Jetstar A320 base in Perth
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Jetstar A320 base in Perth
I've heard that Perth based Network Aviation will receive up to 12 A320s from the Jetstar fleet, to replace ageing F100s. Apart from that, does anybody know how many Jetstar A320 aircraft/pilots are based in Perth now, and what the forecast for the next 5 years looks like?
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I've heard that Perth based Network Aviation will receive up to 12 A320s from the Jetstar fleet, to replace ageing F100s. Apart from that, does anybody know how many Jetstar A320 aircraft/pilots are based in Perth now, and what the forecast for the next 5 years looks like?
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Effectively 2 airframes based there with around 10 captains and 10 F/Os.
They do bali 3 times a day, one of which continues on to Singapore. The Jetstar brand does well on leisure markets so I doubt they will close the base, especially given that they have allocated new command and F/O positions recently.
Would be be more likely that Network will start doing transcontinental flying in place of qantas 737s.
They do bali 3 times a day, one of which continues on to Singapore. The Jetstar brand does well on leisure markets so I doubt they will close the base, especially given that they have allocated new command and F/O positions recently.
Would be be more likely that Network will start doing transcontinental flying in place of qantas 737s.
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More 320’s may go to Network.
More Network bases are possible I guess.
Network (add any other subsidiary) taking over Mainline domestic is a strategy a well resourced mgmt would have implemented long ago...if it was that simple.
Im not going to rant again why such statements are nothing short of uninformed scaremongering.
Back to the topic, QF just gave an investor briefing. Nothing from that briefing is contradictory with what is suggested by the thread author. If the 320s can do the job better than F100 then why not do it when replacement JQ320s arrive.
More Network bases are possible I guess.
Network (add any other subsidiary) taking over Mainline domestic is a strategy a well resourced mgmt would have implemented long ago...if it was that simple.
Im not going to rant again why such statements are nothing short of uninformed scaremongering.
Back to the topic, QF just gave an investor briefing. Nothing from that briefing is contradictory with what is suggested by the thread author. If the 320s can do the job better than F100 then why not do it when replacement JQ320s arrive.
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I’ve heard it been called scaremongering before. However QF 737s used be a regular on the PER - BME route and now they’re a rarity. Replaced by nice cheap crew flying A320s. What’s stopping QF from flying PER - BNE red eyes with A320s.... then BNE - SYD and then the virus could just continue...
The moment someone gets too expensive they’ll look for something cheaper to replace it. Ask the ex-DRW based 717 crews...
The moment someone gets too expensive they’ll look for something cheaper to replace it. Ask the ex-DRW based 717 crews...
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The Darwin 717 crews were only ever there while there was good will in the contract. IE it can be taken away whenever the commercial reasons are valid.
Mainline on the other hand IS Qantas.
Mainline on the other hand IS Qantas.
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I've heard that Perth based Network Aviation will receive up to 12 A320s from the Jetstar fleet, to replace ageing F100s. Apart from that, does anybody know how many Jetstar A320 aircraft/pilots are based in Perth now, and what the forecast for the next 5 years looks like?
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The Jetstar brand does well on leisure markets so I doubt they will close the base,
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Oh here we go again, more “Network is going to take over the world” fearmongering.
We’ve heard these rumours for years now.
They have no basis in reality.
That’s the one rumour that sort of makes sense. 12 320’s would be a similar seat count to 17 F100’s, it would also resolve NA crewing issues. There won’t be much further expansion of NA to cannibalise mainline or JQ beyond that.
Nonsense. They could’ve done it years ago with Eastern, Sunstate or National Jet. They didn’t.
Not with the aircraft they have now. Anyone with knowledge of the situation would know this.
Those 737’s are now doing the BNE, SYD and MEL that used to be done by 330s.
The ex DRW 717 crews were replaced (initially) by mainline 737s actually. Who weren’t cheaper.
I think a lot of the fearmongerers need to read up on a little thing called “transmission of business laws” and “pilot supply and demand”.
In reality there’s nothing stopping Network operating A350/B777Xs, might as well start that rumour as well. Or maybe Sunstate, EFA, or JQ Pacific. Or perhaps Aeropelican, they have an RPT licence don’t they....
We’ve heard these rumours for years now.
They have no basis in reality.
That’s the one rumour that sort of makes sense. 12 320’s would be a similar seat count to 17 F100’s, it would also resolve NA crewing issues. There won’t be much further expansion of NA to cannibalise mainline or JQ beyond that.
Nonsense. They could’ve done it years ago with Eastern, Sunstate or National Jet. They didn’t.
Not with the aircraft they have now. Anyone with knowledge of the situation would know this.
Those 737’s are now doing the BNE, SYD and MEL that used to be done by 330s.
The ex DRW 717 crews were replaced (initially) by mainline 737s actually. Who weren’t cheaper.
I think a lot of the fearmongerers need to read up on a little thing called “transmission of business laws” and “pilot supply and demand”.
In reality there’s nothing stopping Network operating A350/B777Xs, might as well start that rumour as well. Or maybe Sunstate, EFA, or JQ Pacific. Or perhaps Aeropelican, they have an RPT licence don’t they....
also the busses are growth not replacement. No plan to retire the Fokker as they make them too much money. In regards to the fact that qf could have done it years ago? So you’re saying that because something could have happened before it means it is to never happen in the future?
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You've gotta love these guys who come on pprune and spout off this rubbish as though this is something new. I'm tellin ya fellas, we've heard it all before, and we're still here.
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They never needed to do it before, but now that the 737s will need replacing in the not so distant future, what do you folks suppose will replace them? You have to look at current orders and what's available to replace 737s for the QF group. It sure as heck isn't going to be the NMA and/or A220. A320s are the future for domestic mainline, and them going to NA is just the beginning. As I said before, I sure hope that's not the case (for your sakes), but if I had to bet my mortgage on what I envision the future at QF is going, that would be my bet.
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They never needed to do it before, but now that the 737s will need replacing in the not so distant future, what do you folks suppose will replace them? You have to look at current orders and what's available to replace 737s for the QF group. It sure as heck isn't going to be the NMA and/or A220. A320s are the future for domestic mainline, and them going to NA is just the beginning. As I said before, I sure hope that's not the case (for your sakes), but if I had to bet my mortgage on what I envision the future at QF is going, that would be my bet.
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Predictions like that from f1yhigh have been around since Qantas first bought Impulse back in 2001. Those that make the predictions obviously don’t understand how the SHEA works and when it applies. Network may certainly expand in the number of A320s it operates but there is a certain number that it can’t exceed without Qantas breaching the SHEA. If you don’t know the number then you shouldn’t be commentating.
Maybe those clauses need to be removed from the EA’s so Qantas can go about its business freely
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Skywest had been using 1 or 2 A320s to supplement the F100s, but indeed unfortunately the little Fokkers are reaching EndOfLife. Maintenance of the RollsRoyce engines was always quite expensive, more and more electronics parts are hard to find now, having to cannibalise. 80s electronics is *ancient*.
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The clause prevents Qantas expanding a subsidiary and completely replacing mainline at cheaper costs.
Is there a clause in the JQ EA that prevents Qantas from going about it’s business freely and increasing Network’s fleet of A320s and thus take over JQ flying? Suspect there isn’t. Perhaps JQ pilots have more to worry about with Network A320s than mainline.
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The clause prevents Qantas expanding a subsidiary and completely replacing mainline at cheaper costs.
Is there a clause in the JQ EA that prevents Qantas from going about it’s business freely and increasing Network’s fleet of A320s and thus take over JQ flying? Suspect there isn’t. Perhaps JQ pilots have more to worry about with Network A320s than mainline.
