Jetstar to expand NZ domestic ops

[Max C]

I don't think we'll see the Dash8 in JQ colours in Australia. The regional market is already served pretty well and there would be a very small market, of any, for a low cost regional.

[Zac M]

QF won't put JQ against QLINK...simple as that.

[MarkR]

Why not, they did for mky-bne after they stuffed ROK?

[Max C]

Different kettle of fish when you're talking jets.

QLink do very well for the QF group on the routes they serve. They also run a very lean operation, cost-wise.

Having a "JQLink" would only serve to canabalise from the QLink marketshare.

[Justin L]

How is that different from JQ mainline which currently fly on routes also served by QF mainline?

[Max C]

The market just isn't big enough on regional routes.

To set up a "JQLink" operation here would involve a duplication of resources that would add to costs. Then you'd need to be undercutting the incumbent to gain marketshare. Most of Regional market is business traffic, not leisure and they expect the perks that they are used to while flying QLink/Rex/VARA. By replacing QLink with JQLink, you'll be gifting marketshare to the opposition.

In NZ they are starting from scratch, and it'll feed into the JQNZ domestic and INTL flights nicely.

If Jetconnect were still doing Nz Domestic flights, then guarenteed you'd be seeing QLink branding on the Dash flights.

[Justin L]

Makes sense.

[Shaal L]

info re the routes

http://www.skynews.com.au/business/b...evealed_310815

[MarkR]

Off to a good start it would seem, albeit mostly full of promo fares I suspect:

"3500 customers booked on the first week’s services with a number of flights sold out and average loads of over 85 per cent,” Mr Hall said.

http://newsroom.jetstar.com/blue-ski...-and-auckland/

[Greg Hyde]

looks like SBI kicked off the service

http://australianaviation.com.au/201...n-new-zealand/