Jetstar to fly SYD - MEL (Tullamarine)?
http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/04/...due-the-tiger/
Jetstar turns cannibal to subdue the Tiger by Ben Sandilands Quote:
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Are JQ in some sort of contract with Avalon? If they move their Sydney flights across, that leaves only 2 flights a day from Avalon.
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I thought the same thing, seems sort of a waste of time considering at its peak it was serving ADL, PER, SYD and BNE, dont think there would be much point just operating BNE out of AVV. |
Is this the first sign of QF running scared? I guess TT haven't been too much of a threat to date, but SYD-MEL is another story. Maybe they are also accepting that TT might actually be here for the long haul?
JQ therefore have a choice. Either they stick to their AVV strategy and accept the trade-off between lower charges (hence lower fares or higher margins) but more passenger inconvenience, or they dump AVV as a failed strategy and move all ops to MEL. I think the answer may be already evident in the fact that they moved ADL services from AVV to MEL no doubt in response to TT. Hence it wouldn't surprise me to see the rest move there (maybe keep 1-2 daily flights to SYD for the Geelong-area market). Does this show that Australia isn't Europe and people don't buy the secondary airport concept? It's an interesting question, one that I suspect will be causing a few headaches at JQ headquarters. |
The secondary airport concept in Europe is already well entrenched. The secondary airport concept over there is dictated primarily by the volume of traffic and not enough spots available at LHR etc. We aren't running at capacity at any of our airports therefore a shift isn't necessary.
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Qantas just came off the back of a $180m loss last quarter, the last thing they need is to be competing with their own subsidiary AND Tiger and VB on the same route. Add to that the fall in their international airfares and passenger numbers and things are going to look glum for Qantas for a while yet. Unless Qantas changes their strategy they are only going to face more turmoil and financial losses in the future. Personally, I'd prefer to see Geoff Dixon at the helm in times like this rather than Alan Joyce, however I can bet others opinions differ there. |
I believe that JQ moved Adelaide flights to YMML due to the inability to connect to Tasmania, am I correct?
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I don't think so because QF give you the option of connecting between QF and JQ (if booked on QF's website) passengers can book ADL-MEL on mainline then MEL-LST/HBA on JQ the other day when looking at OOL-MEL it gave me quite a few JQ/QF via SYD options flight even though there are JQ nonstops. JQ moved ADL (and PER) to Tullamarine when TT started on those markets. but really unless you lived in say Werribee would you really want to travel the 50km or so (from Melbourne CBD) to Avalon for a hour sector to ADL when there are better options out of Tullamarine. I don't think JQ will move all their ops to Tullamarine. I think maybe about 3-4 flights will go to Tullamarine during quiet periods and at least 3 will remain at Avalon and will be marked more as a Geelong and a Great Ocean Rd gateway then a secondary airport for Melbourne. |
The start of the end for QF. Be prepared for a significantly different australian aviation landscape. TT are not going anywhere. QF will have to use JQ more and more to maintain its profitability on thin margin routes.
OOL - Gone HBA - Almost gone LST -Almost gone CNS - On its way DRW - On its way A shame that our national carrier will no longer operate nationally. |
Yes it is a shame that QF are cutting back, but if the hadn't of launched JQ Somebody else would have filled that gap and QF would be dead or on its last legs by now.
At least with the 2 brand strategy they can grow/slim down each side of the business as required. Once the GFC starts to lift (who knows when!?) I think QF should focus on being a top Quality International / Main trunk route airline, Leisure is largely LCC work now.... Like the Australian Airlines / QF Days Qantas = Intenational Australian = Domestic |
What do you expect with an overseas head of Qantas who was with an overseas cheapie airline.
There is only one way he would want the Qantas group to go.Thats all he knows |
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Lets face it, the service you get from Qantas is no better than a budget carrier! In flight service? What is it? A muffin and water? Friendly, courteous staff? Where have they gone? Aircraft running on time? What day of the week? Check-in chaos and long queues at QF? It sucks.
I know this hurts alot of peoples feelings, I love aeroplanes and the airline industry too, but this is reality. Qantas is expensive for the quality of service they offer, I believe there is an element of Australian pride that keeps alot of Qantas customers returning to them. It is the brand name. Qantas is nervous because Tiger Airways is launching a handful of services on the Sydney to Melbourne route? So what! Why is Qantas so afraid? My bet is in ten years time, Virgin Blue and Vaustralia will hold a greater share of the market than Qantas/Jetstar... or at least it will be equal. Come and bite my head off people... lol. |
The muffin is nothing to rave about either! They are awful.
I'd rather pay for the privelage on JQ and fly return for the cost of a QF one way fare. |
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I would suggest that - for reasons outlined in other posts I've made on the subject - airlines' results under the present circumstances (depressed economy, oil in the range $45-55, etc) won't reflect the market situation in 10 or even 5 years' time, and that in fact the analyses and press releases being put out early last year would be more in step with where we're headed. I will, however, qualify that by suggesting that a new runaway oil spike (well above the $140 levels we saw last year) would substantially weaken the cost leader positions adopted by Tiger (and to a reasonable extent, JQ), and may lead to re-thinking that end of the market. Fun and games... |
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Having said that however, I am certainly not complaining about the additional competition (and lower airfares) that Tiger will bring to the SYD-MEL route. |
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As many have discussed before Jetstar was established to save Qantas from loosing market share in the domestic market and many suspected that most if not all their domestic flights might one day be transfered to the Jetstar brand. In the years that it has been in operation it has been slowly changing to the point where it is starting to become even more logical. I am all for it if is save Qantas and offers people like us (the paying public) fair prices and a good choice of flights and connections. |
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It was full service when Joyce worked at Aer Lingus, hence why I said "AT THE TIME". I am not sure specificaly when he worked there, but he has been with Qantas for 12 or so years and worked for Ansett before that, so it has been a while.
With Aer Lingus it was about 2-3 years ago they made the decision to go LCC on their short haul services. Long haul they are meant to be full services but never tried them long haul. On short haul they seem to follow more the Virgin Blue style LCC rather than Ryanair or Sleazyjet. Ironic as Ryanair own about 25% of Aer Lingus. These changes also co-incided with them leaving OneWorld. |
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