Jetstar to replace Qantas Broome- Melbourne?

[BME_FLYER]

Apparently Jetstar are looking to replace Qantas on Broome -Melbourne and Broome Sydney in coming months. Broome airport thou is the sticking point with high landing fees! Jetstar are apparently not happy with this.

The leisure market is driving this.

a good local source has also indicated that the long awaited BME-SIN route will follow on using A320's SIN-BME-MEL/SYD. Similiar to the Darwin scenario.

any thoughts??

 

[gilby08]

Sounds logical for JQ to do that route... But wasn't too sure Broome was a intl airport?

 

[mannej]

Sounds logical for JQ to do that route... But wasn't too sure Broome was a intl airport?

broome airport - Google Search

They seem to think they are!

 

[ozbeachbabe]

Time to talk to the aircraft refueller in BME!

 

[v8Statesman]

broome airport - Google Search

They seem to think they are!

Looking at next weeks flights. http://www.broomeair.com.au/documents/nextweeksschedule.pdf

I don't see a single international arrival or departure!

 

[Dave Noble]

Looking at next weeks flights. http://www.broomeair.com.au/documents/nextweeksschedule.pdf

I don't see a single international arrival or departure!

There doesn't need to be any scheduled international flights for the airport to be able to handle international flights

 

[serfty]

When I stayed there some years ago I asked about this "international" bit and was told there are irregular tour charter flights coming in directly from SE Asia.

One guy I know talks about a jetload of Germans arriving in the late 90's and staying for a week.

 

[v8Statesman]

One guy I know talks about a jetload of Germans arriving in the late 90's and staying for a week.

Well if that is still the topic of conversation, it must happen all the time!

 

[dajop]

There doesn't need to be any scheduled international flights for the airport to be able to handle international flights

AN used to fly services between BME & DPS a 2:10 flight. According to the timetable covering March-August 2000, this was on Wednesdays, AN879 BME-DPS 0940/1150 return flight AN878 DPS-BME 1310/1520.

Also appears in AN's final timetable.

For me I would welcome BME flights, would very tempted to pop down there for the weekend from SIN.

 

[markis10]

ICAO has three designations for international airports, major, restricted use or alternate only for RPT flights, in Australia you can find the list here:

Designated International Airports in Australia

Given OOL and BME fall into the same category I see no reason why BME could not turn into a JQ hub, not sure it makes commercial sense though. Cable beach is hardly low cost for the JQ market.

 

[Worldtraveller8888]

There doesn't need to be any scheduled international flights for the airport to be able to handle international flights .

I think Hobart is the same as BME. Only the occasional international flight, but it is still classified as an international port.

WT

 

[markis10]

There doesn't need to be any scheduled international flights for the airport to be able to handle international flights.

I think Hobart is the same as BME. Only the occasional international flight, but it is still classified as an international port.

WT

The classification of an airport to international has nothing to do with the use of it as an international destination by charter flights on an occasional basis and everything to do with its equipment and capabilities in terms of air traffic control classification, RFF (rescue fire fighting) equipment & customs/immigration capabilities.


ROK would be probably the busiest non major international airport which does not have a colocated military base, which may come as a surprise to many, with QF/SQ/EK 747's & 777's having flown in on a regular basis as well as visits by AN124 and C5 aircraft supporting industry and military needs in addition to tourist charters.

 

[stuartfaz]

This is interesting, as I've heard that AVV-BME was one of the routes TT was considering when they open that base (along with re-opening NTL).

Always good to see competition come from nowhere.

 

[JohnK]

Very sad news indeed. Just because BME is considered a leisure destination does not mean QF should shove JQ down everyone's throat.

Give someone enough rope and....

 

[dajop]

Very sad news indeed. Just because BME is considered a leisure destination does not mean QF should shove JQ down everyone's throat.

It depends if they still maintain QF services ex-PER, that should still be OK for those still wanting to travel on QF.

IMHO, it may be a positive for leisure travellers and make BME more attractive, it has been a very expensive destination on QF for a long time. Routinely the cheapest red e-deals to BME have been around $760 return - for being cramped into a 738. We all know that fares to Asia for around this amount (or less) make those SE Asian holiday destinations much more attractive. (and note the flight length MEL-BME is only half hour longer then MEL-PER, but big discrepancy in fare)

 

[Harry G]

with Tiger announcing new base at Avalon, their website is seeking customer feedback about "where do you want to fly to"??
their map shows Broome so one would take a guess that Tiger may be consdiering flying to Broome so if that happens IT IS A GIMME that JQ will fly to Broome and if it is a Qantas port anyway, makes it that much easier with logistics and the new planes JQ has arriving particularly the bigger capacity A321

 

[NM]

I see this anything more than the logical reaction to the demands of passengers. If people want to pay rock bottom fares and there is little demand from people willing to purchase higher yield fairs, then Qantas and JetStar are doing the only logical thing if they believe they are about to have Tiger as a competitor on the route.

I don't "blame" Qantas. I blame passengers for demanding lower and lower fares. If we keep demanding low fares, then expect to travel on LCC. If we are willing to pay higher fares then we can expect full-service operations. Some routes have enough of both types of fare-paying passengers, while some routes have a bias towards one end of the market, and I expect this is one (or two) of those routes.

 

[Harry G]

I see this anything more than the logical reaction to the demands of passengers. If people want to pay rock bottom fares and there is little demand from people willing to purchase higher yield fairs, then Qantas and JetStar are doing the only logical thing if they believe they are about to have Tiger as a competitor on the route.

I don't "blame" Qantas. I blame passengers for demanding lower and lower fares. If we keep demanding low fares, then expect to travel on LCC. If we are willing to pay higher fares then we can expect full-service operations. Some routes have enough of both types of fare-paying passengers, while some routes have a bias towards one end of the market, and I expect this is one (or two) of those routes.

well put NM but part problem also is that many get confused between JQ and TT......
and to be fair to JQ, they are a low fare airline as their slogan says not like TT who are a true budget carrier and this is the problem......QF WILL push ALL its routes that do not produce a good dollar or are at least their "tourist" routes to JQ so we as the public had better get used to it.......QF has a war about to erupt with DJ for the business/government traveller so it has to up the anty with service etc which it has lacked considerably of recent so better to have JQ war with TT
JQ will improve their service and with the new planes arriving, they will try and drown TT with service/new routes and capacity especially as I said earlier, utilising ports where QF has logistics etc.........
it has started as JQ all weekend was pushing SYD from AVV with the impending arrival of TT.....
the "tourist pax" wants better fares and routes and QF/JQ will try and snare a greater share as they have lost custom to DJ and to a much much lesser extent TT

 

[Blackadder]

Yes Pax are after "low fares", aren't we all??
But low fares doesn't automatically justify a LCC viability.
Most pax would want value for money IMHO, rather than just the cheapest available and limited service.

 

[notzac]

Most pax would want value for money IMHO, rather than just the cheapest available and limited service.

Most people would say that, but sadly it simply isn't true. Look what's happened in the US -- the vast vast majority of pax simply look for the cheapest sticker price, irrespective of what's included. Australia has different market conditions, but the pax are much the same - most people simply hunt down the cheapest fare on the day they want to fly.