[littl_flier]

Just noticed this:

Poor customer demand has been cited as the reason behind a Qantas decision to scrap its route between Adelaide and Auckland from July.
The three day a week service was launched more than two years ago, but has failed to meet expectations.
South Australians flying to New Zealand using Qantas will now have to get there via Melbourne.


Qantas scraps Adelaide to Auckland flights. 11/05/2007. ABC News Online

I seem to remember somebody mentioned the other day that the Air NZ flights were going so well they were making these daily? Is QF's "failure to meet expectations" due to QF pricing themselves out of it on what would surely be a leisure market, or more an issue with QF's lack of aircraft and a need to free them up for different routes.

[Altair]

Originally Posted by littl_flier

Just noticed this:



I seem to remember somebody mentioned the other day that the Air NZ flights were going so well they were making these daily? Is QF's "failure to meet expectations" due to QF pricing themselves out of it on what would surely be a leisure market, or more an issue with QF's lack of aircraft and a need to free them up for different routes.

It is a shame. I do not know what the prices were compared to NZ but I believe the flight is operated by Jetconnect with a 737-300. THis means that QF NZ aircraft so not really an aircraft issue unless QF NZ is going to add another NZ domestic flight.

[bigjobs]

watch the AIR NZ fares increase now

[Soundguy]

Yeah, well what's to surprise? The unofficial state slogan isn't "SA - the backward state" for nothing. Even TAS gets 3 Qantas ports, SA scores one.

[Lindsay Wilson]

Maybe Kiwi Flyer can shed some light on the two questions (about the low yields on QF and how the AirNZ yields are going)...

[Kiwi Flyer]

I don't think I can shed any light. NZ loads have been good, to the extent of using daily 767s for a while.

NZ fares AKL-ADL are significantly higher than to MEL/SYD/BNE. Not sure how QF fares compare.

Wonder what the jetconnect a/c currently used for ADL run will be used for instead?

[serfty]

There's an interesting post on this topic by number_6 'over' on FlyerTalk: Qantas To Axe ADL-AKL

To summarise, having AKL as a Hub gives NZ a great advantage over QF when is comes to ADL.

I guess it's a similar situation with PER for NZ, although not as great.

[Reggie]

Originally Posted by Kiwi Flyer

Wonder what the jetconnect a/c currently used for ADL run will be used for instead?

AKL-PER-AKL I hope.

[oz_mark]

Originally Posted by Reggie

AKL-PER-AKL I hope.

Would be nice, but somehow, I doubt it.

[Reggie]

Originally Posted by oz_mark

Would be nice, but somehow, I doubt it.

I'm sick of having to fly via Melbourne, Sydney or Brisbane to get to NZ (nice for SC's though) with QF. However the NZ overnight PER-AKL is more painful, have done it twice and try and avoid it now. AKL-PER on NZ isn't too bad other than no status on *A.

Go the QF - NZ alliance