Prahok @ February 17, 2009 # No Comment Yet
NZPA reports that Jetstar has officially announced its assault on the domestic New Zealand air travel market with flights between Auckland, Christchurch, Wellington and Queenstown.
The Qantas subsidiary will start with two A320 aircraft from June 10 operating four city pair markets, before introducing a third A320 from June 24, subject to regulatory approval. The airline [...]
Prahok @ February 12, 2009 # No Comment Yet
The Associated Press reports that Asia’s budget airlines should benefit from bargain hunting travelers amid a global economic slowdown, as long as government barriers don’t stifle expansion of this still young business, industry experts said. Low-cost carriers are poised to take advantage of falling fuel costs and increased demand for cheap fares as full-service airlines [...]
Prahok @ February 12, 2009 # No Comment Yet
The Australian reports that JetStar has scrapped fuel surcharges on its international routes, saving passengers up to A$68 each way. The airline announced it would remove the levy from its trans-Tasman flights as well as its short-haul and long-haul international services. Jetstar has already removed fuel surcharges on its domestic flights.
Prahok @ October 13, 2008 # No Comment Yet
The New Zealand Herald announced that Australian airline Jetstar will launch its transtasman services from Auckland with an $89 fare sale from midday today. The carrier this morning confirmed plans to expand its New Zealand operations and has put up hundreds of seats to Sydney and the Gold Coast at $89 for just 89 minutes. [...]
Prahok @ January 8, 2008 # One Comment
AFP reports that Jetstar Asia and Tiger Airways will start operating flights between Singapore and Kuala Lumpur from 1 February. And the price war has begun to promote this new route. To kick off the new flights to KL, both Jetstar and Tiger have come up with various promotions. Tiger is giving away 15,000 seats [...]
Prahok @ December 12, 2007 # No Comment Yet
Jetstar has just announced their Xmas “specials”, including:
Phuket from $15
Bangkok from $25
Phnom Penh from $39
Siem Reap from $39
Ho Chi Minh City from $45
Jakarta from $48
Surabaya from $48
Macau from $48
Manila from $75
Denpasar from $88
Hong Kong from $109
Taipei from $109
Rangoon from $109
To take advantage of these deals, you need to book by 16 December and travel between [...]
Prahok @ December 5, 2007 # No Comment Yet
The ABC reports that Jetstar is set to use Darwin as its hub for flights between SE Asia and SE Australia. The airline says it will offer more daytime flights out of Darwin next year if it can get the infrastructure at Darwin Airport improved. Jetstar’s CEO, Alan Joyce, is meeting with the Territory Government [...]
Prahok @ November 26, 2007 # No Comment Yet
The Herald Sun reports that Jetstar will step up the battle for market share against Tiger Airways by flooding its chief and high yield Gold Coast market with extra seats. Jetstar intends to introduce new and bigger A321 to the route to augment existing services by its present A320 aircraft. The planes are set to [...]
Prahok @ November 23, 2007 # No Comment Yet
Bernama reports that Jetstar is offering a special promotional one-way fare for its Kuala Lumpur-Sydney flight at RM288 (excluding surcharges, fees and taxes of RM420.50 — for a total of around RM700 — not too shabby! The promotional fare runs till December 3, unless seats are sold out earlier, for travel between May 1 and [...]
Prahok @ November 23, 2007 # No Comment Yet
The Australian reports that a year after beginning its long-haul international operations, these now account for over 5% of international travel to and from Australia. A primary reason for Jetstar’s international launch was to stop the slide in the Qantas Group’s share of the international market into and out of Australia. It appears to have [...]