QANTAS resumes Gold Coast services

[Jon Harris]

QANTAS will announce resumption of OOL today...

http://www.airlinehubbuzz.com/qantas...oast-services/

[Dave Dale]

Great news

[Steve S... 2]

Great!

However QF needs to be pro-active rather than re-active in its operations.

[Ryan K]

Steve, I agree. So much of what QF does is because it's responding to its competitors. Why can't they actually take the lead in something? For example, would a return of mainline to MCY and LST be on the cards as well?

[Sarah C]

Originally Posted by Ryan K

For example, would a return of mainline to MCY and LST be on the cards as well?

Not if it isn't making money. THat is why JQ took over those routes in the first place, QF mainline couldn't operate at a profit.

[Brandon Giacomin]

Effective Sunday 28 October 2012

Sydney - Gold Coast
QF860 SYD 0710 OOL 0735 B738 x67
QF860 SYD 0900 OOL 0925 B738 67
QF862 SYD 1145 OOL 1210 B738 x67
QF862 SYD 1200 OOL 1225 B738 67
QF864 SYD 1635 OOL 1700 B738 D

Gold Coast - Sydney
QF861 OOL 0815 SYD 1035 B738 x67
QF861 OOL 1005 SYD 1225 B738 67
QF863 OOL 1250 SYD 1510 B738 x67
QF863 OOL 1305 SYD 1525 B738 67
QF865 OOL 1740 SYD 2000B738 D

A 48 hour sale is now on with fares from $48 one way!!

[Ben Smith]

I wonder if JQ will do a price beat on the $48 fare? The 10% discount would make it a stater fare with 20KG luggage for $43.20!

I booked a one-way fare from BNE to OOL via SYD for $140. When I tried to book OOL-SYD or SYD-OOL one-way or return fares the Qantas site was still redirecting to the Jetstar website.

I also noticed fares MEL-OOL and v.v. via SYD are on sale at $88.

[Craig Murray]

There is of course no way on earth that Virgin Australia's Lounge and Business Class offering for domestic passengers had anything to do with it? Surely not!

Watch the Jetstar lounge at Cooly be re-branded in Qantas colours!

Once the innovator, now the one lagging behind desperately trying to keep up. Qantas - A Great Airline Waiting To Happen!

[Thomas Collins]

Maybe Qantas is responding to competitive pressure. So what. That is what companies do.

By doing so, could place great financial risk to Qantas, if the market does not deliver acceptable yield.

Just because Qantas is returning to the Gold Coast market - does not mean it will deliver profitable returns.

Virgin operates a lower cost base than Qantas - it is that simple. Gold Coast might work for Virgin, but it may not work for Qantas.

Qantas had a Group airline on the market - so it is competing.

To say it is not "innovating" by simply not operating on the market - is poor consideration for the Group strategy.

[Dave C]

Virgin operates a lower cost base than Qantas - it is that simple. Gold Coast might work for Virgin, but it may not work for Qantas.

Is that really true of QF Shorthaul?