Re: $99 one-way airfares : Who needs the XPT

["Dave Proctor" <daproc@spambait.ozemail.com.au>]

"David Bromage" <dbromage@fang.omni.com.au> wrote in message
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> Virgin Blue will commence operations between Brisbane and Sydney on 3rd
> August, initially with 7 services per day. There will be one way fares as
> low as $99. This is even lower than Impulse is proposing, and they don't
> start until September. This is going to murder the XPT.

Only for through BNE/OOL - SYD trips - Virgin Blue will not be providing a
service on the North Coast to places like TRO, KPS, CFS or GFN.

Although if patronage declines too much, they *might* reduce the services to
two daily, which would free up a set (to reduce overall fleet mileage).

Dave