DJ new destinations - ARM, LEA, KFE

[Kain C]

3 new destinations have appeared on the DJ site; ARM,LEA,KFE. New routes seem to be ARM-SYD and LEA-BME but no flights are availabel yet.

[Jarden S]

Will these be operated by the next E190 due soon?
Also I noticed they now at 34 destinations served in Australia.

[Harry G]

would think that DJ will begin to worry QF/JQ with all these new routes - nicer to travel in an E190 than a prop...... and route expansion ahead of JQ??

TT has been pushing Bankstown but with the accident I would think that is now going to be a real issue for the locals.......

DJ going after QF business traveller and new routes - a new GM who took QF to number 1 business airline - yes.........interseting times for the national falg carrier and its off shoot!

[Kain C]

ARM has been removed from the list, but LEA and KFE remain. I assume the latter 2 are XR operated?

[Scott Loveday]

Indeed, XR operate to Learmonth (Exmouth), with route protection (regulation) provided by the WA Government.

There are eight deregulated RPT routes in WA where any airline can ply their trade.

[Radi K]

VB has been doing charter flights for Skywest to KFE twice a week, double daily ex PER for about a month.

[Jarden S]

Which airport is KFE as I cannot find it on IATA's full airport code list?

[Paul McFarlane]

KFE is David Forrest Airstrip at Fortescue's Cloudbreak operation. At least I think that's where it is!

[Kain C]

That is correct. The four-letter code is YFDF (Fortescue Dave Forrest). It is not far north-west of Newman WA.

[Jarden S]

It seems that DJ have removed these destinations from their drop down list on the website.