Just how fragmented is the Australia-India market?

And what are the implications for direct Australia-India flights

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January 2026

The curious case of the declining "golden triangle"

In Australian aviation circles, the “golden triangle” refers to the high-volume domestic routes between Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney.

Jan 22

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Chart of the week #27: Who the hell flies to Frankfurt anyway?

A quick look at Lufthansa's Frankfurt and Munich hubs

Jan 7

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United's low density B787-9: everyone is missing the point about payload restrictions

A few weeks back United Airlines published the seat map of their new low density B787-9 configuration, leaving tongues wagging for the exceptionally…

Jan 1

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December 2025

How to think, not feel about Qantas's Project Sunrise

Project Sunrise, the much vaunted strategy by Qantas to fly non-stop from the eastern seaboard of Australian to London and New York finally looks like…

Dec 16, 2025

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November 2025

Technical Thread #4: Qantas's Sunday morning IROPS masterclass

This last Sunday morning (23 November 2025), poor weather along the eastern seaboard of Australia resulted in major travel disruptions.

Nov 25, 2025

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Is Qantas really that Sydney centric?

Alternative working title: Does Qantas really hate Melbourne?

Nov 18, 2025

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Is the Jetstar to Sri Lanka rumour credible?

We hate speculation and we really hate speculation surrounding new routes.

Nov 3, 2025

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October 2025

Five and a half years!

That's what is took Australian international airline capacity to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic

Oct 21, 2025

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Chart of the week #26: Australian international airline seat capacity finally reaches its pre-COVID level

This morning, BITRE released July 2025’s international aviation data, revealing an important milestone: international airline seat capacity has finally…

Oct 13, 2025

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Two years of Analytic Flying

Around this time last year we wrote an honest (and grumpy) review of our first year of Analytic Flying.

Oct 8, 2025

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September 2025

Dismal prospects for trans-Tasman competition

Over the last few months we’ve seen Qantas and Jetstar come out swinging with new routes and capacity increases across its trans-Tasman network.

Sep 30, 2025

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