Jetstar's Boeing 787 to start Melbourne-Auckland flights

[SteveJohnson]

Jetstar, which received its second Boeing 787 over the weekend, will run one of its new Boeing 787 Dreamliners between Melbourne and Auckland next year.

Jetstar's Boeing 787 to start Melbourne-Auckland flights - Flights | hotels | frequent flyer | business class - Australian Business Traveller

 

[Simo]

Flounge run coming up...

 

[moa999]

Article says booking now.
Jetstar site only showing A320 and nought on a Saturday over those dates.

Current sale on A320 is above $250/ret

 

[docjames]

Imagine if QF had the 787 and deployed it to NZ......

 

[samh004]

Surely AKL-SIN (if route is still running) would make more sense, with perhaps a tag flight back to MEL? Or even a triangle route MEL-SIN-AKL-MEL!

 

[markis10]

Surely AKL-SIN (if route is still running) would make more sense, with perhaps a tag flight back to MEL? Or even a triangle route MEL-SIN-AKL-MEL!

There has been discussion over better fleet utilisation given QFs results, I believe this is the first step in that direction with the aim to remove QF off trans Tasman, its little wonder the talks with EK are about more integration with JQ as a result!

Goodbye NZ QPs.

 

[moa999]

Per the article it seems its only a temporary route (for staff training).

Can the 787 do MEL-AKL-LAX ??

 

[markis10]

Per the article it seems its only a temporary route (for staff training).

Can the 787 do MEL-AKL-LAX ??

Things can change ie:

AusBT reports that "Jetstar will begin flying the Boeing 787 Dreamliner in August 2013" and now has added the first routes as being Melbourne-Singapore, Auckland-Singapore and Singapore-Beijing, so the 787s will obviously be based in Singapore under the wing of JQ Asia.

 

[samh004]

There has been discussion over better fleet utilisation given QFs results, I believe this is the first step in that direction with the aim to remove QF off trans Tasman, its little wonder the talks with EK are about more integration with JQ as a result!

Goodbye NZ QPs.

It's a shame that would mean ZQN would eventually be JQ-only considering how much of an expensive town it is. It should be a premium airline that operates it, and while I haven't flown there for 2 years, QF flights were ALWAYS full. Completely. Packed.

 

[maninblack]

There has been discussion over better fleet utilisation given QFs results, I believe this is the first step in that direction with the aim to remove QF off trans Tasman, its little wonder the talks with EK are about more integration with JQ as a result!

Goodbye NZ QPs.

AKL still has an F lounge too, not that it's much to speak of. If JQ are going MEL-AKL with the 787 then QF would have to be a dead duck on this route, the hard product with the QF 738's just does not compete either with JQ 787's or the NZ 777's and 763's or with EK.

 

[moa999]

But whilst qf trans Tasman are nz based and registered planes, doesn't that provide pretty good utilisation

 

[markis10]

But whilst qf trans Tasman are nz based and registered planes, doesn't that provide pretty good utilisation

Not really, only three flights of three hours on average.

 

[moa999]

I would assume they get four flights a day given the planes are NZ based. and generally have an early nz start (really really early AU time).
I understood part of the rationale for the NZ base was the greater utilisation you could get thanks to the time difference and AKL not having a curfew

 

[markis10]

I would assume they get four flights a day given the planes are NZ based. and generally have an early nz start (really really early AU time).
I understood part of the rationale for the NZ base was the greater utilisation you could get thanks to the time difference and AKL not having a curfew

Nice idea but you need planes on the other side of the ditch when the sun breaks the horizon. Weekends see the aircraft down to two flights on average.