Originally Posted by
topend3
Rumour is JQ but surely they have a profitable place they can send an aeroplane overnight from Melbourne ?
Not really!
There are plenty of JQ A320s sitting around Melbourne overnight. At the moment there are only PER and DRW back of the clock services being run out of Melbourne. Don’t forget BOC services only work if you can take advantage of the time zone differences between departure and destination. Hence flying up and down the east coast overnight wouldn’t work.
Also, given that the local council seems to be willing to subsidise the flights, the risk to JQ will be minimal.
The word inside JQ is that these flights are happening, not sure when though.