fly oz jet at your own peril, page-5

I wouldn't want to be flying in 30 year old planes which are used upto 10 times a day ... eeek!
But, it seems like some people are liking Oz Jet ... story on ABC Business News section today:

Last Update: Tuesday, January 24, 2006. 7:23am (AEDT)
Ozjet upbeat about airline's future
The nation's newest domestic airline, Ozjet, is planning to announce its next capital city destination in the next few weeks.

Ozjet had to cut flights soon after its first trip between Melbourne and Sydney in late November and was forced to offer two-for-one tickets to put more passengers on its seats.

Ozjet chairman and founder Paul Stoddart says the business service airline has overcome its teething problems and flights between Sydney and Melbourne are running at around 50 per cent capacity, thanks partly to the two-for-one marketing ploy.

"We're seeing passenger loads really improve, to the point where we've had several full flights over the last week," he said.

Mr Stoddart says the next destination will be announced soon.

"It's a really close race between two capitals as to whether we launch a Brisbane or a Perth service next," he said.

Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation spokesman Peter Harbison says longer haul flights may be more effective.

"There's probably a threshold of about two- to two-and-a-half-hours where people do actually start to feel that it's worth paying a bit more to get a comfortable seat," he said.

Mr Stoddart says the airline plans to have 24 flights a day between the nation's two major cities by late February.

Mr Harbison says late February will be crunch time.

"If the market then is going to come towards Ozjet, it may well be that it's got a future," he said.

Mr Stoddard says the business class service will be running 24 flights a day between Melbourne and Sydney by the third week in February.