Jetstar increases flights to LST and HBA

[Ryan K]

Jetstar to boost flights to LST and HBA from August.

Could this have anything to do with the reduced services to DRW?

http://www.themercury.com.au/article/2012/05/29/332631_travel.html

[Rowan McKeever]

G'day Ryan... timing seems about right for it to mean the new Tassie flights will use the re-based DRW aircraft? Cheers, Rowan

[Ryan K]

Cheers Rowan.

With even more flights announced from November, it's great new for travellers. 3 return daily flights between SYD-LST from JQ and 1 from DJ must be unprecendented seat numbers between the two cities.

[Kain C]

Hi Ryan,

beat you to it yesterday but I posted in the Territory thread since other recent announcements all found their way into there.

Also IIRC that both DJ and JQ each operated double daily LST-SYD at some stage, making four in total, same as current announcement (DJ normally double for summer don't they which would make 5); but LST-MEL definitely at record capacity, as is HBA-MEL and HBA-SYD.

[Jarden S]

With Tiger back to HBA with 3 per day in peak season it will soon be a bloodbath.
At least the consumer will win. Would JQ re-enter the ADL-HBA route as it has no flights ATM.

Re HBA-ADL looks like Tiger may, From the Mercury story above:

Tiger said flights would start from $45.95 and the airline was investigating the possibility of adding routes to Sydney and Adelaide, as well as flights from Launceston.

[Ryan K]

Tiger, Jetstar and the then Virgin Blue have all tried HBA-ADL and they all cancelled the route. A320 aircraft are probably too big for the route, perhaps DJ could re-enter with an Embraer?

[Ryan K]

With Tiger back to HBA with 3 per day in peak season it will soon be a bloodbath.
At least the consumer will win. Would JQ re-enter the ADL-HBA route as it has no flights ATM.

John Borghetti also recently announced a new, daily MEL-HBA return flight to start by September. Nothing loaded in their website booking system yet though.

[Kain C]

While we're here, CNS is in the act too ...

http://www.jetstar.com/mediacentre/latest-announcements/detail?Id=8a4c8a40-7e8f-469f-a6d6-6208effca5d8&language=en

Increase of 17 Jetstar return services to Cairns per week
Stronger links with Adelaide, Melbourne, Brisbane, Gold Coast
More than 50 more cabin crew and pilots to be based in Cairns
Jetstar is ramping up its services in-and-out of Cairns, with a total net increase of more than 200,000 additional seats planned during the next financial year.

In Cairns for the announcement, Jetstar Australia & New Zealand CEO David Hall said the increase would encourage more people to visit one of the country’s top tourist destinations.

“This is great news for holidaymakers and the tourism industry of Far North Queensland,” said Mr Hall.

“We know that low fares encourage new travel demand by putting places like Cairns within reach for more people, particularly families.

“Cairns is already one of the most popular destinations on our network, so we expect to see an increase in holiday makers from the southern states coming in search of some sun.”

This latest boost from Jetstar follows an increase of four extra services between Cairns and Melbourne that started on 1 April 2012, and will come into effect after the Jetstar Japan domestic network takes off on 3 July 2012.

Today’s announcement is part of a major increase to Jetstar’s total domestic capacity by more than 1.2 million seats during 2012/13. Existing routes receiving additional capacity in addition to Cairns include Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Ballina-Byron, Newcastle, the Gold Coast, Hobart and Launceston.

Mr Hall said the launch of Jetstar’s low fares domestic network in Japan – which in April offered promotional fares of less than one cent – would potentially increase traffic on existing Osaka-Cairns and Tokyo-Cairns services.

The Queensland Minister of Tourism, Major events, Small Business and the Commonwealth Games the Hon Jann Stuckey MP.

“This is great news for Queensland’s tourism industry and a thriving tourist industry is vital to the state’s economy,” Ms Stuckey said.

“I congratulate Jetstar on their commitment to the Cairns and Coolangatta markets which will help us create more jobs and opportunities for Queenslanders.

“Tourism is one of the Newman Government’s four economic pillars, and we are working hard every day to grow the industry.”

CEO of Tourism Tropical North Queensland, Rob Giason said “News of additional seats for Cairns from strategically important markets supports our identified potential for growth. We are chasing 700,000 inbound seats so this is an excitingly positive announcement. It demonstrates the confidence Jetstar has in the region, and hopefully this confidence will have a significant rub-on effect.”

As part of this capacity increase for northern Queensland, in September Jetstar will increase services between Melbourne and Townsville by three services a week in September to seven per week up from four.

In addition to capacity increases, Jetstar will replace Qantas services on the Cairns-Sydney route from 23 August.

SUMMARY OF CHANGES ROUTE INCREASE P/W START TOTAL PER WEEK (return)

Cairns – Gold Coast 7 services per week 13 September up to 14 per week
Cairns – Melbourne 3 services per week 13 September up to 28 per week
Brisbane – Cairns 6 services per week 13 September up to 30 per week
Cairns – Adelaide 1 service per week 13 September 7 per week
Cairns – Sydney 7 services per week 23 August up to 28 per week (replacing Qantas services)
Melbourne – Townsville 3 services per week 13 September 7 per week

Notice the nice table at the end summarising the changes so you can see exactly what's happening, in contrast to ...

[Kain C]

... information about other airports' lounges!

http://www.jetstar.com/mediacentre/latest-announcements/detail?Id=3f3ef0f3-4350-4177-8b2e-18e6775651ce&language=en

Increase of 28 return services to Tasmania per week
Stronger links with Melbourne and Sydney
Extra services split evenly between Hobart and Launceston
Jetstar has announced a major boost to its Hobart and Launceston services, with a total increase of more than 408,000 additional seats to and from Tasmanian during the next financial year.

Announcing the capacity in Hobart today, along with Tasmania’s Minister for Tourism, Scott Bacon, Jetstar Group Chief Commercial Officer David Koczkar said the additional flights responded to strong demand for improved access in-and-out of Tasmania.

“We understand the importance of strong connections to the mainland for Tasmania, both for residents and for the tourism industry,” Mr Koczkar said.

“We’re pleased to be bringing more services, more competition and more people to Hobart and Launceston with an extra 28 flights a week.

“On leisure routes especially, we know the positive impact that low fares can have on travel demand because it makes what is often an optional trip more affordable. The extra 408,000 seats we’re adding will mean more people choosing to take a break in Tasmania or visit friends and relatives.”

Mr Bacon said: At a time when household budgets are tight, low-cost airlines are a vital component in our push to get more tourists to visit Tasmania.

“These additional services to Hobart and Launceston will go a long way to ensuring more people can access affordable flights to Tasmania over the peak period.”

Today’s announcement is part of a major increase to Jetstar’s total domestic capacity by more than 1.2 million seats during 2012/13. Existing routes receiving additional capacity in addition to Hobart and Launceston include Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Ballina-Byron, Newcastle, the Gold Coast and Cairns.

This latest boost comes after Jetstar added three services a week on its Melbourne-Launceston route in January 2012. Following today’s announcement, Jetstar expects to offer up to 242 services in-and-out of Tasmania per week in 2012/13.

In April 2012, Jetstar became the first airline to operate a commercial flight to Tasmania using sustainable aviation fuel, with a biofuel-powered A320 flying from Melbourne to Hobart and back.

Summary of Changes

Port

Operator

Lounge location

Hours

Incoming phone/fax

Melbourne International Airport

Qantas Club

Airside, Level 1,
enter via departures concourse

0445 to last departure

Ph: 61 (3) 8336 4294
Fx: 61 (3) 8336 4120

Sydney International Airport

Qantas Club

Airside,
Pier B, via escalators

0515 to last departure

Ph: 61 (2) 9691 6040
Fx: 61 (2) 9691 6031

Cairns International Airport

Cathay Pacific - Reef Lounge

Airside - directly after international security screening

Mon - Sat:
0500 - 1530
Sun: 0700 - 1300

Ph: (07) 40349281
Fx: (07) 40349283

Gold Coast Airport

Gold Coast Lounge - Jetstar

Airside - directly after domestic and international security screening

45 mins before the first Jetstar departure until the last Jetstar departure

Ph: (07) 56886700
Fx: n/a

[Ryan K]

While we're here, CNS is in the act too ...

http://www.jetstar.com/mediacentre/latest-announcements/detail?Id=8a4c8a40-7e8f-469f-a6d6-6208effca5d8&language=en



Notice the nice table at the end summarising the changes so you can see exactly what's happening, in contrast to ...

What they fail to mention is that QF are reducing their SYD-CNS schedule. Just more QF services being handed to JQ.

[Nathan Bartlett]

Subject to change -

Current schedule for LST in summer is looking something like -

LST-MEL JQ736 0855-1000
LST-SYD JQ746 1015-1150
LST-MEL JQ734 1135-1240
LST-SYD JQ750 1245-1420
LST-MEL JQ740 1345-1450
LST-BNE JQ752 1640-1810
LST-MEL JQ742 1810-1915
LST-SYD JQ748 2020-2155
LST-MEL JQ744 2235-2340


Current schedule for HBA is summer is looking something like -


HBA-MEL JQ700 0835-0950
HBA-SYD JQ718 0840-1025
HBA-MEL JQ702 1000-1115
HBA-MEL JQ706 1145-1300
HBA-SYD JQ720 1255-1440
HBA-MEL JQ704 1335-1450
HBA-SYD JQ722 1455-1640
HBA-MEL JQ712 1545-1700
HBA-MEL JQ708 1735-1850
HBA-OOL JQ732 1830-2000
HBA-SYD JQ724 1935-2120
HBA-MEL JQ710 2105-2220

[Kain C]

Most of that is last year's schedule, so subject to change is pretty likely IMHO.

You might have understated LST a bit, current schedules show a 6th LST-MEL on Mon,Fri,Sun for summer.

Still trying to work out what each port actually gets. Press release says JQ operating up to 242 services in and out per week with the changes. By my calculations, from HBA, 6 x MEL + 3 x SYD + 1 x OOL and from LST 4 x MEL, 2 x SYD and 1 x BNE adds up to 238 per week, so are these new services actually new or just re-announcements of prior summer increases? Also, confirmation on 320/321 types would be nice, since 321s currently visit HBA daily and have been trialed at LST.