QF-JStar Japan performance comparison
Once you know where the figures are, the spin evaporates. To any Jetstar crew reading this, it is not about you. It is about the lies and the wrecking of mainline careers by the people above you.
It is difficult to compare apples with apples when you rely on Company press releases. Even the figures that QF release to the ASX, which supposedly pass the "reasonable person" test, are found to be padded where it suits. Enormously padded.
One area where it is possible to compare apples with apples is in the official BITRE statistics. Japan is the obvious candidate for comparison as both airlines operate there.
The statistics from the last two years call into question many things. But I'll let you decide for yourself.
In the 2008 calendar year:
QF, including Australian airlines, operated 2740 flights to and from Japan, carrying 527095 Pax at an average monthly Load Factor of 76.3%
JQ operated 1532 flights to and from Japan carrying 360547 Pax at an average monthly Load factor of 69.1%
In the 2009 Calendar year:
QF mainline operated 964 flights to and from Japan carrying 207995 Pax at an average Load factor of 78.6%.
JQ operated 1949 flights to and from Japan, carrying 433827 passengers at an average monthly load factor of 73.7%
Questions for the Board:
a. Has Jetstar grown, or shrunk this market?
b.Why do you persist with Jetstar in this market when the load factors point to a preference for mainline?
You claim a 30% cost margin in favour of Jetstar. When are you going to release to the ASX the true figures regarding the subsidisation of Jetstar, as required by the ASX "reasonable person" test?