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

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

"Barry Campbell" <campblbm@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
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> Dave Proctor wrote in message ...
> >"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.
> >
> And these are, of course, giant traffic generators.

They are actually, for the XPT services. More passengers on these services
are travelling to intermediate destinations, rather than through journeys
from origin to destination of the service. Also, if you look at the
backpacker market, who like to stop off at all the small towns along the
way, spend a few days, and then move on to the next small town (something
rather difficult with an airline that only goes from capital to capital).

Dave