Jetstar will begin three long-haul routes from Brisbane to Japan and South Korea. It is going to be the primary time the leisure carrier has served the countries non-stop from the Queensland capital. Alas, it means Gold Coast loses its Tokyo route. It comes as Brisbane welcomed its first Vietnam service by Vietjet on June sixteenth while gearing as much as see United Airlines from Los Angeles in December.
Jetstar’s latest Brisbane routes
Using the Jetstar’s 335-seat Boeing 787-8s, the three routes are as follows:
Brisbane to… |
Start date (from Australia) |
Flights |
Schedule out |
Schedule back |
Find flights |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Osaka Kansai |
February 2nd, 2024 |
4 weekly |
JQ23, 11:45-19:45 |
JQ24, 21:45-07:25+1 |
|
Tokyo Narita |
October thirty first, 2023 |
Five weekly to every day* |
JQ9, 10:40-18:40 |
JQ10, 21:00-06:35+1 |
|
Seoul Incheon |
February 1st, 2024 |
Three weekly |
JQ53, 14:45-23:15 |
JQ54, 00:50-11:00 |
|
* Each day from December third |
Inbound tourists can be a crucial source of demand for all three routes. In 2019, Queensland welcomed roughly 300,000 Japanese and South Koreans. Japan is now the fourth most-visited country for Australians, including those of Japanese heritage, while Seoul Korea is growing in popularity.
Photo: John Mackintosh | Shutterstock.
Second carrier to Tokyo, Seoul
Jetstar can be the second carrier to Tokyo, joining a 3 weekly service by parent Qantas, which also rises to every day in the height season. There isn’t any suggestion that Qantas will surrender the route in favor of lower-cost Jetstar.
Based on Cirium data, the 4,409 miles (7,096 km) between Brisbane and Osaka has not had non-stop flights since 2004, if ever. Nonetheless, Jetstar continues to operate from Cairns, in tropical Far North Queensland, to Osaka.
Still, Brisbane-Osaka is a well-liked market. Booking data shows that it had around 40,000 indirect point-to-point passengers in 2019. Roughly three-quarters of passengers transited in Asia, particularly in Singapore and Taipei.
Photo: Jetstar.
Jetstar can be the primary Australian carrier to operate Brisbane-Seoul since Qantas had a handful of seasonal flights in 2005/2006. It joins Korean Air, which is as a consequence of have a every day A330-200 service when Jetstar begins in February.
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Jetstar’s also increases other routes
From February 1st, the leisure carrier will fly 10 weekly between Brisbane and the ever-popular Denpasar Bali, up from every day. First launched in 2014, the two,789-mile (4,489 km) Jetstar route has never had greater than a every day service before.
While the 787-8 will proceed to operate seven days every week, the extra services can be by the 232-seat A321LR, of which Jetstar has seven when writing on June nineteenth. Because the 787 cruises faster, it has a 5h 55m block time to Indonesia against 6h 20m for the Airbus narrowbody.
Photo: Michael Doran I Easy Flying.
While the 787 has a lower seat-mile cost, the A321LR could have a notably lower trip cost and require far fewer passengers to interrupt even.
The A321LR to Auckland too
Jetstar also plans to make use of the LR between Brisbane and Auckland, a route launched by the carrier on March twenty seventh, 2023. While it currently runs 4 weekly, it should turn into every day from October 2019, with the LR starting on February 1st.
It is going to replace the A320ceo, providing 52 additional seats per departure, higher fuel consumption, a quieter experience, more cupboard space, and so forth.
Photo: Michael Doran I Easy Flying.
The LR is timed to operate Brisbane-Bali-Brisbane-Auckland-Brisbane in 24 hours. It is going to be interesting to see what it operates on the times it doesn’t fly to Indonesia.
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