Why did JQ drop Hervey Bay service
 

Is there anyone on this board who WORKS for JQ, can you please tell me why they drop the flights to harvey bay.

Yes. Poor load factor.

Chris

JQ might want to change there mind. Hervery Bay airport is, sometime in the near future, being moved and rebuilt as a International Airport.

Gerald, I'm sure Jetstar would change their mind if the numbers are there. Having said that, its up to Joe Public to USE the service.

Whaaaat?:p Said who?

Info from local paper, back last year.

Therefore it MUST be true!


Remember this guy? Info from the Orange local paper...

Well, whilst I do NOT work for JQ, I believe that the low load factor reason must be false. The DOTARS figures show that the load factors for HVB-SYD for each month from January this year were 92.1%, 89.4%, 88.3%, 87.0%, 80.1%, 77.3% and 83.8%. All this averages out to 85.1%, making HVB-SYD the fifth highest route in the country in terms of load factor for the year to date. If HVB-SYD was dropped due to poor load factor, then all but 4 other routes in the country must be in trouble :rolleyes:, especially KGI-PER, PER-ZNE, PER-KTA and CBR-SYD, which are all languising at the sub 60% level! :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

plus i think the Qantas Group loves these 3 routes - mining contracts and loads of premium traffic, as has been pointed out, it ain't all about load factor!

Don't forget frieght, lots of gold transported on the KGI-PER flights.