Originally Posted by
1A_Please
I think VA's regional strategy is no regional strategy. Apart from FIFO which is a very Australian opportunity, VA is operating very much from the disciplined Southwest playbook with a single fleet operating trunk routes.
Regional seems to be an add-on (an afterthought) for VA 2.0. Apart from Link (regional NSW) and AirNorth (regional Qld) operating some regional routes for VA 2.0, most of the regional work is on VA mainline's 738s.
There are also some residue Alliance contract work leftover such as BNE-GLT, BNE-Moranbah, BNE-NTL and BNE-ROK. It'll be interesting to see what VA will replace those with, should the ACCC clear the QF takeover of Alliance.
VARA's A320s also does some intra-WA RPT work, as well as some PER-ADL and PER-DRW rotations