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

["Barry Campbell" <campblbm@ozemail.com.au>]

Dave Proctor wrote in message ...
>"David Bromage" <dbromage@fang.omni.com.au> wrote in message
>rEV95.120$SD6.513278@news0.optus.net.au">news:rEV95.120$SD6.513278@news0.optus.net.au...
>> 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.
>
And these are, of course, giant traffic generators.


Barry Campbell