Jetstar cancels a third of Japan flights

[serfty]

Jetstar cancels a third of Japan flights | Tourism Australia blasts swine flu 'hysteria'

May 27, 2009 - 11:39AM

Jetstar will cancel 31 of its Japan flights - almost one third - next month due to "significant softening" of passenger loads amid swine flu fears.

The airline operates 21 flights per week to Japan and maintains it is committed to the market.

However, Jetstar warned more cutbacks may follow if conditions don't improve. ...

 

[v8Statesman]

"commited to the market"

"more cut backs may follow"

Which one is it Jetstar?

 

[Evan]

Oh sh** ! i have a freind on a flight KIX-CNS next month and flying in to attend a wedding but leaving after work, i will need to check for her to make sure we can re-schedule as early as possible to JL or CX.

 

[docjames]

Whichever they feel like at a given moment!

Wonder where they'll send the spare capacity, or whether some a/c will get maintenance earlier than usual?

 

[fortymilliondaggers]

Jetstar cancels a third of Japan flights | Tourism Australia blasts swine flu 'hysteria'

...due to "significant softening" of passenger loads amid swine flu fears....

Economic downturn. Strong yen. Decreasing interest in Australia by Japanese.

"commited to the market"

"more cut backs may follow"

Which one is it Jetstar?

A seasonal service for skiers?

 

[Mal]

Swine flu is just an excuse! Note the nearly weekly occurances of OOL/SYD-Japan jetstar flights on the Friday sale?

Could pretty much see this coming for a while now.

 

[JohnK]

Swine flu fears? I almost choked as I was drinking some water!

And the big question is 'will Jetstar make any international route a success?'. When is Qantas going to realise that the majority of tourists and Australians are just not interested in the Jetstar model. People just want a full service carrier with lower airfares. Make it so....

 

[dajop]

And the big question is 'will Jetstar make any international route a success?'. When is Qantas going to realise that the majority of tourists and Australians are just not interested in the Jetstar model. People just want a full service carrier with lower airfares. Make it so....

Well they must be making a good show of the MEL-SIN-DRW route. A couple of times recently I've priced these flights. On first occassion JQ (without luggage) came out $20 more than a one way fare QF and $120 more than SQ - on flights that arrive in SIN at the same time as JQ.

Today I was looking for something on 10 June, here are the rather staggering results:
JQ 61 MEL-DRW-SIN $849 (No luggage, food or IFE)
SQ 228 MEL-SIN $588 (points earning flexisaver)
QF 9 MEL-SIN $755 (red e-deal)

But get this JQ 61 MEL-DRW $409 plus JQ 61 DRW-SIN $208. Total $617, some $232 cheaper than the through fare. Either they have some sort of glitch in the system that sees through fares priced at considerable premiums to the component fares. Or that they have sucked a whole lot of people into thinking they are the low cost choice, such that that group of people don't even bother pricing the full service airlines.

Sorry for raving on and going OT. BUt I am just staggered :shock: at how UN-LCC their pricing sometimes is against their parent and its full service competitors.

 

[Timtammi]

I've done Aus-Japan 4 times with Jetstar so far. Once OOL-KIX return, the others OOL-NRT return. Every time economy has been fairly well booked (only the very last flight I took, a few weeks ago was only about 1/2 full up the back, the others have all been 3/4 to totally full). Starclass has been all but empty. The vast majority of travellers were japanese. I would say fairly confidently that each flight we were the only aussie business travellers on the flight. The few other aussies travelling each time appeared to be holiday makers to me.

Its true that there have been some staggering bargains on the japan flights. Somehow I have always seemed to miss out on the best deals though through unlucky booking timing.

Now that the *class upgrades have become much more expensive to Japan and you can't buy them at all ex Japan we will be moving back to QF or perhaps looking at JL.

Cheers

 

[turtlemichael]

Swine flu fears? I almost choked as I was drinking some water!

And the big question is 'will Jetstar make any international route a success?'. When is Qantas going to realise that the majority of tourists and Australians are just not interested in the Jetstar model. People just want a full service carrier with lower airfares. Make it so....

It's a combination of things. But, at the heart you are right. Qantas is trying to impose the Jetstar model on a market that doesn't want it. Sure some flights are near full up the back. But there are less flights than there were.

 

[markh]

It's a combination of things. But, at the heart you are right. Qantas is trying to impose the Jetstar model on a market that doesn't want it. Sure some flights are near full up the back. But there are less flights than there were.

Australian Airlines failed and Jetstar international will fail ... It's just not what the overseas tourist travellers wants ...

 

[JohnK]

But get this JQ 61 MEL-DRW $409 plus JQ 61 DRW-SIN $208. Total $617, some $232 cheaper than the through fare. Either they have some sort of glitch in the system that sees through fares priced at considerable premiums to the component fares. Or that they have sucked a whole lot of people into thinking they are the low cost choice, such that that group of people don't even bother pricing the full service airlines.

Quite hard to believe that the through airfare is more expensive than the 2 individual sectors. I would have expected it to be the other way around on international flights.

I think you are right that a lot of people hear and remember the name Jetstar and automatically believe they will be the cheapest and do not bother to look elsewhere. Sad but it is true.

It's a combination of things. But, at the heart you are right. Qantas is trying to impose the Jetstar model on a market that doesn't want it. Sure some flights are near full up the back. But there are less flights than there were.

What is it going to take for Qantas to realise that Jetstar international is not the future of the Qantas group?

 

[dajop]

It's a combination of things. But, at the heart you are right. Qantas is trying to impose the Jetstar model on a market that doesn't want it.

Telling that at NRT, the Jetstar logo displayed is not by itself (as it is in Australia, Sin, NZ, etc). I uses the normal Jetstar logo, but underneath (in font almost the same size) is written "A Qantas group airline" or something very similar to that.