New JQ Domestic Services eff 01/03/10

[Kain C]

From 1 March 2010, JQ will operate 3 new daily return services on:

MEL-NTL
MEL-HBA
MEL-OOL

All operated (by a new presumably) A320 aircraft.

Then from April, there is an additional MEL-CNS so maybe the above are just temporary for March only?

[Lukas M]

From 1 March 2010, JQ will operate 3 new daily return services on:

MEL-NTL
MEL-HBA

They have just reduced and then reintroduced again. Nothing really new anyway.

Its this MEL-CNS a A330 run?

[Kain C]

No, the new MEL-CNS starts April 1, and is operated by A320 in the afternoon. The existing morning service is operated by A321.

[Lukas M]

So is the A332 on any Domestic routes at the moment apart from MEL-SYD?, even just temporarily. Remember seeing it on MEL-OOL few months back.

[Kain C]

I have no idea what aircraft do what without checking the flights individually. Andrew C is one person who has good knowledge about that sort of stuff.

[Brendan Lawrence]

Cabin crew received a communication last week that Jetstar is operating the A330 on MEL-OOL-MEL once daily effective Dec 3rd. The flight numbers are JQ440/443 - dep MEL 11:00, arr OOL 12:05, dep OOL 13:05, arr MEL 16:20. So look out for her at the domestic terminal.

Not sure how long they'll be running the 330 on the route, was only given a start date.

[Lukas M]

looks like it was only going for a week.

[Brad Myer]

Cabin crew received a communication last week that Jetstar is operating the A330 on MEL-OOL-MEL once daily effective Dec 3rd. The flight numbers are JQ440/443 - dep MEL 11:00, arr OOL 12:05, dep OOL 13:05, arr MEL 16:20. So look out for her at the domestic terminal.

These domestic flights are probably being used to test VH-EBK which is due to begin JQ services in early DEC?

Also the new 4x weekly CNS-KIX-CNS A332 flights are now loaded in the schedules.

I cant see how this aircraft gets to/from CNS and what this aircraft does the other 3 days a week??

Thanks

[Brendan Lawrence]

Perhaps the aircraft is swapped/rotated at KIX with the aircraft operating KIX-OOL or after operating KIX-CNS it may then move on to CNS-NRT? There are definitely options there. Not all aircraft have to be positioned with tag flights.

[J Brown]

The afternoon MEL-PER-MEL which is currently opb A321 is slated to be opb by A332 in the not too distant future