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Jetstar Airways Pty Ltd, trading as Jetstar, is an Australian low-cost airline, headquartered in Melbourne, Australia.

 

The airline is a wholly owned subsidiary of Qantas, having been created in response to the threat posed by low-cost airline Virgin Blue. Jetstar is part of Qantas' two brand strategy of having Qantas Airways for the premium full-service market and Jetstar for the low-cost market. Qantas, through the Jetstar Group, also has stakes in sister airlines Jetstar Asia Airways, Jetstar Pacific Airlines and Jetstar Japan.

 

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Routes and Destinations

 

Jetstar Airways currently operates an extensive domestic network as well as regional and international services from its main base at Melbourne Airport.

 

Domestic destinations include; Adelaide, Brisbane, Cairns, Darwin, Gold Coast, Melbourne, Newcastle (New South Wales), Perth, Sunshine Coast and Sydney.

 

International destinations include; Auckland, Bangkok, Beijing, Ho Chi Minh City, Honolulu, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Manila, Nadi, Phuket, Singapore and Tokyo.

 

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Jetstar Airways fleet currently consists of 70 aircraft including Airbus A320's/ A321's and Boeing 787-800 series.

The airline previously operated using Airbus A330's and Boeing 717's however they modernised their fleet and changed. Jetstar Airways use their Airbus aircraft only on their domestic routes offering a one class, buy on board service. Their Boeing 787's are used for their international sectors offering a two class service.

Business class is fitted with 21 leather premium class seats in a 2-3-2 configuration. This service is currently inclusive of all meals and beverages, in-flight entertainment and includes an increased baggage allowance of 30kg.

 

 

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News

April 2018

The Jetstar community partners with 99.co property site company

Jetstar Pacific parent company, JetStar, has partnered with the Singapore-based property site, 99.co, to launch the first of its kind property themed airplane, as part of a campaign to cement its prowess across the two markets. The plane is co-sponsored by Indonesian property developer Adhi Persada Properti and willmainly be flying the Singapore-Jakarta route for the next 12 months. Launched in 2015 in Singapore, the three-year-old listing portal has gained rapid popularity with consumers with its user centric design and user-first search algorithm.

 

99.co is currently the largest property portal in both countries, listing over 1.2 million active properties on their site. 99.co was launched after the company acquired urbanIndo.com. According to Jetstar Asia’s head of commercial Francis Loi, this tie-in with 99.co is a very exciting development for the airline.

 

March 2018

Jetstar Pacific increases number of flights to Bangkok

Jetstar Pacific, one of the low cost carrier (LCC) in the Jetstar family, has announced it will increase the frequency of its flights between Ho Chi Minh City and Bangkok (Thailand) to seven round-trip per week to keep up with increasing travel demand during the summer of this year. The additional service will begin servicing passengers between May 20 and August 31, the carrier said on March 23. Tickets will be sold from 200,000 VND per leg, excluding tax and fees, on website www.jetstar.com and at ticket agents nationwide.
 

This is followed the carrier’s operations on the Hanoi – Quy Nhon (Binh Dinh province) air route with five flights per week, as part of the its plan to add more services to famous tourist attractions in summer holiday.Summer is always a busy time for the aviation sector. Increasing flight frequency between the southern hub and Bangkok not only bolsters travel between Vietnam and Thailand but also creates a flight network among Vietnam, Thailand and Singapore.

 

13th September 2017

Jetstar announces 1Q18 Melbourne – Denpasar Preliminary frequency changes

Jetstar Airways recently in the OAG Schedules Analyser and GDS filed proposed additional frequency for Melbourne – Denpasar route, from 02FEB18 to 24MAR18. Proposed new frequency sees the airline operating 14 weekly flights, instead of 10. Note additional service (JQ035/036 Day x146) is currently not available for booking.

JQ043 MEL1005 – 1255DPS 788 D
JQ035 MEL1855 – 2145DPS 788 D

JQ044 DPS1425 – 2300MEL 788 D
JQ036 DPS2315 – 0750+1MEL 788 D

 

Frequent Flyer Program

 

Jetstar Airways is currently not part of any major global airline alliances however they do offer their passengers a variety of Frequent Flyer programs. Jetstar, being a wholly owned subsidiary of Qantas use the Qantas Frequent Flyer Program to allow passengers to collect points.

They do however also allow programs with the following airlines; Emirates, JAL and Vietnam Airlines, to be used to collect points.

 

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Airbus A320-200 

 

 

 

 

 

Airbus A321-200

 

 

 

 

 

Boeing 787-8 

 

 

 

Melbourne Airport

HUB Airport

 

 

Melbourne Airport , also known as Tullamarine Airport, is the primary airport serving the city of Melbourne, and the second busiest airport in Australia. It was opened in 1970 to replace the nearby Essendon Airport. Melbourne Airport is the sole international airport of the four airports serving the Melbourne metropolitan area.Airlines that fly from and to Melbourne Airport include Garuda Indonesia,Qantas, Air Asia and Vietnam Airlines.

 

 

 

 

Jetstar is the large low cost airline with an Australian base at Melbourne’s Tullamarine airport and an Asian base in Singapore. Jetstar flights Jetstar is a major low cost airline with operating bases at Melbourne and Singapore and has been at the forefront of the Australasian/Asian low cost airline revolution. It is also a subsiduary of Austrailan aviaton giant Qantas. Within Australia Jetstar operates flights from most major towns/cities to either Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane or Adelaide. It’s from these "hub" airports that flights depart for or have connections to the airports in Singapore, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Cambodia, Japan, Philippines and Malaysia. On some long haul international flights which are operated by the A330-200 aircraft, Jetstar operates a two class service, Economy and Star class. Star Class is an upgraded service and Economy in line with that offered European low cost carriers. Short haul and domestic/regional services are all economy flights. Jetstar Low Cost Australia Flights Jetstar Airways is an airline of choice. Great choice of destinations, choice of cabin class, choice to prepurchase for food. Many people choose to fly Jetstar because of the choices they offer, from the choice of convenient flight times to deciding whether to upgrade to Star Class. This truly fits in well with the Alternative Airlines philosophy as we believe you should have a choice and this great low cost airline certainly gives you that. Go for that extra touch of quality that Star Class offers : a dedicated cabin leather seats with a 38 inch seat pitch,meals, in flight entertainment with AVOD, and use of executive lounge where available. It’s called low cost but we believe Jetstar gives great service and value for money. Try them out when you are next in their territory. Jetstar flights are operated by modern Airbus jets, either the A330-200 or A320-200. It also has 15 Boeing 787 Dreamliners and a further 50 plus Airbus aircraft on order. The average fleet age is under 3 years.