Post by corsair67 on Feb 12, 2008 10:50:49 GMT 12
Well, no doubt Palmerston North will be pleased about this, since they were left in the lurch by Freedom.
Hopefully there will be enough bums on seats to keep OzJet in the game>
From The Australian.
Ozjet muscles in on NZ
Steve Creedy, Aviation writer | February 12, 2008.
AUSTRALIAN airline Ozjet has applied to move into the trans-Tasman vacuum created by the departure of Air New Zealand subsidiary Freedom Air.
Ozjet has applied to start flying from Brisbane and Sydney to Palmerston North, about 140km from New Zealand's capital, Wellington.
It wants unlimited capacity to operate a two-class Boeing 737-300 service on the route for three years and has proposed initially operating four days a week.
The airline said its decision to apply for the capacity came after Freedom Air's announcement in September to vacate those routes from March 30.
It said more than a quarter of the New Zealand population lived within 200km of Palmerston North.
"The wider community of the region centred on Palmerston North has experienced the convenience of services for 12 years and places considerable value on the availability of international links," it said.
"The Australian community has progressively increased its use of the services as a convenient and easy link into central New Zealand and for the first six months of 2007 the number of Australian passengers on the Sydney-Palmerston North sector exceeded the number of New Zealand passengers."
Hopefully there will be enough bums on seats to keep OzJet in the game>
From The Australian.
Ozjet muscles in on NZ
Steve Creedy, Aviation writer | February 12, 2008.
AUSTRALIAN airline Ozjet has applied to move into the trans-Tasman vacuum created by the departure of Air New Zealand subsidiary Freedom Air.
Ozjet has applied to start flying from Brisbane and Sydney to Palmerston North, about 140km from New Zealand's capital, Wellington.
It wants unlimited capacity to operate a two-class Boeing 737-300 service on the route for three years and has proposed initially operating four days a week.
The airline said its decision to apply for the capacity came after Freedom Air's announcement in September to vacate those routes from March 30.
It said more than a quarter of the New Zealand population lived within 200km of Palmerston North.
"The wider community of the region centred on Palmerston North has experienced the convenience of services for 12 years and places considerable value on the availability of international links," it said.
"The Australian community has progressively increased its use of the services as a convenient and easy link into central New Zealand and for the first six months of 2007 the number of Australian passengers on the Sydney-Palmerston North sector exceeded the number of New Zealand passengers."
