Jetstar to boost international flying with new Brisbane Airport partnership

[Harrison_133]

Jetstar are expanding international operations from Brisbane following a partnership with Brisbane Airport.

Summary of new services:
• Brisbane - Tokyo (Narita) commences October 31st 2023 (5x weekly, increasing to 1x daily)
• Brisbane - Osaka commences February 2nd 2024 (4x weekly)
• Brisbane - Seoul commences February 1st 2024 (3x weekly)
• Brisbane - Denpasar increases to 10x weekly from February 1st 2024, A321neo LR introduced
• Brisbane - Auckland increases to 1x daily, A321neo LR introduced from February 1st 2024

Other points:
• Gold Coast - Tokyo (Narita) suspended from October 29th 2023, replaced with the Brisbane service
• Brisbane - Osaka & Seoul attracts AAIF funding from the QLD Gov’t

Source: https://newsroom.jetstar.com/jetsta...flying-with-new-brisbane-airport-partnership/

 

[HS-TQE]

BNE-NRT will be replacing OOL-NRT (the OOL 787 flying is currently operated by the SYD and MEL bases), and a 787 base will be established at BNE as a result of BAC funding and to a lesser extent AAIF funding for the ICN/KIX services from the Queensland Government.

Some extra A321neo flying to DPS will compliment the existing 787 BNE-DPS flight.

 

[Cubiscus]

Would love to see BNE - HNL now HA dropped their flight

 

[HS-TQE]

Surely the decision by QF/JQ to go double daily.on BNE-NRT (at the expense of OOL-NRT) is to effectively block NH/VA or their own Oneworld stablemate JL from starting BNE-Japan services in the future.

 

[eastwest101]

Surely the decision by QF/JQ to go double daily.on BNE-NRT (at the expense of OOL-NRT) is to effectively block NH/VA or their own Oneworld stablemate JL from starting BNE-Japan services in the future.

It could be that.

But it is a peciluar priority for the QLD government to fund JQ to replace its Japan and South Korea services to OOL with services from BNE to NRT/KIX/ICN (basically moving the B788 ops from OOL to BNE), this will give JQ all the more reason to cut back services from CNS to NRT/KIX. Basically this decision makes life more difficult for OOL tourism businesses and seems to be more about people from Brisbane going on holidays to Japan, South Korea and Bali as well as the the consolidation of JQ bases for crew going from OOL/CNS/BNE to just BNE and CNS.

Hardly a win for QLD tourism operators, this is more about votes than tourism. The QLD governments behavior during Covid showed what they thought about the tourism industry.

 

[HS-TQE]

It could be that.

But it is a peciluar priority for the QLD government to fund JQ to replace its Japan and South Korea services to OOL with services from BNE to NRT/KIX/ICN (basically moving the B788 ops from OOL to BNE), this will give JQ all the more reason to cut back services from CNS to NRT/KIX.

Hardly a win for QLD tourism operators, this is more about votes than tourism. The QLD governments behavior during Covid showed what they thought about the tourism industry.

JQ ended OOL-ICN and OOL-KIX during COVID. The NSW government eventually funded JQ's SYD-ICN services (transferred from OOL-ICN).

The only remaining JQ 787 service out of OOL is the NRT service, and that route was funded by Queensland's AAIF. Seems the AAIF funding for OOL-NRT will be transferred/carried over to BNE-KIX/ICN when JQ moves the NRT route to BNE in October.

 

[HS-TQE]

On another note, it seems BNE-KIX/NRT/ICN would only need 2 aircraft.
Reportedly BNE-DPS may eventually be converted to all-A321LR to free up that 787 for KIX/ICN, although the BNE-DPS updates haven't been reflected in the GDS as of yet.

Whilst introducing the A321LRs may lose J on BNE-DPS, the seating capacity of 10x A321LRs largely remains almost the same as the current daily 788 service, sticking within the Indonesian capacity bilaterals.

 

[aikman]

Setting up for Brisbane 2032?

 

[tassie6]

Had a QF rewards flight booked NRT-OOL-MEL in January on JQ in 'J', domestic leg on QF in J, rescheduled now for us to arrive in BNE and still fly out of OOL 2.5 hrs later!

 

[RooFlyer]

and a 787 base will be established at BNE as a result of BAC funding and to a lesser extent AAIF funding for the ICN/KIX services from the Queensland Government.

No airbridges is part of the deal for the international flights.

The OZ on-line

Qantas’ budget carrier Jetstar has signed a landmark deal with Brisbane International Airport that will see passengers walked to aircraft on the tarmac rather than use aerobridges, as a cost-saving measure.

The change will help Jetstar maintain its low cost base, and offer half a million more seats out of Brisbane to destinations including Tokyo, Osaka, Seoul, Auckland and Bali.

Currently, Jetstar passengers walk off some domestic flights in Brisbane, but the move to do away with aerobridges for international travellers is new.

“For an airport to recognise that as a low fares leader we can have differentiated service, we can have things like walk out gates and that enables us to keep our cost base strong which means we can provide lower fares, that's very progressive for an airport and we appreciate that space,” Ms Tully said.

On that basis, Hobart airport is THE most progressive airport in Australia

 

[henrus]

No airbridges is part of the deal for the international flights.

The article from the Australian is not quite correct making out the lack of airbridges is a new thing, I've boarded JQ 787's before from BNE international and they used stairs instead from gate 87. They have the option of parking either the city end with bay 87 or the newer bays 72, 71, 70 and 69 at the other end.

 

[docjames]

Mix of things going on here

Qld gov incentive(s) for “new” routes / capacity
Strike at VA in Japan (make the one route/slot they own worth less overall)
Prepare for Brisbane 2032 (inbound capacity holder)
Deal done with BNE to keep emplacement costs low (?comparable to OOL??)

Surprised ICN can be a goer with only 3/week viable on QF ex-SYD. WOnder how the three per week from each location will line up (? 3 or 6 days of service overall)?

Suspect it’ll be an overall win for them. When the government money runs out, hopefully no reductions.

 

[Himeno]

Suspect it’ll be an overall win for them. When the government money runs out, hopefully no reductions.

Doesn't the government funding for the VA HND flight come from the same pot? A way to drain that pot faster and force VA to deal with throwing more of their own $$ at the HND route or give up on it sooner?

 

[HS-TQE]

As largely suspected by almost everyone across the Aviation social media community, JQ will be converting their daily BNE-DPS 787 daily to a A321neo, thus making all 10x weekly BNE-DPS A321neos from February 2024.

The DPS 787 will of course be redirected to the split BNE-ICN/KIX schedule.

Jetstar 1Q24 Brisbane – Denpasar Service Changes — AeroRoutes

Published at 0100GMT 22JUN23 Jetstar Airways this week announced service changes for Brisbane – Denpasar route, effective 01FEB24. Subject to government approval, the airline will increase overall service from 7 to 10 weekly, while operational aircraft switching from Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner to A

www.aeroroutes.com

 

[jpp42]

I assume this means a permanent loss of business class on this route? Will the A321XLR's have business class?

 

[WilsonM]

I assume this means a permanent loss of business class on this route? Will the A321XLR's have business class?

Pure speculation, but considering QF's first batch of A321XLR's look to only have recliners in J, it's not impossible, as JQ could theoretically just have the same product for medium-long haul. That being said, JQ will probably just install 244 economy seats and be able to interchange its A321LR/XLR fleet on domestic and international routes.

J is removed on BNE-DPS, but also some SYD-DPS and all of MEL-DPS it seems, from March 2024.

 

[JohnPhelan]

Would love to see BNE - HNL now HA dropped their flight

JQ did operate BNE-HNL on the B787 back in about 2012-2016, but then dropped it, sadly, and left the direct market to HA.

And courtesy of COVID, HA no longer operates the route either now......

 

[anyonebutqantas]

Calling the abolition of air bridges an innovation - once again Jetstar proves itself a cancer on Aussie aviation.

 

[dajop]

Calling the abolition of air bridges an innovation - once again Jetstar proves itself a cancer on Aussie aviation.

A bit strong to use the C word. If Jetstar didn't exist, someone else would fill the void, and unless you want to exclusively preserve flying for the wealthy, they have a place in the market.

And calling no airbridges an innovation seems like something straight out of the Qantas PR book. They've learnt well from their parents.

 

[jpp42]

Do the airbridges really cost *that* much or is this seen as a way of projecting a low-cost image?