Jetstar Asia to lease 2 A332's with services from Singapore to Tokyo Haneda

[Matt_L]

Jetstar Asia has applied for rights to fly between Singapore and Tokyo's Haneda Airport, which will handle international flights in October 2010.

The carrier has applied to Singapore's Air Traffic Rights Committee to do so, and this is under review, says Jetstar.

Jetstar Asia, which uses A320s, will lease two A330-200 planes for the new service.

Jetstar's Australian operations has six A330-200s, which are used on all long haul services from Australia. "Additional services from markets like Singapore will always need to be served by additional aircraft," says a Jetstar spokeswoman, who adds that it would be "premature" to comment on when the leased aircraft will arrive.

http://www.flightglobal.com/articles...da-rights.html

Interesting move- would one think the demand on this route (with high frequency already by SIA, JAL and ANA) is that to suffice the usage of an a330? Bearing in mind it is a 5-6 hour flight though

Should be interesting to see how they go up against SQ's recently announced new service on the same route, although they are two very different products catering for two different demographic markets.

[Nick C]

3K's application has been denied. Too bad.

[Benny Zheng]

According to the Straits Times in Singapore, Jetstar has been beaten by SQ to get the slots.

Asiaone News

PLANS by low-cost carrier Jetstar Asia to break into the long-haul market with flights to Tokyo's Haneda Airport have suffered a setback.

All the rights available to Singapore carriers - two flights a day - have been given to Singapore Airlines (SIA) instead.

Jetstar said last week that it had applied to Singapore's Air Traffic Rights Committee, which decides who gets to fly where, to begin services to Haneda.

[D Chan]

which isn't really too surprising that SQ got the rights... wonder how 'impartial' the decision is really

[Nick C]

Impartial?

SQ voiced their interest in acquiring the rights way back in 2008 just after the agreement with Japan was signed. 3K just took to long. Period.