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Message de badboys777 - Envoyé le 15 May 6:29 |
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Just found this,
They will begin services to Sydney in Late July 2007.
JETSTAR is about to face its first challenge in the long-haul, low-cost airline market between Asia and Australia, after Chinese budget carrier Viva Macau confirmed plans to fly to Sydney by late July.
The Macau-based airline plans to launch three weekly services to Sydney once it takes delivery of its third Boeing 767 next month.
The dates are not confirmed yet, but definitely July, a Viva Macau spokeswoman said.
Based on the ticket prices Viva offers, it is expected the airline could easily undercut Jetstar into Asia.
On its web site yesterday, Viva was offering return flights from Macau to Jakarta for as low as $138 (including taxes) and to the Maldives for $370.
Last year, the airline's chief executive, Andrew Pyne, predicted Viva would undercut existing fares on the Sydney to Hong Kong route by at least 20 per cent.
Viva's chief operating officer, Con Korfiatis, is believed to have visited Sydney last week to put the final arrangements in place for the airline's planned arrival.
Mr Korfiatis is no stranger to Jetstar. The former Qantas executive was the first acting chief executive in the struggling 44.5 per cent Qantas-owned Singapore budget carrier Jetstar Asia.
Viva also plans to launch services to Seoul and Osaka within the next two months, before launching services into Europe by the end of the year.
The airline, which began services last December, plans to expand its fleet to five 767s by the end of the year. Like Jetstar International, it has two classes. Economy passengers have to pay for meals.
Aside from banking on the growing demand for travel to the booming gambling mecca of Macau, Viva also plans to exploit the oversupply of hotel rooms in the former Portuguese colony.
The airline will offer Australian passengers on the way to Europe a cheap hotel room in transit.
It is believed Viva is also looking at European destinations such as Moscow and Milan.
Viva's planned arrival comes after AirAsia announced plans to fly to Australia with its new long-haul budget carrier within the next year. But this could be delayed due to a lack of aircraft.
The Hong Kong long-haul, low-cost carrier Oasis is yet to indicate whether it plans to fly to Australia.
The airline has so far singled out North America and Europe, but with plans to increase its fleet to 25 Boeing 747s by 2010, it could eventually include Australia.
Meanwhile, the Australian Federation of Airline Pilots warned that Jetstar faced pilot shortages if it pursued its plans to put all of its new pilots on Australian Workplace Agreements. It's not as if there's a ready supply of pilots sitting around, AFAP's Lawrie Cox said. If anything, this will be a backward step for the company.
With Virgin Blue having to cancel some flights due to pilot shortages, Jetstar plans to hire 200 pilots to aid its expansion over the next year. This is good new for Sydney spotters!!
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