I'd be picking New York to be the first route.  The airspace needed for LHR-SYD is so volatile from multiple angles that NYC offers a more reliable first operation.

Shocking.  Flew United yesterday LAX-EWR - arrived 7 hours late (4am instead of 9pm), bags took another 90 mins once on the ground - zero response from the airline not an email or a measly voucher even when you're Premier Platinum.

Dropping an airline over VB is crazy behavior imo

The ability to stream videos via WiFi is a game-changer and opens up the ability for people to watch YouTube, Netflix, Twitch etc without having to download offline content.  Could see this tech leading to no IFE flights on domestics and users just BYO devices and consume their own content v...

This reads as a trojan horse deal for Qatar to get more slots / rights into AU ports, a last resort given how many times the government has denied them expanding, so I'd expect the full QR service on the flights.