Re: www.virginblue.com.au

["David Bennetts" <davibenn@pcug.org.au>]

Eric

You've left out another airline as well.  Kendell, the Ansett affiliate, are
expanding their operations from Canberra, and will be operating direct
flights to such destinations as Melbourne, Adelaide and Brisbane on a much
more frequent basis than is currently the case.  These flights will
supplement those of Ansett, and use 50 seater jet aircraft.

There must be some impact on Countrylink from these additional services, but
with the increased frequency of flights I wonder how Sydney Airport will
cope with the increased traffic also - delays due congestion were bad
enough.

Regards

David Bennetts
Canberra


Eric Cartman <erkV69@erk.au.com> wrote in message
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> At first glance, the words Virgin Blue may not appear to have much to do
> with railfans (or maybe it does, who knows?) at first glance but it
appears
> as though it might.
>
> As you are possibly aware, Virgin Blue is the name of the 2nd major
> competitor for Ansett and QANTAS on the Sydney-Melbourne-Brisbane routes
> (Impulse being the first). What impact do you think that these new
airlines
> will have on rail services on this corridor? Both new companies describe
> their services as no frills to reduce the cost of flying, with no meals or
> inflight entertainment included in the fare (sounds like CountryLink now
but
> many less hours)?
>
> FYI, Impulse are now operating Sydney - Canberra and Sydney - Melbourne
and
> will operate Sydney-Brisbane later this year. Virgin Blue will operate
later
> this year.
>
> I know which I'd choose to get to Melbourne cheaply/quickly on the spur of
> the moment!
>
> Thoughts/comments?
>
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