Rubbish - check this https://www.bitre.gov.au/statistics/aviation/otp_month Jetstar cancelled over 7% of flights in Jan. I’ve booked 4 sectors with JS in the early days - 3 completed disasters; never gain, even if the price was cents. BTW, Jetstar in Asia is different, perfectly fine for short hops like Sin-PP
Please don't bring any facts into internet arguments, how else can we distort the truth ? I never give a thought to which airline I'm flying but Aeroflot and Garuda never make my list if I do actually look
I flew Garuda a few times in the 90s (when I was working on Grand Hyatt Jakarta) and they had expats on the international routes - service was actually better thanAir France!
If you want old, grumpy, rude cabin crew delivering poor service, have a crack at domestic Aeroflot. Mind you this was the 70's and flying through the 'stans but I hold no hope it has changed.
Cabin crews before Covid great BA business class flight Singo to London , return BA on 380 business class shocking crap food ,no service ,no napkin at flights end . And to think I've been BOAC Junior Jet club member since 4/5/1961.Melbourne to London flying a Comet 4! Anyone else flown in a Comet 4 apart form Moretti . Image Unavailable, Please Login
Never flew in one, but plenty of times in 707 either QANTAS or Pan Am with the free coke and toilet products.
One of the main reasons they cancel flights is related to cost savings measures. If they see a flight is only 75% full they will distribute the pax to the other flights before and after.
I know that’s a popular theory and may be true if a flight is very light on, but they wouldn’t be cancelling a 75% full flight if they didn’t have to. You need to remember they have a bunch of tech crew and cabin crew whom are supposed to be somewhere too in order to complete several other sectors.
Having worked for the airline (QF) for 30 years, it happens frequently. It’s not a last minute decision it’s planned in advanced, particularly on the Syd - Melb route where there are frequent flights and crew calling in sick. Unfortunately the pax only know about it at the last minute. The cost cutting measures at Jetstar are at another level.
Not to mention the all over anger at Jetstar management from the crew which encourages “calling in sick”. Only difference is Qantas can usually cover it (and their crew are paid properly and are well aware of the public’s laughable perception of them).
Exactly - but for many smaller destinations (such as Launceston) that might ‘distribute’ you to the next day!
The grievances people have with Jetstar, I get. However, they are a budget airline. Tiger had similar issues while they were operating, and Bonza will probably be the same. I do feel that Jetstar were unfairly slammed last week when the inbound flight from Bangkok landed in Alice. It was a medical emergency FFS (a stroke I believe) It was unfortunate that the aircraft had an electrical fault detected after landing that needed a part flown in to fix. It was also unfortunate that Alice is a domestic airport without customs processing facilities. If a passenger requires immediate medical assistance that can’t be provided onboard, get the thing on the ground ASAP. I don’t give a **** where, as long as there is a hospital near by!! All the news reports showed interviews with tired and grumpy passengers that were pissed off at the inconvenience. Not one mention in the report as to the well-being of the sick passenger. If I was on board and was interviewed by by the media, my response would have been something like……… All good, we’ll get home when we get home. I just hope that the sick passenger is ok………. However that wouldn’t have fit the narrative. Sorry for the rant….. my two cents
