Jetstar Airways

Jetstar Airways is an Australian low-cost airline headquartered in Melbourne and a subsidiary of Qantas.

History

Jetstar began from February 2004 first flight tickets sell first passenger flights was followed by three months later on May 25. International Jetstar flew for the first time on 1 December 2005. Fleet consisted at that time exclusively of Boeing 717 with 122 seats, but these were soon completely replaced by the larger and more efficient Airbus A320 with 177 seats.

Also in December 2005, the management of the airline unveiled plans to expand to the first operating on long-haul budget airline Jetstar. First, one wants to fly to destinations that are removed about 10 hours from Australia, but later also Europe and America. The fleet Norder over the long haul Airbus A330 and Boeing 787 was the first step for this expansion.

On 13 December 2004, the sister airline Jetstar Asia Airways took their service to based in Singapore. On 14 November 2007 the parent company Qantas Airways ordered 68 Airbus A320 and A321, and secured a further 40 options. However, the precise division between Jetstar Airways, Jetstar Asia Airways and Pacific Airlines is not yet known.

For the end of 2009 Cheap flights between Europe and Australia were planned, but these were not taken by the end of 2013. As potential targets are in Germany Frankfurt and Munich, with further objectives would be Paris, Athens, Rome and Amsterdam. These objectives are to be connected via Bangkok with Sydney and Melbourne. Originally, the first flights to Rome or Athens were planned for the end of 2008, but due to the delay in delivery of the Boeing 787, these plans could not be implemented .. The first 787 was delivered to Jetstar in the summer of 2013, routes to Europe, however, still not announced.

Destinations

Jetstar flies to destinations throughout Australia on, especially in the south and east. Flights from Melbourne to Brisbane includes among other things, Adelaide, Perth and Sydney. From Melbourne Jetstar also offers several flights to the East Coast, among other things, to Darwin, Cairns, Townsville, Hamilton Iceland, Mackay, Rockhampton, Fraser Coast, Sunshine Coast, Gold Coast and Ballina Byron. Similarly, there are flights to Hobart and Launceston in Tasmania. From Tasmania Jetstar passengers also have the option to fly to Sydney and Brisbane.

Fleet

As of October 2013, the fleet of 74 aircraft from Jetstar is with an average age of 5.3 years:

  • 57 Airbus A320 -200
  • 06 Airbus A321 -200
  • 10 Airbus A330 -200
  • 01 Boeing 787-8

Criticism

According to provisions of board Jetstar Airways is male, passengers are not permitted to take a seat next to traveling alone children. This scheme made ​​in August 2012 due to the concomitant general suspicion of pedophilia against men for criticism and indignation. The same rule is also found in Qantas and Air New Zealand.

IATA-Code International Civil Aviation Organization airport code Melbourne Airport Hamilton Island
437163
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