Jetstar is an Australian low-cost airline wholly owned subsidiary of Qantas. In 2001 Qantas bought out Newcastle based Impulse Airlines and began operating its fleet of Boeing 717-200 aircraft under the QantasLink banner. On the 1st December 2003 Qantas announced the decision to launch a low-cost carrier called "Jetstar" to take on the rapidly expanding Virgin Blue and decided to use the Impulse fleet to speed up the launch. At the official launch of the new carrier Qantas announced they have placed an order for 23 Airbus A320s. With headquarters at Avalon airport Jetstar began services on the 25th May 2004 using Boeing 717-200 from the Impulse fleet. Seventeen years ago today a Boeing 717-231 VH-VQI (CN 55095) touched down in Melbourne from Newcastle as JQ371. Airbus A320 services were launched later that year. On the 1st December 2005, Jetstar commenced operations from Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and the Gold Coast to Christchurch in New Zealand. In June 2015, Jetstar announced that it would commence regional services in New Zealand, beginning in December that same year. The new services would be flown by five turboprop Bombardier Dash 8s currently operated by Qantaslink, but would be flown under the Jetstar brand. At least four new destinations were served initially, with Hamilton, Rotorua, New Plymouth, Napier, Palmerston North, Nelson and Invercargill named as the cities under consideration.
With a fleet of 66 aircraft, consisting of
49 A320's
6 A321's (one parked)
11 B787-8 (one parked and seven stored)
In November 2019 Jetstar ceased all its regional services in New Zealand, and in mid-March 2020, Jetstar suspended their New Zealand operations altogether in response to the global COVID-19 pandemic.
 |
| JETSTAR DASH 8 Q300 VH-TQD (CN 598) |
 |
| JETSTAR DASH 8 Q300 VH-TQK (CN 600) |
Jetstar has had different aircraft and many different liveries; below are some of the images I have taken over the years.
 |
JETSTAR B717-231 VH-VQJ (CN 55096) BUDGET LIVERY |
 |
JETSTAR B717-231 VH-YQH (CN 55096) DOMINOS PIZZA LIVERY THIS AIRCRAFT WAS PREVIOUSLY REGISTERED AS VH-VQJ AS SEEN ABOVE; IT IS NOW CURRENTLY REGISTERED AS VH-NXN |
 |
JETSTAR A320-232 VH-JQX (CN 2197) |
 |
JETSTAR A320-232 VH-VGP (CN 4343) |
 |
CELEBRATING "POWDERFINDERS" AUSTRALIAN TOUR |
 |
JETSTAR A320-232 VH-VGZ (CN 3917) QUICKSILVER LIVERY |
 |
JETSTAR A320-232 VH-VQH (CN 55094) CELEBRATING OUR AUSTRALIAN RUGBY LEAGUE TEAM THE KANGAROOS |
 |
JETSTAR A320-232 VH-VQQ (CN 2573) SEA WORLD LIVERY |
 |
JETSTAR A320-232 VH-VQP (CN 2573) GOLD COAST "TITANS" |
 |
JETSTAR A320-232 VH-VFL (CN 5489) "HELPING LITTLE ATHS REACH FOR THE STARS" |
 |
JETSTAR A320-232 VH-VGF (CN 4497) BRIGHT ORANGE TO CELEBRATE THIER 10th BIRTHDAY |
 |
JETSTAR A320-232 VH-VQK (CN 2651) SPORTING THE LAUNCESTON AIRPORT LIVERY |
 |
JETSTAR A330-202 VH-EBC (CN 506) PAINTED WHITE THIS AIRCRAFT HAS NOW RETURNED TO QANTAS |
 |
JETSTAR A330-202 VH-EBD (CN 513) |
 |
JETSTAR B787-800 VH-VKG (CN 36232) |
No comments:
Post a Comment