Australian carriers keen to exploit ‘beyond Indonesia’ route options
Friday, 13 February 2009
AUSTRALIAN carriers are to open new routes through Indonesia, including resurrecting the Perth-Denpasar-Singapore route cancelled by Qantas at the beginning of the northern winter 2008 season.
Despite the limited cargo space on the aircraft types to be used - at least for the time being - the developments will add a further dimension to regional air service networks.
First to move on ‘beyond Indonesia’ arrangements was Qantas, which applied to Australia’s International Air Services Commission for Jetstar to operate four frequencies weekly from Indonesia to Singapore, extending its Perth-Bali and Perth-Jakarta routes.
Qantas already held three weekly allocations for Bali-Singapore.
A few days later, Pacific Blue updated an earlier application for additional frequencies on the Indonesia route by requesting three weekly frequencies beyond Bali.
By giving the thumbs-up to Qantas/Jetstar for one extra service via Bali to Singapore and three via other authorised Indonesian points, the IASC’s acting executive director, Dilip Mathew, noted that the Register of Available Capacity showed that 20 passenger frequencies were up for grabs from Jakarta, Bali and “an additional two points in Indonesia west of Denpasar” to Singapore, points in Malaysia and a point in Thailand.
Of these, four - in addition to the three already held by QF - were available for services beyond Denpasar.
Under the Australia-Singapore air services arrangements, Australian carriers are entitled to operate between Australia and Singapore via intermediate points in Indonesia.
With four flights weekly from Bali now allocated, only three remain - these are the allocations Pacific Blue is targeting.
At our deadline no decision had been gazetted but it seemed likely that approval would be given, thereby stitching up all seven services.
Mathew pointed out that “there are no restrictions on beyond Indonesia services similar to those applied at Denpasar at other authorised points in Indonesia, apart from the overall limit on beyond Indonesia services that may be operated by the designated airlines of Australia”.
Qantas is required to fully utilise the capacity granted to it from no later than August 1 this year, unless it seeks and obtains a determination amendment from the IASC.
Australian carriers keen to exploit ‘beyond Indonesia’ route options
Friday, 13 February 2009
AUSTRALIAN carriers are to open new routes through Indonesia, including resurrecting the Perth-Denpasar-Singapore route cancelled by Qantas at the beginning of the northern winter 2008 season.
Despite the limited cargo space on the aircraft types to be used - at least for the time being - the developments will add a further dimension to regional air service networks.
First to move on ‘beyond Indonesia’ arrangements was Qantas, which applied to Australia’s International Air Services Commission for Jetstar to operate four frequencies weekly from Indonesia to Singapore, extending its Perth-Bali and Perth-Jakarta routes.
Qantas already held three weekly allocations for Bali-Singapore.
A few days later, Pacific Blue updated an earlier application for additional frequencies on the Indonesia route by requesting three weekly frequencies beyond Bali.
By giving the thumbs-up to Qantas/Jetstar for one extra service via Bali to Singapore and three via other authorised Indonesian points, the IASC’s acting executive director, Dilip Mathew, noted that the Register of Available Capacity showed that 20 passenger frequencies were up for grabs from Jakarta, Bali and “an additional two points in Indonesia west of Denpasar” to Singapore, points in Malaysia and a point in Thailand.
Of these, four - in addition to the three already held by QF - were available for services beyond Denpasar.
Under the Australia-Singapore air services arrangements, Australian carriers are entitled to operate between Australia and Singapore via intermediate points in Indonesia.
With four flights weekly from Bali now allocated, only three remain - these are the allocations Pacific Blue is targeting.
At our deadline no decision had been gazetted but it seemed likely that approval would be given, thereby stitching up all seven services.
Mathew pointed out that “there are no restrictions on beyond Indonesia services similar to those applied at Denpasar at other authorised points in Indonesia, apart from the overall limit on beyond Indonesia services that may be operated by the designated airlines of Australia”.
Qantas is required to fully utilise the capacity granted to it from no later than August 1 this year, unless it seeks and obtains a determination amendment from the IASC.
