JQ and Hayman Island

[Justin L]

I noticed that Hayman Island was on JQ's booking engine so selected a dummy flight in October for Sydney-Hayman Island which came up with the following schedule.

Sydney-Hayman Island
11:50 AM Sydney - 14:20 PM Hamilton Island JQ 846
14:45 PM Hamilton Island - 15:45 PM Hayman Island JQ 2100

11:50 AM Sydney - 14:20 PM Hamilton Island JQ 846
15:30 PM Hamilton Island - 16:30 PM Hayman Island JQ 2112

Hayman Island-Sydney
9:05 AM Hayman Island - 10:05 AM Hamilton Island JQ 2105
13:50 PM Hamilton Island - 17:10 PM -Sydney JQ 849

12:00 PM Hayman Island - 13:00 PM Hamilton Island JQ 2113
13:50 PM Hamilton Island - 17:10 PM -Sydney JQ 849

12:15 PM Hayman Island - 13:15 PM Hamilton Island JQ 2101
13:50 PM Hamilton Island - 17:10 PM -Sydney JQ 849

I can't find this on the JQ PDF schedule (which hasn't been updated since its expiry on 29MAR09) and am not familiar with the region, but would the Hamilton Island to Hayman Island services be a flight, if so an A320 or are JQ codesharing on a smaller flight? Or perhaps a codeshared boat service, given that the duration is one hour even though the islands are close? The Hamilton Island-Hayman Island vv leg can also be booked as a standalone booking.

[Adam W]

Yes it is a codeshare with a boat service. The codeshare agreement with the boat service goes back to when Qantas were flying to Hamilton Island.

[David N]

Originally Posted by Adam W

The codeshare agreement with the boat service goes back to when Qantas were flying to Hamilton Island.

Even before then Adam, goes back to Ansett, sometime before that I think it was an S-61 from the main land and Hamilton, but I stand to be corrected on that.

Regards
David

[Bob C]

I spent a wonderful week on Hamilton Island last October and noticed that many arriving passengers walked from the airport terminal straight over to the wharf to catch their luxury launch to Hayman Island, about an hour away.

My first visit to the Whitsundays and it won't be my last. A fantastic part of the world.

[Mick F]

Of course, if you want true style, there's always this way to get to Hayman Island, .

Sure as hell aint gonna land an A320 on that, .

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Mick

[Arthur T]

I think Qantas is still doing 1x Daily bewteen CNS & HTI on a Q400.

So would anyone able to provide the flight details for those QF Codeshare ship services?

[Will T]

That's correct, David. The HTI-HIS vv. service was staple Ansett fare (particularly when Ansett owned Hayman Island, but all the way until its demise), and timetabled equipment was a 'launch'. I'm interested in Justin's observation that it can be booked as a standalone sector - did it give you a price Justin?

Last time I was up there, the rack one-way fare on the launch (which is owned and operated by Hayman) was $900ish, but I'm sure that 99% of the packaged visitors to Hayman pay nothing of the sort!

[Justin L]

Originally Posted by Will T

I'm interested in Justin's observation that it can be booked as a standalone sector - did it give you a price Justin?

Hi Will,

For random dates in October, the cheapest fare was $155 one-way for both Jetsaver Light and Jetsaver, with $185 for JetFlex. It can't be selected from the main booking engine on the homepage, but once you make a booking you can select it from the "Search Again" booking engine at the bottom of the page with your flight selections.

[Jason Carruthers]

Originally Posted by David N

before that I think it was an S-61 from the main land and Hamilton, but I stand to be corrected on that.

Yes before Hamilton Island Airport opened in 1984 It was a Ansett S-61 service from Prosperpine? (I'm pretty sure it was Prosperpine)




Jason

[Damian N]

I have a feeling that when Ansett owned Hayman the boat was called the "Sun Goddess" and the boat was decked out in Ansett livery. I'm sure someone will know for sure. In 2004 I flew Brisbane to Hamilton then went via the launch to Hayman. What suprised me was that I earned Qantas Frequent Flyer points for the boat sector!