JETGO Cancel Sydney - Roma - Sydney
It didn't help that QF dumped extra capacity into Gladstone. Now that Jetgo have gone I would bet that the extra capacity goes as well.
It's called business. The airline industry is not a free pass to new entrants...
When you play in the big kids playground things can get rough...interesting to see how TW goes as it could not support B1900/Metro numbers. People will not just start flying because it's a jet! It has to do with needs and $$$ these days..
QF Never 'dumped' any capacity into GLT when Jetgo started. They canned the 8 SYD-GLT flights a week and added a few BNE-GLT flights (most were previous flights reinstated.)
The overall market in/out of GLT has been slowly weakening for some time (As has just about every other FIFO port in QLD)
Most FIFO types are very attached to their Status/FF points and lounges and want the convenience of being able to travel GLT-BNE-??? at several times during the day, not just once in the AM/PM.
Good on them for having a go but like has been said, they came into the market at the weakest time of the year. If they had the cash to run another 6-12 months, they may have been able to make a go of it.
So what have they got starting from Feb 9 if they are going to redeploy the aircraft?
The overall market in/out of GLT has been slowly weakening for some time (As has just about every other FIFO port in QLD)
Most FIFO types are very attached to their Status/FF points and lounges and want the convenience of being able to travel GLT-BNE-??? at several times during the day, not just once in the AM/PM.
Good on them for having a go but like has been said, they came into the market at the weakest time of the year. If they had the cash to run another 6-12 months, they may have been able to make a go of it.
So what have they got starting from Feb 9 if they are going to redeploy the aircraft?
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Not the wrong time of the yr, wrong time in the mining cycle to expect FIFO to support an RPT operation. When the construction is finished worker numbers in GLT (LNG) will go from something like 9000 down to less than 1000 for production.
LNG prices are headed in the same direction as IO.
onehitwonder: Yeah, for the same result as GLT?
Not the wrong time of the yr, wrong time in the mining cycle to expect FIFO to support an RPT operation. When the construction is finished worker numbers in GLT (LNG) will go from something like 9000 down to less than 1000 for production.
LNG prices are headed in the same direction as IO.
onehitwonder: Yeah, for the same result as GLT?
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I can't believe that they wouldn't have checked and had a firm position on a/ terminal space at Tulla and b/ security issues at EN. Any professional mob would do this before announcing routes..
Actually you need to get the facts straight, they did and in the space of 6 weeks what was indicated by various airports has been found not factual by the operator..... (not that this ever happens 
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On Sept 1 OTS changed the rules for the lodgement of any amendments to TSP's under S23 & S24 of the Act. This was unannounced, OTS did not even inform company SCO's that legislative changes had been made.
Reality is very different to that 10 years ago after the security changes we had to have
when budgets were massive. OTS never expected the amount of changes operators would be making. Hence the changes to the way things are done now.
Its not the operator that has the problem its the airport. MEB have all good intentions and Jetgo is not the only established operator that has been looking at going there. The airport have agreement with all the players, operator, ground handler, security provider and even the OTS reps. However the bureaucracy at HQ has turned about in their typical govt fashion and said our charter says we are required to respond in XX days and that is when you can expect approval.
So before the I told you so's all get foamed up because their particular football team gets flogged this weekend..... get the facts straight.
The other regional operators have had 15 years to move into this market space and open new routes.....and they haven't.
So why sling shade on an operator who is actually doing something good for the regions at a reasonable price? and its "surprise surprise" a federal government department dragging its heals.
) On Sept 1 OTS changed the rules for the lodgement of any amendments to TSP's under S23 & S24 of the Act. This was unannounced, OTS did not even inform company SCO's that legislative changes had been made.
Reality is very different to that 10 years ago after the security changes we had to have
when budgets were massive. OTS never expected the amount of changes operators would be making. Hence the changes to the way things are done now.Its not the operator that has the problem its the airport. MEB have all good intentions and Jetgo is not the only established operator that has been looking at going there. The airport have agreement with all the players, operator, ground handler, security provider and even the OTS reps. However the bureaucracy at HQ has turned about in their typical govt fashion and said our charter says we are required to respond in XX days and that is when you can expect approval.
So before the I told you so's all get foamed up because their particular football team gets flogged this weekend..... get the facts straight.
The other regional operators have had 15 years to move into this market space and open new routes.....and they haven't.
So why sling shade on an operator who is actually doing something good for the regions at a reasonable price? and its "surprise surprise" a federal government department dragging its heals.
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Well it seems 2 regions have been let down wouldn't you think? 
"So why sling shade on an operator who is actually doing something good for the regions at a reasonable price?"
"So why sling shade on an operator who is actually doing something good for the regions at a reasonable price?"
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However the bureaucracy at HQ has turned about in their typical govt fashion and said our charter says we are required to respond in XX days and that is when you can expect approval.
How many days are 'xx days' and what what was it prior to 1 Sept and the govt turn about?
How many days are 'xx days' and what what was it prior to 1 Sept and the govt turn about?
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