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Pacific [Virgin] Blue NZ routes & sale
Virgin announces cheap flights on NZ routes NEW Zealanders will enjoy cut-price domestic airfares after Pacific Blue today announced details of their foray into the local market. The airline today said it would fly on the Auckland-Wellington, Auckland-Christchurch and Wellington-Christchurch routes from November 15. Introductory fares of $NZ39 ($34) on flights between the routes have been announced. After its announcement on Tuesday that it would launch an assault on the New Zealand market, Pacific Blue wiped $NZ147 million off the value of Air New Zealand. Air New Zealand and Qantas' cheapest flights between Auckland and Wellington for November 15 are reportedly $NZ89 ($78), while a ticket between Christchurch and Auckland costs $99 ($86). A spokeswoman for Flight Centre in New Zealand said since the cut-price fares had been announced this morning there was already plenty of interest from consumers. "People are pretty quick to smell a bargain," she said. |
Sale fares seem okay, but as expected regular fares are hardly cheap.
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Originally Posted by Jetkid
(Post 8280096)
OT I know but check out PacificBlue's schedule they released today. Two 180 seat B738 aircraft being run from 0600 to 2100 each day with no more than a 30 min turnaround the whole day. Good luck donald duck keeping to that schedule!
But agree there is quite a potential for snowballed delays and cancellations. Whether it will be better or worse than jetconnect is hard to say. With only 2 a/c it could be ugly. Then again, Pacific Blue isn't flying to Queenstown which jetconnect has several flights to/from and is a major source of their delays and cancellations. Indeed the final departure for the day seems to recognise the potential for accumulated delays with a 45 minute turnaround in the schedule. The initial Pacific Blue schedule is not suitable for most business travel. |
Originally Posted by Kiwi Flyer
(Post 8283503)
The initial Pacific Blue schedule is not suitable for most business travel.
I think the real money in NZ travel isn't business traveller's but leisure traveller's. I enjoy competition like Pacific Blue entering the market though - brings down fares for a reasonable amount of time, and ensures that competition ensues. |
Originally Posted by Kiwi Flyer
(Post 8283503)
It isn't quite as bad as that - 1 a/c flying 0645-2145 and other 0645-1850, and some turnarounds are 35/40 minutes.
But agree there is quite a potential for snowballed delays and cancellations. Whether it will be better or worse than jetconnect is hard to say. With only 2 a/c it could be ugly. Then again, Pacific Blue isn't flying to Queenstown which jetconnect has several flights to/from and is a major source of their delays and cancellations. Indeed the final departure for the day seems to recognise the potential for accumulated delays with a 45 minute turnaround in the schedule. The initial Pacific Blue schedule is not suitable for most business travel. |
Where can I book a WLG-AKL flight on VirginBlue/PacfifcBlue ?
http://www.flypacificblue.com/ doesn´t work! http://www.virginblue.com.au/ doens´t work! |
works for me
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