Post by thomarse on Aug 29, 2019 15:50:00 GMT 12
Sorry if this appears in another thread as it's 7-day-old news:
www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=12261025
This will come as no surprise to those of us who have the slightest inkling of what it may cost to operate a Dash 8 between say AKL and NPE or NSN - it ain't $39 per seat!
When JQ burst forth onto these routes it was with great fanfare from many, including some on this Board. Sadly, those many were not considering what the true cost of operating those services was, and therefore they weren't asking themselves what/who was going to subsidise the services - because something had to. Surely no one expected JQ to happily make a loss on services so NPL etc could have budget-priced air services?
I'll be very sorry to see JQ pull out because competition is the keynote - but I don't expect any carrier to run back and forth just for the fun of it.
www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=12261025
This will come as no surprise to those of us who have the slightest inkling of what it may cost to operate a Dash 8 between say AKL and NPE or NSN - it ain't $39 per seat!
When JQ burst forth onto these routes it was with great fanfare from many, including some on this Board. Sadly, those many were not considering what the true cost of operating those services was, and therefore they weren't asking themselves what/who was going to subsidise the services - because something had to. Surely no one expected JQ to happily make a loss on services so NPL etc could have budget-priced air services?
I'll be very sorry to see JQ pull out because competition is the keynote - but I don't expect any carrier to run back and forth just for the fun of it.
