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Old 7th Aug 2008, 00:33
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I think VB needs to take a long hard look at what they plan to achieve in regional aus, the scheduling is far from what it needs to be to compete with the established operators. Last news from Albury is that the locals are pretty upset at the reliability of the VB service, no wonder when they schedule an 8am arrival to a fog prone airport! (May stats AY-SY 11.9% cancellation BTRE)

The other question is can these routes support 3 or 4 services a day in a 70-100 seat jet, mildura is a very limited market with mostly day trippers so will be interesting to see what they get out of it.
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