Why did JQ drop Hervey Bay service

[Gerald A]

Is there anyone on this board who WORKS for JQ, can you please tell me why they drop the flights to harvey bay.

[Chris Z]

Yes. Poor load factor.

[Gerald A]

Chris

JQ might want to change there mind. Hervery Bay airport is, sometime in the near future, being moved and rebuilt as a International Airport.

[Chris Z]

Gerald, I'm sure Jetstar would change their mind if the numbers are there. Having said that, its up to Joe Public to USE the service.

[Lukas M]

Hervery Bay airport is, sometime in the near future, being moved and rebuilt as a International Airport.

Whaaaat? Said who?

[Gerald A]

Info from local paper, back last year.

[Adam P.]

Info from local paper

Therefore it MUST be true!


Remember this guy? Info from the Orange local paper...

[Kain C]

Well, whilst I do NOT work for JQ, I believe that the low load factor reason must be false. The DOTARS figures show that the load factors for HVB-SYD for each month from January this year were 92.1%, 89.4%, 88.3%, 87.0%, 80.1%, 77.3% and 83.8%. All this averages out to 85.1%, making HVB-SYD the fifth highest route in the country in terms of load factor for the year to date. If HVB-SYD was dropped due to poor load factor, then all but 4 other routes in the country must be in trouble , especially KGI-PER, PER-ZNE, PER-KTA and CBR-SYD, which are all languising at the sub 60% level!

[Chris Fox]

KGI-PER, PER-ZNE, PER-KTA

plus i think the Qantas Group loves these 3 routes - mining contracts and loads of premium traffic, as has been pointed out, it ain't all about load factor!

[Adam W]

Originally Posted by Chris Fox

plus i think the Qantas Group loves these 3 routes - mining contracts and loads of premium traffic, as has been pointed out, it ain't all about load factor!

Don't forget frieght, lots of gold transported on the KGI-PER flights.