One wonders how long Originair's Palmerston North-Hamilton service will last...
The airline commenced weekday flights between the two cities on the 19th of October 2020 with flights between the two cities operating around midday...
http://3rdlevelnz.blogspot.com/2020/10/hamilton-for-lunch.html.
Loadings don't appear to have been great. From January the airline's reservations system shows flights operating on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Meanwhile the business timed flights Air New Zealand operated are crying for a replacement. These flights always had 30+ passengers flying between the two centres. Originair has lost four sectors from me... on one occasion I drove back and forth and in the one next month I'm just not going to what I normally would have done easily on business timed flights.
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| Originair's BAe Jetstream 32 arriving in Hamilton on 19 November 2020 with 6 pax |
Very negative comments lately. Perhaps they're doing the best they can with the aircraft and resources they have available??
ReplyDeleteCould well be the case as the costs of overnighting crews in Hamilton might be too expensive.
DeleteMore a matter of frustration... This route could be a real winner for them but they need to fly when people (including myself) want to fly and were used to flying. Sure they probably are struggling with aircraft (and maybe resources) but I would have been really surprised if a midday service would work.
ReplyDeleteChathams seem to read the market better. Origin have struggled for years. I wonder if this could be an opening for them. Meantime I'd be suprised to see Origin operating any regular services this time next year
ReplyDeleteI think the difference is Chatham and I think Soundsair engage a lot more with the community before launching a service. Where as Originair make decisions based on what fits into their operational requirements. It can be 2 different things
DeleteIt is like they have set it up to fail.
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