Not impressed by Virgin Offer
Really, I'm not impressed by Virgin/Pacific/Branson Blue airfares. $39 specials are great, but after February you can bet the price will be back up to over $100 each way.
I would be impressed if an airline offered a 5 cent fare - like the one I got from Bratislava to Dubrovnik last year. (632km as the crow flies - Wellington to Auckland is 480km.) With taxes and fees it was about NZ$28 to travel on a 90 minute flight. On a new 737-800. That left on time. And arrived 5 minutes early.
I would be impressed if an airline offered a 5 cent fare - like the one I got from Bratislava to Dubrovnik last year. (632km as the crow flies - Wellington to Auckland is 480km.) With taxes and fees it was about NZ$28 to travel on a 90 minute flight. On a new 737-800. That left on time. And arrived 5 minutes early.
posted by Michael at
9:38 PM
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The European budget model really isn't viable here - a primary reason is the lack of secondary airports.
While this competition may be good for our market, I sincerely doubt it. Qantas have put nothing into a regional network and I doubt that Virgin will deviate from that model, ie. focussing solely on the high volume, high profit routes.
I think it's disgusting that we let Australian companies into our country to squeeze cash out of us when we have so much trouble doing business over there.
At least Air New Zealand is a truly national airline.
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Richard, at 9:53 AM
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