Domestic dogfight mars Qantas result FARE-SLASHING wars have shaved more than $100 million from Qantas Domestic's first-half earnings, and look set to continue, with the airline predicting capacity growth of up 7 per cent in the current half. The drop in the domestic operations' first-half earnings from $328m in fiscal 2012 to $218m in the current half was blamed squarely on elevated levels of capacity growth as competitors tried to purloin the carrier's domestic market share.