Jetstar Airways, an Australian low-cost airline headquartered in Melbourne will launch non-stop flights to Tokyo’s Narita Airport from Melbourne. But at the same time axes its flights to Gold Coast from Osaka in a reshuffle of low-cost airline’s Japanese network. The new Melbourne-Tokyo service will see four flights each week on Jetstar’s Airbus A330 beginning from 29th April 2014. The flight schedules and fares expected to be released before Christmas.
This is first Melbourne to Tokyo flight service offered by Jetstar since 2008 and will feed travellers into the Jetstar Japan network for flights to nine other Japanese cities including Osaka, Fukuoka and Sapporo. In the words of David Hall, Jetstar Australia and New Zealand CEO, this is one of the largest un served international markets in Australia and the bookings shows that many Victorian customers are travelling to Tokyo via other ports in the network.
On the other hand Jetstar’s thrice-weekly flights to Gold Coast from Osaka will be dropped from 8th May 2014. Although Gold-Coast-Tokyo flights will remain and at some stage be upgrade from current Airbus A330 to Jetstar’s new Boeing 787.
David Hall further explained that the airline recognized that Gold Coast is a major tourism destination for Japanese visitors, but demand from Osaka was not as strong as that from Tokyo. The suspension of service is part of airline’s response to the current state of Australian aviation market and a rearrangement of Jetstar’s international network.
This is first Melbourne to Tokyo flight service offered by Jetstar since 2008 and will feed travellers into the Jetstar Japan network for flights to nine other Japanese cities including Osaka, Fukuoka and Sapporo. In the words of David Hall, Jetstar Australia and New Zealand CEO, this is one of the largest un served international markets in Australia and the bookings shows that many Victorian customers are travelling to Tokyo via other ports in the network.
On the other hand Jetstar’s thrice-weekly flights to Gold Coast from Osaka will be dropped from 8th May 2014. Although Gold-Coast-Tokyo flights will remain and at some stage be upgrade from current Airbus A330 to Jetstar’s new Boeing 787.
David Hall further explained that the airline recognized that Gold Coast is a major tourism destination for Japanese visitors, but demand from Osaka was not as strong as that from Tokyo. The suspension of service is part of airline’s response to the current state of Australian aviation market and a rearrangement of Jetstar’s international network.
