Jetstar Hong Kong- A Stronger Qantas?

[yohy?!]

Can't really see MU ceding routes to Jetstar in the same way that Qantas handed routes to Jetstar here.

Think it's more likely they will use JQ to start a fare war on the existing routes to reduce profitability across the other carriers, not cede them

 

[moa999]

MU not ceding many routes, key bases being PVG / SHA - this gives them a HKG base.

If CX had been the partner, different story.

I also see this new venture flying South as much as it does North.

 

[Twirly]

I trust Qantas have done their research. The last time I flew with China Eastern, about 18 months back, the seat was so hard I decided to have a look inside the cushion. Instead of foam I found several copies of a Chinese newspaper! When I checked out the rest of the row, all the same!

Good luck QF!

 

[eastwest101]

I saw this on airliners.net forum and thought it too funny not to post here (with credit to original poster for imagination)

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The QF plan for Asia is falling into place, piece by piece.
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Yes, it certainly is.

My daughter was hoping to go out with the handsome, classy, well-educated Singaporean boy from a good family, whose dad drove a Rolls Royce. Unfortunately that boy's family made her date a Virgin instead, and so my daughter set her sights lower.

Then she found a Malaysian boy who was well-dressed, and whose family seemed well off (dad drives a VW) until it emerged that all the goods had been bought on credit and they were actually bankrupt. And still the young Malaysian man didn't want to be seen dead with my daughter.

Now she's decided to go out with the boy from the People's Republic of China. His parents are in the Communist Party, and have a reputation for making up the rules as they go along and for being utterly ruthless. I'm not sure who's using who, and where this is going to end. It's a bit like when she dated the Vietnamese boy whose parents were also in the Communist Party. That relationship finished with my daughter in jail, which might be why she's viewed as damaged goods in the neighbourhood.

Yes, I'm starting to understand Qantas' plan for Asia. Rank promiscuity, and the hope that one day a prince will fall in love with the special trick. Like Wallis Simpson and the Singapore Kiss.