Qantas CEO Alan Joyce gave to his answer to the Virgin Blue ‘airline of the future’ one brand strategy today.
He said Qantas would become a ‘new premium carrier’, a reference to Virgin Blue’s ‘new world carrier’ concept. And it would not, ever, Jetstar-ise itself. The dual brand strategy would continue, but with ‘evolved’ premium [...]
Tag Archives: Virgin Blue
Joyce’s Qantas to become a new premium carrier
November 11, 2009 – 3:17 pm
Incorrect if not fanciful reporting about Virgin Blue
November 8, 2009 – 7:54 am
It is now 72 hours since a wrong report about Virgin Blue getting Boeing 777-200LRs in Air Transport World sent sites like Airliners.net into a frenzy of learned discussion.
This report also excited contacts in Qantas sufficiently for them to give it credence, and cause this report in Plane Talking. Except that I changed my [...]
V Australia looks at VVVery long range 777s, BUT ISN’T GETTING ANY JUST YET
November 6, 2009 – 5:45 pm
Uh oh. V Australia is now officially not about to order more Boeing 777s, either -300ERs, which it already has in service, or ultra long range -200LRs.
Earlier today even some finger-on-pulse sources in Qantas were of the view that V Australia is poised to acquire enough Boeing 777-200LRs to launch non-stop flights between Sydney and [...]
Air NZ chooses Airbuses to replace old Boeing 737s
November 3, 2009 – 11:38 am
Boeing can console itself with the near certainty of a large order for new jets from Virgin Blue in the coming weeks or months after this morning losing the contest to replace Air New Zealand’s aged fleet of Boeing 737-300s.
Air NZ has ordered 14 A320s to replace the 15 Boeings involved, and taken options on [...]
‘Delta V’ trans Pacific deal gets closer
November 2, 2009 – 2:43 pm
The competition watchdog the ACCC today published a draft determination proposing authorisation of a joint venture between Virgin Blue and Delta Airlines on their flights between Australia and the US.
Although not final the draft makes a link up early in 2010 likely given that the necessary US approval for the deal seems inevitable because it [...]
Tiger v Cityflyer comes into sharper focus
October 30, 2009 – 5:30 pm
Tiger’s second announcement of new Sydney flights in two days underlines the pressure the Singapore Airlines controlled low fare airline is applying to the high fare Qantas Cityflyer operation.
Yes. Cityflyer. Not low fare Jetstar, nor middle market Virgin Blue, but high fare Qantas, and especially its inter capital Cityflyers.
Today Tiger’s touch up is the [...]
Angry Flyers Lounge: Make Tiger pay now
October 26, 2009 – 5:39 pm
Today’s bad press on Tiger raises the question, why shouldn’t consumer protection laws force all airlines to promptly refund fares and pay compensation when they strand passengers and force them to pick up the tab for hotel rooms, meals and other incidentals?
There is no justification for Tiger taking up to two months to compensate [...]
The wheel of fortune, as played by Virgin Blue and the engineers union
October 21, 2009 – 3:36 pm
The wheel that did, didn’t, did, didn’t disintegrate on a Virgin Blue Boeing 737-800 on landing at Melbourne yesterday morning is the stage prop for a conflict over union power, engineering skills and the influence of corporate culture on safety issues.
A detailed report was carried by Crikey today. That report confirmed that the wheel did [...]
Four airlines, two cities, and a big cat fight
October 4, 2009 – 11:02 am
Qantas and Virgin Blue lose a significant amount of control over domestic fares and scheduling from today when Tiger lifts its frequency on the Sydney-Melbourne route to nine times daily each way.
For example, contrary to everything said publicly by Qantas CEO Alan Joyce, Jetstar during this month goes to 7.10 am, 8.35 am, 3.30 pm [...]
Qantas v Virgins, an incomplete scoreboard for August
September 30, 2009 – 3:40 pm
The Virgin Blue group operating statistics for August, like those of the Qantas group released yesterday, leave investors with an incomplete scoreboard in terms of comparing performances.
In this case Virgin Blue continues its practice of giving no statistics for yields.
Yesterday Qantas persisted with its practice of fudging the specifics of how Jetstar is tracking [...]
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