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Qantaslink had pulled out of just as many routes (if not more) as Virgin of the last 10 years. Once more ATRs arrive the number of flights to TMW will increase and other regional towns such will be added to the network. |
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Smart business to me. Unless you have a charter client (like CNJ) if you're entering a market with a very dominant player (like BNE-BDB, or SYD-TMW) with 6 or 8 flights a day and high prices, just start once or twice a day with fares that are only a little lower, but still very profitable. The incumbent doesn't want to sell 8 flights cheap and lose 8 times the money when they can lose just a small sliver of a now stimulated market.
You call it cherry picking but it's good business. If locals don't use the service but enjoy the dominant player lowering fares in competitive response, they deserve to lose the 2nd operator, and see fares return to stupidly high levels. |
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I dont understand why VH-VPJ hasn't entered service yet. Has been in Melbourne since October.
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As for putting the ATRs on WA's intrastate routes, they would be just a little too big. Arguably the F50s are already too big for those routes as, at best, they were getting around 60% loads at best. |
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Doesn't matter to me. I love the Fokker 50 regardless. Can't wait for it to enter service on the east coast!!
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Last time I looked it was tucked up right at the back of the hangar in Melbourne, doesn't look to be going anywhere soon. Probably just an ops spare in case the daily ATR service goes U/S
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I think it's more complicated do than that, Daniel. If it was there as an operational spare it would be in a busier base than Mel. VARA's growth has been limited by CASA and its safety concerns, and by resources like training pilots and simulator availability. Having a mix of -500s and -600s doesn't help.
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Yeah I tend to agree, and it wouldn't be tucked away at the back of a hangar either. Having the ATR for the CBR-MEL-CBR service go u/s could easily be dealt with by rebooking their pax onto other flights, even subbing a 738 for an E-Jet. And if they wanted an operational spare there's plenty of space in CBR where they could park it and rotate the 'spare' status around different aircraft to keep them all going, just like we're all told to start our cars often to keep everything ticking for them.
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