Jetstar 787's coming back?

Appears after a couple of weeks of sitting idle VH-VKI did one MEL-OOL return leg yesterday and VH-VKL has come into service - which it wasn't in the first couple of days of June - and did 1 return MEL-OOL leg today but not two as originally scheduled.

MEL-CNS was set to start on June 25 (this Friday) before the Melbourne outbreak so it will be interesting to see if it remains - although its a good sign that VH-VKJ which was in the boneyard in Alice Springs positioned to Melbourne as JQ7988 earlier today.

The 787s were due to operate out of Sydney (to CNS and OOL) from July 1 but the outbreak in Sydney likely will delay this.
 
When I flew out of Brisbane yesterday there were two Jetstar Japan A320's sitting outside the Qantas hangar. Aside from the rego there probably isn't much to change so I guess they'll be in operation soon.
They are about to undergo engineering and other. At this stage entering service last week Sep and early October for the other. Bit of a wait yet.
 
They are about to undergo engineering and other. At this stage entering service last week Sep and early October for the other. Bit of a wait yet.
I wonder if there will be any identifying features that giveaway those two aircraft.

Unlike the Jetstar Asia fleet, the Jetstar Japan fleet has exit signs, instruction stickers (eg "Lifevest under-seat") written bilingually in both English and Japanese. I guess during this time those will change?
 
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Unlike the Jetstar Asia fleet, the Jetstar Japan fleet has exit signs, instruction stickers (eg "Lifevest under-seat") written bilingually in both English and Japanese. I guess during this time those will change?
JQ should consider decking them out in a special Olympics theme, similar to the Hello Kitty aircrafts...
 
I wonder if there will be any identifying features that giveaway those two aircraft.

Unlike the Jetstar Asia fleet, the Jetstar Japan fleet has exit signs, instruction stickers (eg "Lifevest under-seat") written bilingually in both English and Japanese. I guess during this time those will change?
Do they need to change them? I’d have thought they’d be left until worn out? So they may eventually change over time, but those stickers seem to last an awfully long time in terms of “natural” wear and tear……
 
As for Jetstar's 787's coming back, they're now being taken away (due Covid).

I received an email from JQ advising that my CNS-SYD 787 flight had been cancelled, and I'd been transferred to a 320 leaving 5+ hours earlier.

Needless to say I cancelled for a voucher.
 
As for Jetstar's 787's coming back, they're now being taken away (due Covid).

I received an email from JQ advising that my CNS-SYD 787 flight had been cancelled, and I'd been transferred to a 320 leaving 5+ hours earlier.

Needless to say I cancelled for a voucher.
Just so you know, if the change is +/- 3 hours, you're entitled to a full refund.
 
JQ resumed HKT today but flight departed almost 5 hours behind schedule:
https://newsroom.jetstar.com/thailand-holidays-are-with-jetstar-flights-to-coughet-taking-off-today/
 
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JQ resumed HKT today but flight departed almost 5 hours behind schedule:
https://newsroom.jetstar.com/thailand-holidays-are-with-jetstar-flights-to-coughet-taking-off-today/

Are people actually able to enter coughet now? Without quarantine?
 
Looks like it according to the Thai Embassy link on the JQ website:

Seems to be some conflicting info:

"However, as of this week, Australians are only allowed to travel into coughet under the Thai Government’s ‘sandbox’ scheme, and will be required to quarantine for seven days.

The previous ‘test and go’ system, which allowed for quarantine-free travel for those with a negative COVID-19 test result, has been put on pause."


By the sounds of it, can quarantine in the resort but cant leave?
 
How does Jetstar plan to fill 5 high-density Boeing 787s per week to coughet if passengers have to quarantine for a week after they get there?
 
How does Jetstar plan to fill 5 high-density Boeing 787s per week to coughet if passengers have to quarantine for a week after they get there

Actually it might have resumed Jan 11 for the test and go system. A min 7 night stay is required.

But 5 X weekly 787 seems a lot, particularly as for JQ coughet is a price sensitive market.
 
How does Jetstar plan to fill 5 high-density Boeing 787s per week to coughet if passengers have to quarantine for a week after they get there?

The coughet sandbox is not really quarantine, you just have to stay on the island for 7 days before departing to elsewhere in Thailand. You need to be based at an approved hotel but can go anywhere within coughet including on cruise excursions etc. I can see it appealing to the JQ Bali crowd.
 

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