New PER-DRW and MEL-DRW flights announced

[StevePER]

Introductory specials MEL-DRW $99, PER-DRW $149 for travel between April 28 and June 14. I don't like their pricing much considering PER-DRW is a shorter flight!

 

[crazydave98]

Introductory specials MEL-DRW $99, PER-DRW $149 for travel between April 28 and June 14. I don't like their pricing much considering PER-DRW is a shorter flight!

What makes it possible to have a lower fare on MEL-DRW is that we will have a belly full of Toll freight at good yields. Tiger pulled off MEL-DRW claiming that the costs of DRW airport were too high - the truth is that Tiger's revenues were too low! I think Tiger have made a big mistake going into Adelaide with two aircraft as South Australia is the state with all the worst economic indicators at present - particularly unemployment.
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CrazyDave98

 

[oz_mark]

INteresting. I have had a view or a while that we passengers often underestimate the effect that freight has on the economics of some routes.

 

[serfty]

INteresting. I have had a view or a while that we passengers often underestimate the effect that freight has on the economics of some routes.

Not Me! (Airfreight systems are a major source of how I make my living ...)

As an anecdotal point of interest, I was delayed out of LAX on Monday night as the 388 was at MTOW. When another few tonnes of fuel were deemed necessary due to weather in SE Oz, an equivalent tonnage of freight had to be removed to offset the additional weight of fuel. This process delayed the flight by 30 minutes.

 

[Bundy Bear]

INteresting. I have had a view or a while that we passengers often underestimate the effect that freight has on the economics of some routes.

Not me either, the amount of money our company spends on air freight is about 10 times what we spend on passenger tickets.

 

[crazydave98]

As a rule of thumb, for legacy long haul operators, the amount of freight revenue is roughly equal to the total profit margin. That is, without freight they would only breakeven which of course is not sustainable long term. This doesn't necessarily apply to very high density long haul such as AirAsiaX and don't expect it will for JQI either.
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CrazyDave98

 

[NM]

As a rule of thumb, for legacy long haul operators, the amount of freight revenue is roughly equal to the total profit margin. That is, without freight they would only breakeven which of course is not sustainable long term. This doesn't necessarily apply to very high density long haul such as AirAsiaX and don't expect it will for JQI either.
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CrazyDave98

Hence the popularity of the Boeing 747B Combi configurations in the past. but as you suggest, some of the very long range services don't leave much room for freight when you need ever spare kg of uplift capacity for fuel.