Originally Posted by
PoppaJo
They have not been that successful on the Gold Coast so not sure if Cairns is the right market. Certainly skews leisure, ie low cost.
OOL had fair loads today 140s from SYD and MEL pretty much full to SYD and 90% full to MEL as expected on Sunday
Forward fares to both seem comparable to BNE
That said, I would have thought OOL would be a great route for ZL as not much business or FF pax, most are just looking at cost of fares, obviously good JQ market as well
REX and JQ fares are within a few dollars of each other, main difference is REX includes baggage and with most traveling for holidays to OOL, this puts REX lower than JQ
Cairns has regional connections although limited, and the same market as OOL, so while minimum seat cost may be lowish, I'd still reckon REX would end up with good loads
I do still agree Perth would be a better bet though....