Originally Posted by
ozbiggles
Using your logic why doesn’t Qantas and or Rex decide to fly in NZ as well? Well financed and lots of aircraft and crews......expand Jetstar Nz by a factor of 4 plus maybe?
You missed a crucial difference here mate. Qantas-backed Jetstar NZ could do what they wanted with 70 jets. They could fly a dozen daily services if they wanted... but there’s f-all domestic demand in NZ (population of under 5mill and all).
Financial Year (ending 2019):
- Australian domestic = 61.040 million passengers
- New Zealand domestic = 4.618 million passengers
The Australian market is almost FORTEEN times the size of NZ’s, and thus, can handle more than two main airlines.
I think REX has a very good shot at picking up some of that market, whomever is financially backing them.