ill bet if you took a survey of the total passengers for both QAN and AIR a surprising number of passengers wouldnt even know the name of NZ and OZ rugby teams---Theres just so much that goes on out there its hard to put a reason for everything--might just be that the euphoria jinxed it for the moment--Sentiment is an elusive beast--It just looks gloomy when compared to world cup win and it supposedly racing past the big $3 mark (which it may still do)
And who would guess that all those flash Dreamliners would belong in the Jetstar fleet instead of the Mother ship QAN.
IMO the dreamliners just basically up the ante--If you fill them your sweet--If not,its a pretty big price tag to make payments on. Guess it depends on your routes and demand.
Im not looking forward to arriving somewhere when 2-3 dream liners arrive at the same time (but it would be interesting to try one)
Aside from the Russian crash,there was a plane in the States that caught fire on the runway (engine) (Im not sure what kind it was or if AIR has many of those types but sometimes those things have an effect,even though in most cases ,they logically shouldnt.