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Old 3rd Jul 2011, 04:11
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Artificial Horizon
 
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My money is on SFO out of AKL, look at the facts:

Qantas pulls out of SFO stating that there is simply not a big enough business market.

Jetstar currently training A330 pilots to be based in AKL.

Uncle Bruce appeared in the NZ papers about a month ago stating that one big bonus about using a Singapore based operator for the JQ 330's into AKL is that this gives them rights to continue to the USA without any further regulatory approval due to the open skies agreement between SIN, NZ and USA.

All this adds up to JQ beginning NZ to West Coast USA operations in the near future, can't go to LA as Qantas is already flying this route and AJ promised that JQ wouldn't fly on the same routes as QN.

Of course when AJ moves some Qantas operations to SIN the no doubt the AKL - LAX will be flown by JQ in Qantas coloured aircraft.
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