JETSTAR airport in Sydney area??

I am sure that the new Qantas based low cost Carrier JETSTAR will use Avalon
airport in the Melbourne area (instead of the usual Tullamarine) -- and I
"heard" that maybe they were going to use Richmond in the Sydney area rather
than Mascot.

Anybody know for sure??

Thanks

Barry

"Barry Ward" wrote in message
...
I am sure that the new Qantas based low cost Carrier JETSTAR will use
Avalon
airport in the Melbourne area (instead of the usual Tullamarine) -- and I
"heard" that maybe they were going to use Richmond in the Sydney area
rather
than Mascot.

Anybody know for sure??

Thanks

Barry

Why not just look up their website and get up to date
www.jetstar.com.au

Avalon airport is used only for flights to/from Sydney and Brisbane.
What you heard about Richmond is well past use by date, although Jetstar
wanted to use that airport they weren't allowed to, so they use Sydney
Airport.

Regards

David Bennetts

Apart from Vigrin, isn't there a single airline in Australia not owned by or
closely affiliated with Qantas? It seems that the Australian aviation
market is is deep need of competition.


"Barry Ward" wrote in message
...
I am sure that the new Qantas based low cost Carrier JETSTAR will use
Avalon
airport in the Melbourne area (instead of the usual Tullamarine) -- and I
"heard" that maybe they were going to use Richmond in the Sydney area
rather
than Mascot.

Anybody know for sure??

Thanks

Barry

Australia has two domestic full-route airlines servicing a population of 19m
people.

I don't know of any countries in the world with smaller population that
support more than 2 domestic carriers. Its actually a pretty competitive
market for its size.

(Having said that, Sydney-Melbourne is the second heaviest airline route in
the world after SF - LA, and having a choice of only two carriers on that
route is bizarre. London-Paris has smaller volume but 11 carriers!).




"Magnus S" wrote in message
...
Apart from Vigrin, isn't there a single airline in Australia not owned by
or
closely affiliated with Qantas? It seems that the Australian aviation
market is is deep need of competition.


"Barry Ward" wrote in message
...
I am sure that the new Qantas based low cost Carrier JETSTAR will use
Avalon
airport in the Melbourne area (instead of the usual Tullamarine) -- and
I
"heard" that maybe they were going to use Richmond in the Sydney area
rather
than Mascot.

Anybody know for sure??

Thanks

Barry

On Wed, 26 May 2004 14:37:27 +0200, "Magnus S"
wrote:

Apart from Vigrin, isn't there a single airline in Australia not owned by or
closely affiliated with Qantas? It seems that the Australian aviation
market is is deep need of competition.


More carriers will not bring the price down, as we saw when Compass
Mark I and Mark II arrived. There is only so many people who will
travel in a day, and these needs are being met, and on routes with
high traffic there is very competitive fares.

Now for the more remote services, I don't think we will ever see
competitive fares there, just not enough pax to justify it.

Tom

Official comment from Jetstar

On 1 June our new operations at Avalon Airport commence flying, servicing
Sydney (3 times daily) and Brisbane (double daily). Jetstar will be the only
Australian commercial airline to operate flights out of a second capital
city airport.

Robin


"Barry Ward" wrote in message
...
I am sure that the new Qantas based low cost Carrier JETSTAR will use
Avalon
airport in the Melbourne area (instead of the usual Tullamarine) -- and I
"heard" that maybe they were going to use Richmond in the Sydney area
rather
than Mascot.

Anybody know for sure??

Thanks

Barry

"Robin Nash" wrote in message
...
Official comment from Jetstar

On 1 June our new operations at Avalon Airport commence flying, servicing
Sydney (3 times daily) and Brisbane (double daily). Jetstar will be the
only
Australian commercial airline to operate flights out of a second capital
city airport.

heh. It's debatable whether you could call Avalon a Melbourne airport, since
it's closer to Geelong than Melbourne.


Daniel

"Daniel Bowen" wrote in
:

"Robin Nash" wrote in message
...
Official comment from Jetstar

On 1 June our new operations at Avalon Airport commence flying,
servicing Sydney (3 times daily) and Brisbane (double daily). Jetstar
will be the
only
Australian commercial airline to operate flights out of a second
capital city airport.

heh. It's debatable whether you could call Avalon a Melbourne airport,
since it's closer to Geelong than Melbourne.


Easy:

"Avalon, you're a Melbourne airport."

There. Done it. Can I have a job as a transport/land use planner now?

Les

In article ,
"Barry Ward" wrote:

I am sure that the new Qantas based low cost Carrier JETSTAR will use Avalon
airport in the Melbourne area (instead of the usual Tullamarine)

maybe you should have listened to the media, or visited their site. yes,
the sydney and brisbane routes use avalon, but the other 7 destinations
fly via Tulla.

and I "heard" that maybe they were going to use Richmond in the
Sydney area rather than Mascot.

They're already flying; it's hardly a secret.

http://www.jetstar.com/routeMap/
http://www.jetstar.com/flyingWithUs/airport/

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On Wed, 26 May 2004 14:37:27 +0200, "Magnus S"
wrote:

Apart from Vigrin, isn't there a single airline in Australia not owned by or
closely affiliated with Qantas?

Yes, SkyWest, Regional Express, Aeropelican, Air North, to name just a
few.

Dave

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