Jetstar is announcing its' new Perth base

[Rhys Xanthis]

Originally Posted by Nigel C

We can hear the bloody thing in Sydney when it takes off over there!

lol!

What time does it come in usually? or is it an occasional visitor?

[Brenden S]

The 727 is based in PERTH!!! ETD is 1900hrs and ETA is 0345hrs the next morning. When VLH got taken out of service they lost freight capacity and you need at least 2 737F's to keep up with 1 727F fuel vs payload etc. When VLI heads off in 2009 or 2010 they would need to base 3 737F's in Perth just to keep up with having both 727's gone. QF are banking on using cargo space on 747,767, A330 for the capacity gap that was caused, however I dont think they thought about the 747's retiring.

[Rhys Xanthis]

Thanks for the info Brenden