Jetstar Japan to first use A321neo(LR) on domestic routes ch-aviation PRO exclusive

Qantas Group ordered ten incremental A321-200neo(XLR)s and converted existing orders for twenty-six A321neo to the (XLR) version.

Announced during the 2019 Paris Air Show at Paris Le Bourget, the contract foresees the start of deliveries from the 2024 financial year (i.e. July 1, 2023, through to June 30, 2024) onwards and includes significant flexibility for the Australian holding to adjust delivery schedules depending on market conditions.

"We already know the A320 is a great aircraft and this new variant can fly further and more efficiently than any other single-aisle jet on the market. It can fly routes like Cairns-Tokyo Narita or Melbourne Tullamarine-Singapore Changi, which existing narrow-bodies can't, and that changes the economics of lots of potential routes into Asia to make them not just physically possible but financially attractive," Qantas Group CEO, Alan Joyce said.

"We'll take a decision closer to the time about which parts of the Group will use these aircraft, but there is plenty of potential across Qantas (QF, Sydney Kingsford Smith)...

Qantas (QF, Sydney Kingsford Smith) is planning to attempt a full take over of Alliance Airlines (QQ, Brisbane Int'l), in which it currently holds a 19.9% stake, once the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) completes its review of the current ownership structure of the regional airline, Qantas Group CEO Alan Joyce said during the IATA AGM in Seoul.

"We made our intentions clear, our medium- to long-term objective is to try a full take-over of Alliance Airlines. We think there is a lot of synergies with Network Aviation (NWK, Perth Int'l) which flies the same Fokker 100 aircraft. We think it would bring scale benefits," Joyce said.

He pointed out that Alliance Airlines had high exposure to the booming resources sectors as it operates flights to the mining outposts. Qantas Group is targeting to expand on this market.

"We could continue growing organically but it'd take a lot longer. Buying Alliance Airlines would mean the capability to grow more rapidly," Joyce said.

Alliance Airlines currently operates twenty-seven...

Jetstar Airways (JQ, Melbourne Tullamarine) and Jetstar Japan (GK, Tokyo Narita) will start adding A321-200neo to their fleets in mid-2020, Jetstar Group CEO Gareth Evans told the media during the IATA AGM in Seoul.

"The A321neo will be arriving both in Australia and Japan from the middle of 2020. Initially, we have three aircraft coming to Japan and eighteen to Australia over the next two years from mid-2020," Evans said.

According to the ch-aviation fleets advanced module, Qantas Group currently has 99 A320neo family aircraft on order with Airbus, including forty-five A320-200neo, thirty-six A321neo, and eighteen A321neo(LR)s.

All of the A320neo Family aircraft ordered by Qantas Group will go to various Jetstar units as a replacement of their current fleets and for growth. Evans pointed out that Singapore's Jetstar Asia Airways (3K, Singapore Changi) and Viet Nam's Jetstar Pacific (BL, Ho Chi Minh City) could also get A321neo down the line, although the initial plan through 2022 foresees deliveries only to the Australian and...