Domestic Airlines Australia
QANTAS Airlines Australia
With over 142 worldwide destinations and 33,000 employees, Qantas is undoubtedly one of Australia’s major companies. It has surely gone along way from its modest beginnings way back in 1920, when they began operating as an air taxi service purely for fun rides. It was in 1922 that they started as a passenger airline. Today, Qantas Airlines is regarded as Australia’s largest domestic and International airline. It now has almost 200 aircrafts serving flyers worldwide.
Qantas flies over 5,000 domestic flights a week headed for 58 destinations in all Australian states. Likewise, it flies to multiple airports of over 32 countries encompassing all continents of the world.
Jetstar Airlines Australia
Jetsta Airways is a subsidiary of Qantas Airways. It was initially a domestic low-cost airline launched by Qantas in May 2004 to accommodate the budget-conscious clientele. It was also Qantas’ answer to its then budding competition, the Virgin Blue Airways.
Previously, to eliminate internal rivalry between Jetstar Airways and Qantas Airways, both airlines didn’t fly to similar routes. But with the rise of the number of flyers from different market segments, serving the same destinations doesn’t create much internal collision.
It has a sister airline named as Jetstar Asia Airways which is based in Singapore. It regularly flies to Hong Kong, and it serves as Jetstar’s access to the Asian budget-conscious clientele.
Virgin Blue Airlines Australia
Virgin Blue started operating as a low-cost airline on August 2000 with only two aircrafts. Its flights were only between Brisbane and Sydney. It is part of the huge Virgin Group of Companies founded by the British business magnate, Sir Richard Branson.
When Ansett Airlines halted its operation (in 2001) after 66 years, Virgin Blue fortunately entered the airline industry to fill in the hole. It wasn’t long enough for Virgin Blue to become the second largest domestic carrier in Australia. It now flies to all major cities of Australia covering all states and territories. Its sister airline, the Pacific Blue, also have regular travels from mainland Australia to Cook Islands, Fiji, New Zealand, Tonga, and Vanuatu.
This year, 2006, Virgin Blue is contemplating on operating at least 7 flights a week to the USA with the Los Angeles Airport as terminal. Likewise, Virgin Blue is also eyeing on flying to Japan. When this is realized, Australians will now have another budget-friendly carrier to other countries, and this is always good news.
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