Jaunted

Jetstar Considering Asian Hubs

10/26/2007 at 9:30 AM
Tags: LCCs, Low Cost Carriers, Asia Travel, Australia Travel, Qantas, Jetstar (all tags)

Known as the budget spin-off from Qantas that appeared in a hurry when Virgin Blue started snatching up the Aussie market, Jetstar is now looking to expand its Asia service beyond its current flights to Thailand. It already has an alliance with Jetstar Asia providing routes into Vietnam, but now it's looking for the big one.

In this market, the big one is getting people to Europe without charging them an arm and a leg. Jetstar wants to fly a budget route from Australia all the way to Europe starting in early 2009, and they're just trying to decide where the stop-overs will be. Under consideration are Kuala Lumpur, Ho Chi Minh City, Bangkok and Singapore--it all depends on passenger flows and airport fees.

Long haul from Australia to Europe, but in budget airline style? We do like the idea of spending less for a flight like this. But we're not sure if we can survive all that way on cookies bought off the attendant. And is a free-for-all to pick your seat really appropriate when you're going to be stuck in it for 24 hours?

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· Jetstar [Official Site]
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