Jetstar contemplates India route

Budget airline Jetstar is on course to expand into Europe within two years with a one-way fare of just under $800.
New services to Athens and Rome via Bangkok could begin operating as early as 2009, Jetstar chief Alan Joyce told BusinessDaily yesterday.
He said a European operation aimed at winning traffic from Australia's large Italian and Greek communities would follow once Jetstar had bedded in its longhaul Asian operation launched in November. But discount tickets to Europe are just one aspect of a much broader growth strategy Qantas has for Jetstar.The plan is to use the discount offshoot on routes where the parent airline cannot generate profits.Athens and Rome are prime examples where Qantas once flew but withdrew for economic reasons.
Other new routes now being contemplated include Malaysia, South Korea, India and China.
Mr Joyce said opportunities would also arise within five years for the airline to fly to the US west coast to places such as Oakland in California instead of San Fransciso.
07/06/07 Geoff Easdown/NEWS.com.au, Australia

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