evening arrivals was a godsend.

I somewhat disagree - the last row of a cabin can be a great economy seat - no one behind you punching the unresponsive touch screen, guilt-free recline, your own little world.

Talking about redeploying to high demand routes, give us a back of the clock MEL-SIN service. The current two A332s withing 3 hours of each other do not cut the mustard. The loss of EK404/405 needs to be addressed.

Hit and miss, I've had flights with 11 people in economy. But more often than not, it's had a good 70-80 per cent load factor.