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Jetstar cuts Hobart flights
ABC News Online
Wednesday, July 21, 2004. 9:07pm (AEST)
Jetstar cuts Hobart flights
Budget airline Jetstar says it has been forced to cut some flights in and out of Hobart until the end of the month.
The airline has confirmed it dropped two return flights between Hobart and Melbourne today.
Passengers on those flights were found seats on other services.
The airline says a total of 15 return flights are being cut from today until July 31.
Spokesman Simon Westaway says Jetstar remains committed to Tasmania, and this is only a short-term measure during the off-season.
"From a commercial perspective we do need to be in a position to be flexible with our schedule from time to time," he said.
"We do it in a way that has limited impact on passengers, but importantly it has a positive operational impact to allow us to continue to sustain the levels of low fares that we're putting into the marketplace."
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Wednesday, July 21, 2004. 9:07pm (AEST)
Jetstar cuts Hobart flights
Budget airline Jetstar says it has been forced to cut some flights in and out of Hobart until the end of the month.
The airline has confirmed it dropped two return flights between Hobart and Melbourne today.
Passengers on those flights were found seats on other services.
The airline says a total of 15 return flights are being cut from today until July 31.
Spokesman Simon Westaway says Jetstar remains committed to Tasmania, and this is only a short-term measure during the off-season.
"From a commercial perspective we do need to be in a position to be flexible with our schedule from time to time," he said.
"We do it in a way that has limited impact on passengers, but importantly it has a positive operational impact to allow us to continue to sustain the levels of low fares that we're putting into the marketplace."
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Tas businesses angered at Jetstar decision
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Thursday, July 22, 2004. 11:32am (AEST)
Tas businesses angered at Jetstar decision
The group representing Tasmanian business is angered at Jetstar's decision to suspend some services between Hobart and Melbourne for a fortnight.
Jetstar says it is cutting 15 return flights until the end of the month because of low passenger demand.
Damon Thomas from the Tasmania Chamber of Commerce and Industry (TCCI) says the decision has come out of the blue.
"People plan their business, they plan their visits to Tasmania based on certainty and to suddenly cut a service without giving real reasons for it and talking about it being commercial or looking at load number that's just ridiculous," he said.
"We've got absolutely no warning and it does nothing for the state and it certainly does nothing for Jetstar's reputation in the state."
The TCCI will meet representatives of Jetstar in Hobart and Launceston next week to talk about flight schedules.
Jetstar's Simon Westaway says the airline remains committed to Tasmania and is looking forward to next week's meetings.
"We are a commercial operator, there are other commercial operators which fly into Tasmania," he said.
"We do consult with these stakeholders, they're important stakeholders, we're not trying to play people off a break,"
"What we're trying to do is run a good sound service into the Tasmanian market, we feel that at times we don't feel that they realise what the Qantas group is doing in Tasmania," he said.
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Thursday, July 22, 2004. 11:32am (AEST)
Tas businesses angered at Jetstar decision
The group representing Tasmanian business is angered at Jetstar's decision to suspend some services between Hobart and Melbourne for a fortnight.
Jetstar says it is cutting 15 return flights until the end of the month because of low passenger demand.
Damon Thomas from the Tasmania Chamber of Commerce and Industry (TCCI) says the decision has come out of the blue.
"People plan their business, they plan their visits to Tasmania based on certainty and to suddenly cut a service without giving real reasons for it and talking about it being commercial or looking at load number that's just ridiculous," he said.
"We've got absolutely no warning and it does nothing for the state and it certainly does nothing for Jetstar's reputation in the state."
The TCCI will meet representatives of Jetstar in Hobart and Launceston next week to talk about flight schedules.
Jetstar's Simon Westaway says the airline remains committed to Tasmania and is looking forward to next week's meetings.
"We are a commercial operator, there are other commercial operators which fly into Tasmania," he said.
"We do consult with these stakeholders, they're important stakeholders, we're not trying to play people off a break,"
"What we're trying to do is run a good sound service into the Tasmanian market, we feel that at times we don't feel that they realise what the Qantas group is doing in Tasmania," he said.
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Jetstar rescue mission
By NICK CLARK
23jul04
JETSTAR chief executive Alan Joyce will come on a rescue mission to Tasmania next week amid growing controversy about cancellations of the budget airline's service to the state.
Opposition Leader Rene Hidding said Jetstar was treating Tasmania like a backwater. Jetstar corporate relations spokesman Simon Westerway revealed that Mr Joyce would spend two days in Tasmania next week talking to business and tourism groups. He said the cancellation of 15 flights to Hobart between July 21 and July 31 had been blown out of proportion. Mr Hidding said the cancellations without notice on Tuesday set a dangerous precedent. But Premier Paul Lennon said people should not be too surprised that there was tweaking of airline schedules during midwinter.
"Obviously we are disappointed with this latest development and the focus for the Government will be sitting down with operators so we can consolidate services and continue to build our tourism momentum," Mr Lennon said. Mr Westerway said some flights to Launceston might be affected in coming days. But he said there needed to be some reality in the debate. "We are still doing a minimum of six flights a day to Hobart and the change to some flights is just 50 minutes," Mr Westerway said. He said commercial operators needed to have some flexibility if they were to continue to offer low fares. Seat numbers into Tasmania had jumped from 29,000 a week to 35,000 a week since Jetstar arrived. Mr Hidding, however, was one of several people dissatisfied with the carrier's performance since it began in May.
He said that under Jetstar's "unfriendly scheduling" airline customers could face an eight-hour wait between flights. Tasmanian Chamber of Commerce and Industry chief executive Damon Thomas said: "TCCI is aware of an increasing perception that Tassie is a wonderful place to visit and also do business but that it is increasingly inconvenient and difficult to get to." The cancellations affect 15 flights between July 21 and 31. The complaints follow a meeting convened by the Launceston Chamber of Commerce last week which sought to air complaints about Jetstar services. Gunns Ltd executive chairman John Gay recently said the firm might have to set up an office in Melbourne because of the difficulty of travel to Melbourne.
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Jetstar rescue mission
By NICK CLARK
23jul04
JETSTAR chief executive Alan Joyce will come on a rescue mission to Tasmania next week amid growing controversy about cancellations of the budget airline's service to the state.
Opposition Leader Rene Hidding said Jetstar was treating Tasmania like a backwater. Jetstar corporate relations spokesman Simon Westerway revealed that Mr Joyce would spend two days in Tasmania next week talking to business and tourism groups. He said the cancellation of 15 flights to Hobart between July 21 and July 31 had been blown out of proportion. Mr Hidding said the cancellations without notice on Tuesday set a dangerous precedent. But Premier Paul Lennon said people should not be too surprised that there was tweaking of airline schedules during midwinter.
"Obviously we are disappointed with this latest development and the focus for the Government will be sitting down with operators so we can consolidate services and continue to build our tourism momentum," Mr Lennon said. Mr Westerway said some flights to Launceston might be affected in coming days. But he said there needed to be some reality in the debate. "We are still doing a minimum of six flights a day to Hobart and the change to some flights is just 50 minutes," Mr Westerway said. He said commercial operators needed to have some flexibility if they were to continue to offer low fares. Seat numbers into Tasmania had jumped from 29,000 a week to 35,000 a week since Jetstar arrived. Mr Hidding, however, was one of several people dissatisfied with the carrier's performance since it began in May.
He said that under Jetstar's "unfriendly scheduling" airline customers could face an eight-hour wait between flights. Tasmanian Chamber of Commerce and Industry chief executive Damon Thomas said: "TCCI is aware of an increasing perception that Tassie is a wonderful place to visit and also do business but that it is increasingly inconvenient and difficult to get to." The cancellations affect 15 flights between July 21 and 31. The complaints follow a meeting convened by the Launceston Chamber of Commerce last week which sought to air complaints about Jetstar services. Gunns Ltd executive chairman John Gay recently said the firm might have to set up an office in Melbourne because of the difficulty of travel to Melbourne.
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What a load of BS!
Capacity is up 30% on the SUMMER schedule! Last winter (and every winter before!) QF/QFLink has cut flights into LST and HBA due loads. Last year MEL-LST went from 5 to 3 daily for a month and a half. That's a dman sight more than 15 flights but never let the facts ruin a good story, hey? No one complained to the media then. Oh... But it wasn't big bad Jetstar!
And as for the HBA flights. As someone who has operated the 2140 departure ex HBA to MEL (one of the ones being cut back)... I have NEVER seen more than 25 pax. Bad schedule? Cr@p... Pax now have a choice of many departures - over and above what they had before. (Although there is a bit of a gap at LST - 6 hours?) So? Businesses can't complain as midday is hardly a peak business time! And leisure pax can grin and bear it if they want $39 airfares to continue!
And that business guy having a whinge about LST timings... There's two departures each during what one would call 'business times'. Yet they don't whinge about DJ only have two flights. Why not complain to DJ?
All these whinging princesses from Tassie are quick to forget it wasn't all that long ago LST was served by 2 x 733s and a Dash (!) and HBA got 146s and maybe a 733 if they were lucky. Oh and I don't remember any one way fares under $200 back then! And returns around $150 were only available after booking 21 days prior and tickets were FAR more restricted than they are now! Reality checks required indeed.
Jetstar... The airline everybody loves to hate.
Get over it!
Capacity is up 30% on the SUMMER schedule! Last winter (and every winter before!) QF/QFLink has cut flights into LST and HBA due loads. Last year MEL-LST went from 5 to 3 daily for a month and a half. That's a dman sight more than 15 flights but never let the facts ruin a good story, hey? No one complained to the media then. Oh... But it wasn't big bad Jetstar!
And as for the HBA flights. As someone who has operated the 2140 departure ex HBA to MEL (one of the ones being cut back)... I have NEVER seen more than 25 pax. Bad schedule? Cr@p... Pax now have a choice of many departures - over and above what they had before. (Although there is a bit of a gap at LST - 6 hours?) So? Businesses can't complain as midday is hardly a peak business time! And leisure pax can grin and bear it if they want $39 airfares to continue!
And that business guy having a whinge about LST timings... There's two departures each during what one would call 'business times'. Yet they don't whinge about DJ only have two flights. Why not complain to DJ?
All these whinging princesses from Tassie are quick to forget it wasn't all that long ago LST was served by 2 x 733s and a Dash (!) and HBA got 146s and maybe a 733 if they were lucky. Oh and I don't remember any one way fares under $200 back then! And returns around $150 were only available after booking 21 days prior and tickets were FAR more restricted than they are now! Reality checks required indeed.
Jetstar... The airline everybody loves to hate.
Get over it!
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Here Here ditzy!
No folks, I dont work for JQ, but what I dont like is people pissing and moaning in the media when they dont know the facts and choose not to face the realities of running a BUSINESS!!! There is no obligation to have services available at a time that will suit every single tom dick and harry... sure at the end of the day it makes more business sense, but if its losing money due to low periods (this time of year is always the same) then why the hell would any airline operate excess flights on that sector?
No folks, I dont work for JQ, but what I dont like is people pissing and moaning in the media when they dont know the facts and choose not to face the realities of running a BUSINESS!!! There is no obligation to have services available at a time that will suit every single tom dick and harry... sure at the end of the day it makes more business sense, but if its losing money due to low periods (this time of year is always the same) then why the hell would any airline operate excess flights on that sector?
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JETSTAR chief executive Alan Joyce will come on a rescue mission to Tasmania next week amid growing controversy about cancellations of the budget airline's service to the state.
In all seriousness, I agree with Ditzy - people are giving Jetstar an unfair go. At a time of year when demand is lowest, capacity has been increased over 30%. June load factors seemed OK, but then a quiet period in July, however they have still grown the market - just not by 30-40% in one month! Summer numbers are almost 50% higher than winter ones, so come summer, the load factor is going to bo over the roof if the current schedule is maintained!
People winge about 15 flights a week being cut from July 21-31, but they forget that effective July 21, Jetstar had planned to increase HBA-MEL flights by 4 per week, thus there are only 11 cancellations.
What are Jetstar to do? They see in advance numbers are down, so they have a $39 sale, which they have extended 2 or 3 times. If the seats didn't fill up, they can cancel some services. When J*/QF have HBA-MEL flights at 15:35,16:30,17:00 and 17:30, then chopping one of these temporarily doesn't put anyone out too much does it? Anyway, they said no more changes expected after July 31, so this shouldn't be an issue by next week!
Does anyone praise J* for their recent schedule change to SYD-HBA? No! Effective 1 Sep, they are going to considerable effort to operate an early morning service instead of their current lunchtime service.
Whilst I am for J* to HBA (as I believe there is a market for really cheap seats here), I think QF/J* have the ratio of flights wrong. I would love to see itemised load factor stats for the 3 airlines on the HBA-MEL route, because I think QF would be very high, then DJ and J* quite low. If QF operated 3 or 4 services a day to MEL, and J* 5 or 6, then better results would be achieved.
Let's hope that in the new schedule period from Nov, that this occurs. I would also like to see J* operate HBA-ADL non-stop, as they promote themselves as a point to point airline, and people won't travel with them if they have to connect in MEL. They might think of something like operating ADL-HBA 3 or 4 days a week, and on the other days do ADL-MCY or something like that? And before people bag me, look through the history about how I winged about a HBA-BNE service before anyone was operating it, and now we have two airlines with daily flights on that route!
