Originally Posted by
libertyuk
How long will the MEL-WLG sector be kept? Will it be related to the WCC subsidy to SQ? I used WLG-CBR a few times, but there was little reason to prefer WLG-SIN given the inferior hard product compared to via AKL or CHC.
Yeah I guess it will gone once the subsidy expires. NZ and QF are going to fuming that they have to compete head to head on a route subsidised by the Wellington Council, as I guess they will be getting no money to fly that route and SQ are getting it.
E.g. going to Canberra in April and when got tickets SQ was NZD$440 return and NZ/VA was NZD$500 one way.
Melbourne Wellington is already a route that NZ can't make a daily service, so adding a 772 four days a week is not going to be healthy to it and will leave Wellington in a bad spot when the subsidy runs out and SQ leaves Wellington and QF and NZ have the planes deployed elsewhere and can't pick up extra flights.