What are Strategic up to?

[markis10]

Also doing MEL-HNL, so its BNE-HNL-MEL-HNL-BNE

Brisbane – Honolulu
VC001 BNE1800 – 0725HNL 332 35
VC002 HNL1015 – 1600+1BNE 332 46 Melbourne – Honolulu
VC011 MEL1800 – 0725HNL 332 46
VC012 HNL0900 – 1725+1MEL 332 35

 

[jwak]

Air Australia

Just what we need... Another LCC with a small fleet.


Strategic Airlines enters the low-cost fray | The Australian

 

[serfty]

The unlimited capacity bit means nothing as there are no capacity limits on the USA routes (unlike say Fiji or Indonesia) - only that they want to fly to the USA. They will announce BNE-HNL to start operating 3rd quarter this year. It's an obvious choice given their aircraft and other routes (i.e. BNE-HKT & MEL-HKT vacated by VA) and desire to avoid head-to-head competition with other airlines.

Well, what do you know?

 

[UP4014]

I think it could be good in reducing my the price of my holiday airfares to the US on QF.

 

[dk4]

Great timing - just when Jetstar has got me acclimatised to flying to North America viaHNL & then stuffs up their "business class product" by removing QFF S.C./point earn (& max-ing out the price). I wonder if VC will be having business class seat sales, at some point soon?

 

[markis10]

Airline Route are reporting a third weekly flight has been added:


As per 19AUG11 GDS timetable display, Strategic Airlines is to add 3rd weekly flight each on Brisbane – Honolulu and Melbourne – Honolulu service, starting 25MAR12.
The Australian carrier will launch these routes starting 14DEC11.
Schedule in Northern Summer 2012 season:

VC001 BNE1800 – 0715HNL 330 357
VC002 HNL1015 – 1610+1BNE 330 146
VC011 MEL1900 – 0835HNL 330 146
VC012 HNL0855 – 1730+1MEL 330 357

 

[docjames]

Airline Route are reporting a third weekly flight has been added:


As per 19AUG11 GDS timetable display, Strategic Airlines is to add 3rd weekly flight each on Brisbane – Honolulu and Melbourne – Honolulu service, starting 25MAR12.
The Australian carrier will launch these routes starting 14DEC11.
Schedule in Northern Summer 2012 season:

VC001 BNE1800 – 0715HNL 330 357
VC002 HNL1015 – 1610+1BNE 330 146
VC011 MEL1900 – 0835HNL 330 146
VC012 HNL0855 – 1730+1MEL 330 357

Shame the timings arent a bit better. The 7am arrival is always a PITA with hotel checkins etc. I cant imagine too many business travellers using these flights.

Say dep 2355 arr 1110
and dep 1400 arr 2010+1

 

[ozbeachbabe]

Shame the timings arent a bit better. The 7am arrival is always a PITA with hotel checkins etc. I cant imagine too many business travellers using these flights.

Say dep 2355 arr 1110
and dep 1400 arr 2010+1

The plus side is that you get a full day on arrival so you can just dump your bags at the hotel have brekkie somewhere then go shopping, the beach or whatever.

Perhaps for whatever reason you want to connect straight away to one of the other Hawaiian Islands or fly on to the West Coast on a YUPP, KUPP etc etc.

On the return a 1610 arrival means that you can connect to the majority of regional centres on arrival without having to overnight in BNE whereas a 2010 arrival would only suit those living in BNE region.

 

[Mrmaxwell]

Both QF & JQ arrive in HNL early morning...I've never not arrived in Hawaii in the early morning!

Most hotels let you check in early....worst case they take your bags and let you have a shower before heading out (my experience anyway)

 

[greenfish]

The early a.m. arrival also works well (if with a fair bit of loitering time) for onwards connections to the mainland.

Before the JQ fare rejig I've used HNL as a stopover on a home-brew RTW (e.g in June, QF BNE->SYD Y, JQ SYD-HNL J, AA HNL-LAX-MCO F, VS MCO-LGW Y, VS LHR-HKG-SYD J) a couple of times.

I like evening departures when I take the kids - they sleep. Peaceful!

 

[mannej]

Is strategic planning on taking on any more A330's?

They are not very strategic when their sole 330 decides to go tech.

 

[markis10]

Yes, they have another one coming, although thats not always helpful as JQ know.