Jetstar wins extra Bali seats to allow up-gauging

BTN News
Thursday, 29 June 2017

Plans by Jetstar to up-gauge the aircraft type used on its Perth/Bali route from September 13 have been brought closer to fruition through the allocation by the International Air Services Commission of an extra 100 seats weekly.

Jetstar will be using A321 equipment configured with 230 seats.

There was no difficulty in accessing the extra seats needed.  In approving the bid, IASC noted that the Register of Available Capacity had 4492 seats weekly on offer in each direction for Australian carriers to operate services to and from Sydney, Melbourne (including Avalon), Brisbane and Perth.

IASC reported “there are no other applicants seeking capacity on the route”.

In its application Qantas sought approval for code sharing with Emirates under its wider operational agreement with EK.  The IASC mulled over referring this to the ACCC for consideration as it does when code share arrangements might have anti-competitive aspects.

However, it felt Emirates was unlikely to consider operating its own aircraft on the route in competition with Jetstar and thus had “no concerns that the proposed joint services between Jetstar and Emirates would impact on competition on the Australia-Indonesia route”.

The determination is valid for five years.

Jetstar wins extra Bali seats to allow up-gauging

BTN News
Thursday, 29 June 2017

Plans by Jetstar to up-gauge the aircraft type used on its Perth/Bali route from September 13 have been brought closer to fruition through the allocation by the International Air Services Commission of an extra 100 seats weekly.

Jetstar will be using A321 equipment configured with 230 seats.

There was no difficulty in accessing the extra seats needed.  In approving the bid, IASC noted that the Register of Available Capacity had 4492 seats weekly on offer in each direction for Australian carriers to operate services to and from Sydney, Melbourne (including Avalon), Brisbane and Perth.

IASC reported “there are no other applicants seeking capacity on the route”.

In its application Qantas sought approval for code sharing with Emirates under its wider operational agreement with EK.  The IASC mulled over referring this to the ACCC for consideration as it does when code share arrangements might have anti-competitive aspects.

However, it felt Emirates was unlikely to consider operating its own aircraft on the route in competition with Jetstar and thus had “no concerns that the proposed joint services between Jetstar and Emirates would impact on competition on the Australia-Indonesia route”.

The determination is valid for five years.