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Jetstar fears that without the new planes, they’ll “be behind the eight-ball when Air AsiaX launches cheap flights from Australia to Europe,” a Qantas senior divulged to Business Day.
Air AsiaX has already announced the plans for cheap flights to London, using their Airbus A350s, but Jetstar will have a limited range with A330s, and will only just reach Athens or Rome.
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I think that's a typo, should be A330s since Air AsiaX has not order A350s, only 10 additional A330s a few weeks ago.
Should be an interesting race to see who gets their A330s first... Air AsiaX who have ordered straight from Airbus, or Jetstar who are desperate to find A330s to lease.
If JQ did want to fly to London, where exactly would they intend to stop-over? If Air Asia X will be able to fly from Asia to London, then why wouldn't JQ be able to fly to London via an Asian hub? Even with 787s they wouldn't be able to do direct to London.. so what's the big fuss about only being able to fly to Athens or Rome?