Jetstar Airways - Looking at Long-Haul Expansion

Based in Melbourne, Australia, Qantas' low-cost subsidiary Jetstar operates an extensive domestic and regional network, with some international services and is reportedly considering serving new destinations in China, Europe and North America. While its sister airline, Jetstar Asia flies within a five hour radius of Singapore.

Based at Melbourne's Tullamarine and Avalon airport, Jetstar's services link Australian cities with destinations in Hawaii, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.

Personnel

Fleet

As of April 2010, Jetstar's fleet will consist of:
Australia: 6 A321s, 7 A330-200s and 34 A320 (expanding to 36 by July)
Singapore (Jetstar Asia): 9 A320s (10 by July)

Further firm deliveries (could be Australia based, Singapore based, or operated by a future Jetstar franchise):

2010

8 A320s, 2 A330s

2011

6 A320s, 3 A330s

Beyond 2011

38 A320/A321s, 25 B787s

Network Strategy

With operations in Australia and Singapore, Jetstar offers narrow and widebody services and a low-fares product in the Asia Pacific market. Jetstar Asia serves 14 destinations from its Singapore base, while Jetstar flies to 33 destinations. Its largest operation is to Sydney with 289 weekly flights.

Airline Requirements

Market size to/from Australia/Singapore including market sizes to potential high volume connecting markets for a proposed new service

• Point of sale split
• Type of customer split (business, leisure, VFR)
• Average fare

• Population in primary/secondary catchment, income & other demographic data

• Hotel room inventory and growth (generally only for pure destination traffic)
• General explanation of what drives travel to/from destination

• Airport costs, incentives, willingness to sign long term partnerships that deliver increasingly low costs, in exchange for growth commitment

• Information about slot & gate/parking positions, particularly if there are specific time of day limitations

• Airport infrastructure - ease of taxi in/taxi out, fast turnaround, ground load capability, dual door boarding, etc

• Jetstar's current planning cycle is mostly for S2011, some limited W2010 available.

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