Aussie_ From Australia, joined Dec 2000, 1765 posts, RR: 5 Posted (11 years 7 months 2 weeks 3 days 17 hours ago) and read 1185 times:
VIRGIN BLUE SCHEDULE UPDATE TO OFFER MORE FLIGHTS
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Today, we’re bringing you news of further developments
in the Virgin Blue schedule, providing you with an even
greater range of flights to choose from when planning
your travel.
Highlights of the schedule changes, starting November 1
are as follows:
* A new daytime flight on the Brisbane/Townsville route
provides for convenient same day return travel, perfect
for business travellers.
* The Brisbane/Mt.Isa schedule is new and improved. You
can now fly during the day rather than through the
night.
* Three new Melbourne/Sydney, Sydney/Melbourne flights
means that you now have even greater choice and
flexibility, with 8 daily return flights on offer.
* New morning and evening services on the
Melbourne/Adelaide, Adelaide/Melbourne and
Adelaide/Sydney, Sydney/Adelaide routes provide for
convenient daily returns so you can get a full day of
business in and save on accommodation costs.
* From October 31, daily flights will operate between
Brisbane and Mackay, opening up your travel options to
Northern Queensland.
Aussie_ From Australia, joined Dec 2000, 1765 posts, RR: 5 Reply 3, posted (11 years 7 months 2 weeks 3 days 16 hours ago) and read 1141 times:
That's in addition to the 3-5 new 737s due by the end of the year I assume.
From what I gather, these schedule increases are 2 aircraft worth. So there's probably more to come.
I bet they want to make MEL-LST at least 2 daily, MEL-SYD could get even more and ADL-SYD needs to get more than 2x a day. I would say 3 or 4 at the minimum.
Air Taiwan From Australia, joined Dec 1999, 1516 posts, RR: 4 Reply 5, posted (11 years 7 months 2 weeks 3 days 14 hours ago) and read 1127 times:
Are they expanding a bit too fast?? Like I know Ansett's capacity lost is a big reason but then there are numerous examples of no-frills airlines expanding too fast on exploding traffic demands and then fails.
Flyinghighboy From Australia, joined Aug 2001, 744 posts, RR: 1 Reply 6, posted (11 years 7 months 2 weeks 3 days 13 hours ago) and read 1123 times:
The demise of AN is definatley why AN is expanding and them recodring a profit in the first few months of operation. They seem pretty confident in making another profit and they will if they keep it right. They will probably stop expanding once they have got the aircraft they want and then see what their position is, if AN will survive and see how much capacity QF has dumped.
Qantas737 From Australia, joined Jul 2000, 738 posts, RR: 4 Reply 7, posted (11 years 7 months 2 weeks 3 days 12 hours ago) and read 1114 times:
Excellent news for the BNE-TSV route. The extra capacity is really needed with Virgin Blue being a popular choice over Qantas and at one stage Ansett. The flight is to be a rather early morning flight leaving Brisbane at around 7:30am i think.
BNE From Australia, joined Mar 2000, 3156 posts, RR: 13 Reply 8, posted (11 years 7 months 2 weeks 3 days 9 hours ago) and read 1096 times:
Air Taiwan too fast expansion I don't think so, Ansett have been down for a month and they are only increasing service on the new time table. I think they are taking there time.
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