Originally Posted by
Agent_86
Jet* and VA have both dropped MEL/SYD fares to $39 after
JS baited them...
Baited?!
As Green.Dot noted at
#997 Virgin had released $39 MEL-SYD fares yesterday, well before Sharp's media run this morning.
And spare a thought for the financial mechanics of what's going on here. There is a marked difference financially between an airline with 80-odd percent load factors offering $39 fares and an airline with sub-30 percent load factors offering them.