New JQ Domestic Services eff 01/03/10

[Dan Hammond]

Saw EBK parked at the Qantas jet base in SYD today. Can confirm in full JQ colours

[Oliver Gigacz]

Did anyone manage a photo?

[Dan Hammond]

I was in the Qantas Terminal at the time i saw it, and was trying to confirm the rego of it so got a rear end photo of it zoomed in so i could see the rego. however as for a full photo it was hard for me to grab as the tails of 2 737s were in the way

[Jarden S]

I don't know why Jetstar have not thought of this one before is to run the A321 from ADL-DPS. Its a market they have over looked. Back in the 80's Qantas flew their own metal from ADL to DPS but now nothing they left all the market to Pacific Blue.

[Kain C]

Times for the new services (all daily)

MEL-NTL 0610-0740
NTL-MEL 0810-0950
MEL-HBA 1025-1140
HBA-MEL 1210-1325
MEL-OOL 1510-1615
OOL-MEL 1645-2000

[Kain C]

What are the new services then, and from when? The three I mentioned in this thread give 21 return services per week, but that is just one aircraft out of the four. The other three must operate the remaining 56 return services per week, or 8 daily flights.

[Brad Myer]

Here is a list so far:

1 extra daily MEL-NTL-MEL
2 extra daily MEL-OOL-MEL
1 extra daily NTL-OOL-NTL
2 extra daily SYD-OOL-SYD
1 extra daily SYD-CNS-SYD
1 extra daily SYD-MCY-SYD
2 extra weekly CNS-PER-CNS
2 extra weekly ADL-CNS-ADL
3 extra weekly BNE-LST-BNE
4 extra weekly MEL-TSV-MEL

More to come....

[Jarden S]

MEL-CNS-MEL an extra daily
MEL-MCY-MEL 3 extra weekly

can be added to the list above

[Gareth U]

Coming out of the GFC it is excellent news

[Kain C]

Jetstar will take delivery of four new jets and add 77 return services a week to holiday destinations at a time when the economic downturn has forced arch-rival Virgin Blue to retreat by mothballing planes.

Originally Posted by Brad Myer

Here is a list so far:

1 extra daily MEL-NTL-MEL
2 extra daily MEL-OOL-MEL
1 extra daily NTL-OOL-NTL
2 extra daily SYD-OOL-SYD
1 extra daily SYD-CNS-SYD
1 extra daily SYD-MCY-SYD
2 extra weekly CNS-PER-CNS
2 extra weekly ADL-CNS-ADL
3 extra weekly BNE-LST-BNE
4 extra weekly MEL-TSV-MEL

More to come....

Originally Posted by Jarden S

MEL-CNS-MEL an extra daily
MEL-MCY-MEL 3 extra weekly

can be added to the list above

All of these add up to 77 weekly services, so there are none left to add? But,
according to:

Jetstar said the decision meant it would be able to offer 700,000 extra seats between the capital cities, the Gold Coast and other destinations in Queensland.

yet there are no new services to HBA nor DRW!

There are a few curious ones too. NTL-OOL getting a second daily within an hour of their current one, when the load factors languished in the 60s and 70s this year seems like overkill. The lunchtime flights are hardly likely to be pulling in massive yields either. Maybe they are just changing the time of the existing flight and haven't taken the old one out? Surely OOL-HBA would be more viable than a second OOL-NTL?

Also, wouldn't it have been easier to make the daily MEL-TSV depart at the same time every day, rather than the patchy schedule they have come up with? SYD-TSV mustn't be doing to well if their 5 weekly can't even get an upgrade to daily but MEL-TSV can go from 3 per week to daily! ADL-CNS going to 6 per week? Why not just do daily for convenience, especially since Friday (busiest day of the week) is the day that misses out?

Then again, the schedules are still showing at least 7 daily AVV-SYD for the same period, so there is still some updating to do. Maybe it will turn out all right in the end.