Fuel prices starting to bite LCCs?

[dajop]

A couple of LCC cancellations.

This evening my partners' Jetstar flight SIN-MEL (the infamous JQ8) for mid-late May was cancelled and his booking moved 7 hrs earlier via PER, with a four hour layover in PER.

Then a couple of hours later my Scoot flight SIN-MEL for mid May (four days earlier) was cancelled and my booking moved 9 hours earlier.

At first I thought it was just another typical JQ7/8 issue. But now I am thinking this is the fuel price is really starting to bite and will see more of this - LCCs rationalising their flying.

 

[offshore171]

this is the fuel price is really starting to bite

Feels like we've moved beyond the fuel price issue, and now into the fuel supply/availability problem.

 

[AuSammy]

Feels like we've moved beyond the fuel price issue, and now into the fuel supply/availability problem.

Curious. Based on what info?

 

[Saab34]

Seems like everyone is trimming some May capacity. I see Jetstar has pulled back SIN, SGN, HKT. Scoot has pulled two frequencies per week for May.

Scoot PER-SIN 14 to 12 weekly
Scoot MEL-SIN 10 to 8 weekly
Scoot SYD-SIN 14 to 12 weekly

AirAsia MEL-KUL 7 to 5 weekly
AirAsia SYD-KUL 7 to 5 weekly

Batik is moving its BNE-DPS to 4 weekly for the coming months from mid April, and it’s Melbourne service will move to 4 weekly for the back half of April.

Indonesia AirAsia moving its new Melbourne flight to 4 weekly for May.

Cebu moving Melbourne to 4 weekly and Sydney to 5

Virgin has trimmed NAN also it seems a mix of 3/4 weekly.

No doubt many other trims out there.

 

[AuSammy]

Seems like everyone is trimming some May capacity. I see Jetstar has pulled back SIN, SGN, HKT. Scoot has pulled two frequencies per week for May.

Scoot PER-SIN 14 to 12 weekly
Scoot MEL-SIN 10 to 8 weekly
Scoot SYD-SIN 14 to 12 weekly

AirAsia MEL-KUL 7 to 5 weekly
AirAsia SYD-KUL 7 to 5 weekly

Batik is moving its BNE-DPS to 4 weekly for the coming months from mid April, and it’s Melbourne service will move to 4 weekly for the back half of April.

Indonesia AirAsia moving its new Melbourne flight to 4 weekly for May.

Cebu moving Melbourne to 4 weekly and Sydney to 5

Virgin has trimmed NAN also it seems a mix of 3/4 weekly.

Would be interesting to know if it is a reaction to projected costs of aviation fuel, reduced forward bookings due to economic uncertainty because of the war, or already planned seasonal or competitive changes

 

[Harrison_133]

Virgin has trimmed NAN also it seems a mix of 3/4 weekly.

That's a normal trim for VA to NAN during that period. The frequencies they currently have on sale for May 2026 are exactly the same as what they've offered for the past 2 years.