Jetstar Asia to Inaugurate Ningbo Service

Posted 13/07/2011

The Asian division of Australian low-cost carrier Jetstar Airways is to expand its Chinese network to a sixth destination with the launch of a three times weekly service from Singapore Changi International to Ningbo.  Jetstar Asia already operates flights between Singapore and Guilin, Haikou, Hangzhou and Shantou, carrying an estimated 88,000 O&D passengers on these routes into China, around 2.9 per cent of the total market.

The new route continues Jetstar Asia’s model of adding new travel options in China for customers from Singapore.  There are no direct links between Singapore and Ningbo, with passengers currently having to connect via Beijing, Guanghzhou or Hong Kong.

Jetstar Asia is the sole operator on all but one of its current four destinations in China, with the only competition coming from Tiger Airways on the Haikou route.  This route is its most successful with an O&D market of 48,000 passengers last year, followed by Shantou (approximately 23,000), then Guilin (12,000) which was launched in November 2010 and Hangzhou (4,000) which was launched in March this year, although the latter has the strongest yield.

The airline will inaugurate the new route on September 9 and is already planning to introduce a fourth weekly rotation from November 3.

Schedule:

3K835 SIN1125 – 1630NGB 320 257
3K836 NGB1720 – 2220SIN 320 257

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