Jetstar chief executive Bruce Buchanan also played down the speculation. "The key message is that we always talk to a lot of airlines but I wouldn't read too much into it. My primary focus is rolling out the Jetstar brand in Asia," he said. Qantas has said it will keep the door open to links with other carriers, particularly in Asia. After failing to agree with BA about the share ownership of the merged entity, Qantas is seen as more interested in courting an Asian carrier because of the region's better longer-term growth prospects.