Jetstar to boost international flying with new Brisbane Airport partnership

[clifford]

Chances may be related?

Jetstar 2Q25 Australia – Tokyo Service Changes — AeroRoutes

Published at 1000GMT 25DEC24 Jetstar Airways in the second quarter of 2025 is adjusting service between Australia and Tokyo, which sees routine seasonal reductions. Planned changes include the following. Brisbane – Tokyo Narita 14MAY25 – 18JUN25 Reduce from 7 to 6 weekly (Day x3) JQ

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Who on earth flys CNS-TYO anyway? VA didn't know either.

 

[aikman]

Who on earth flys CNS-TYO anyway? VA didn't know either.

I flew both CNS-NRT and CNS-KIX in the past year. I was surprised to find around half the passengers were Japanese. I guess Cairns still attracts foreign tourists.

 

[HS-TQE]

Who on earth flys CNS-TYO anyway? VA didn't know either.

Heavy inbound market which is largely dominated/tied up by JQ.

VA in partnership with NH and the Queensland Government (throgh the AAIF subsidy program) have attempted to operate a competing service through using their HND slot but wasn't able to make it into a workable service without the taxpayer subsidy, thus VA finishing up the HND service once the Queensland taxpayer funding finishes up.

 

[Saab34]

Largely low cost younger Japanese travelers. I’ve done the route once, and a large chunk seemed to be Japanese in the 20s.

I’d say this route would be destined for a A321XLR at some point.

 

[Himeno]

Who on earth flys CNS-TYO anyway? VA didn't know either.

JAL used to fly NRT-CNS in the 90s.

 

[HS-TQE]

QF mainline also flew CNS-NRT in the 90s before it was briefly taken over by AO's all-Y 763s (as well as AO operating CNS-KIX). The AO services was subsequently taken over by the JQ A330s.

AO services were subsequently ended in favour of JQ with AO crews operating for QF mainline (as a separate 763 crew staff business) briefly before they eventually folded AO back into QF mainline.

 

[RB001]

JAL used to fly NRT-CNS in the 90s.

Indeed, for a time, JL ran leased 747s with dual JL/QF branding. JL 497 was once NRT-CNS-BNE-SYD