Originally Posted by
Gear in transit
I personally see this as a JQ created opening for the government or local regions to throw money at it. It’s been done several times before in JQ aus, Avalon particularly comes to mind and Darwin with the initial startup. Government or council throw in money and it continues, when the money runs out or is no longer offered, they pull out.
Originally Posted by
wheels_down
They might be waiting until the grants from the authorities end. Its not a matter of just walking away like one striped tail loco did in Adelaide once. They had to pay back millions in grants.
I must admit the way the announcement was reported made it sound the decision to pull out wasn't final.
However I very much doubt there'll be any local government money for Jetstar either now or in the future. Every destination is also served by Air NZ, therefore any assistance offered to Jetstar would also have to be offered to Air NZ. You can bet if there was any hint of assistance being given to Jetstar but not Air NZ we would have heard about it by now.