Virgin to fly CBR-Perth in sitting weeks from August

JC said :

planeguy said :

The CBR-PER legs are fairly close to the Qantas times, and convenient for both business and leisure travel. However, the morning/midday departure from Perth for the return leg is less desirable. Would have hoped for a late afternoon departure, even if it meant a late night arrival in Canberra.

Either way, hope it catches on, and more days are added to the schedule, and pressure is put on Qantas’s fares.

All well and good except of course Virgin have stated the service has been put on to accommodate pollies and their staffers. Hence the times.

Does that mean only one class of travel will be available (business)?

planeguy said :

The CBR-PER legs are fairly close to the Qantas times, and convenient for both business and leisure travel. However, the morning/midday departure from Perth for the return leg is less desirable. Would have hoped for a late afternoon departure, even if it meant a late night arrival in Canberra.

Either way, hope it catches on, and more days are added to the schedule, and pressure is put on Qantas’s fares.

All well and good except of course Virgin have stated the service has been put on to accomodate pollies and their staffers. Hence the times.

dungfungus said :

I note these proposed direct services are based on speculative demand.

It will be interesting to see if some competition forces down prices or will we see the parallel pricing that existed with the old “two airline policy”

Pity our Territory bus service doesn’t operate on demand. Airlines won’t fly routes with empty planes so why do Action persist in running non-peak services with empty busses?

Wild guess here but reckon it might have something to do with one being a business intent on making a profit and the other being a public service.

The CBR-PER legs are fairly close to the Qantas times, and convenient for both business and leisure travel. However, the morning/midday departure from Perth for the return leg is less desirable. Would have hoped for a late afternoon departure, even if it meant a late night arrival in Canberra.

Either way, hope it catches on, and more days are added to the schedule, and pressure is put on Qantas’s fares.

I note these proposed direct services are based on speculative demand.

It will be interesting to see if some competition forces down prices or will we see the parallel pricing that existed with the old “two airline policy”

Pity our Territory bus service doesn’t operate on demand. Airlines won’t fly routes with empty planes so why do Action persist in running non-peak services with empty busses?