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Jetstar is angling to launch services from Western Sydney to Bali as soon as possible, says CEO Stephanie Tully.
Speaking to Australian Aviation at WSI on Sunday, Tully said both Western Sydney and Bali are important markets to Jetstar, and that the airline would expect strong demand. It comes as the new airport has finally opened to passengers, with two Jetstar flights taking off on Sunday.
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“The next one we want to do is Bali. The Australian and Indonesian governments recently awarded some extra rights between the two countries, and we’ve put in an application as the Qantas Group, and one of those routes we’d prioritise is Western Sydney to Bali,” said Tully.
“Bali is super important to Jetstar, and we know the customers of Western Sydney are really keen for that to be an option. [We’d start] as soon as we can. We’ve now put in the application. We need that to be approved.”
Jetstar operated the first two flights from Western Sydney on Sunday, to the Gold Coast and Melbourne, and Tully said the new airport will be “super important” for the carrier.
“It’s been over 50 years for an airport of this magnitude [to have opened in Australia], so I think it’s going to step change travel. It’s an option for Sydneysiders, and for us, many of our customers were spending more on the journey to get to the other airport that live this way,” she said.
“It’s a growing, thriving part of the world, and they’ve now got low fares on their doorstep, and we love being part of that. In a thriving big city like Sydney, it’s a second airport, and that’s going to be an excellent option for our customers.
“We know that the Western Sydney community is three million and growing. It’s the fastest growing community in Australia. So, we know many of our customers already live out this way, and it’s going to be fantastic to be able to have low fares on their doorstep.”
Qantas Group’s bid for more seats to Indonesia comes as rival Virgin Australia looks to carve out its own slice of the new allocation, asking the International Air Services Commission for 5,086 seats per week in each direction.
Virgin is aiming to increase its existing Bali flights by 28 per week in total and launch flights from Western Australia, with four more each from Sydney and Melbourne, three from Brisbane, and 17 from Perth.
Virgin Australia has yet to announce services from Western Sydney, which has so far attracted seven airlines: Jetstar, QantasLink, Singapore Airlines, Air New Zealand, Vietjet, Fiji Airways, and Qatar Airways.
Air New Zealand will operate WSI’s first international flights on Monday.
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