I remember when I went a few years ago there were only 2 flights a week -
this seems to promise 3, which gives greater flexibility in choosing periods
of stay.
2010/1/23 Paul Taylor <>
> On 23/01/2010 9:57 AM, Alan McBride wrote:
>
>> Well that's not very useful: so much for expecting cheaper fares!
>>
>> Thanks, hadn't heard that.
>>
>>
>>
>
> Since the service is underwritten by the government, I suspect it may not
> be commercially
> viable for one airline, let alone competing airlines.
>
> I read somewhere that National Jet Systems (now Cobham Aviation) declined
> to renew the
> contract for flight services to Christmas and Cocos Is. - but other
> articles says their bid was
> unsuccessful. At any rate, the contract was won by Sky Air World, who
> promptly went into
> administration after their aircraft were repossessed prior to commencing
> the service in April
> 2009. Presumably Virgin Blue are not likely to suffer a similar fate!
>
> The maps on the Virgin Blue website haven't been updated yet, so I'm not
> sure if they will be
> skipping the Learmonth leg as SkyAirWorld intended to do. (The Embraer
> jets have a
> greater range than the BAe-146/Avro RJ that NJS uses.)
>
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