Comparing plastic chicken and battle-axe cabin crew on AA or UA to what domestic business class is like on Qantas or Virgin is comical. We are one of the luckiest places in the world when it comes to short haul business class. Europe is a joke and American airlines give you no lounge access for n...

Perhaps because most people understand the privilege of being able to fly across the world, especially in first/business. 

I was always told if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say it. You could use this with just about every Qantas post @KW72.Just be happy that travel is on the up.

If I'm correct in saying there are 11 787s plus 3 more being built, that is surely not enough to operate all the LAX, LHR, JNB, SCL, DFW, JFK (part of LA I know) flights as well as some Tokyo, Singapore and Hong Kong flights. Hopefully, by mid to late 2022 we will see a need for the A380s to...

 I agree with Russell that it is weird that you took this particular point out of the article.But, with regards to the route they took, it is not necessarily the shortest route that is fastest. A straight line would have been a tad further south but they would have known that there were more...