Jetstar Pacific Airlines
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| IATA code : | BL |
| ICAO code : | PIC |
| Call sign : | PACIFIC |
| Founding: | 1991 (as Pacific Airlines) |
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Ho Chi Minh City , Vietnam
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| Home airport : | Ho Chi Minh City |
| IATA prefix code : | 550 |
| Management: | Le Song Lai |
| Fleet size: | 15th |
| Aims: | National and international |
| Website: | www.jetstar.com |
Jetstar Pacific Airlines (often abbreviated to Jetstar Pacific ) is a Vietnamese low-cost airline based in Ho Chi Minh City and based at Tan Son Nhat Airport . It is a subsidiary of Vietnam Airlines and Qantas and belongs to the Jetstar Group.
history
Jetstar Pacific was founded as Pacific Airlines by a resolution of the Vietnamese government in 1991 . From 1996 she flew under the umbrella of the Vietnam Airlines Corporation. In 2005 the airline regained its independence and tried to be the first Vietnamese airline to assert itself in the low-cost flight segment. However, she wrote great losses.
Shortly thereafter, in June 2007, the Australian airline Qantas , which built up a low-cost subsidiary with Jetstar, entered the business and acquired an 18 percent stake in the partially privatized and loss-making airline. At the time, Pacific Airlines was the second largest airline in the country, largely due to the fact that Vietnam Airlines had a monopoly.
On November 14, 2007, Qantas ordered 40 aircraft from the Airbus A320 family and secured another 40 options. The exact division between Pacific Airlines, Jetstar Airways and Jetstar Asia Airways was not initially disclosed. It was later announced that there were plans for Jetstar Pacific to operate a total of 15 Airbus A320s by 2014.
In May 2008, Pacific Airlines was renamed Jetstar Pacific . IATA and ICAO abbreviations as well as the callsign were retained.
In December 2008 a first Airbus A320-200 was put into the fleet again; In 2005, units of this type had already been used at Pacific Airlines. It is a used machine that is leased from Aircastle . The aircraft had the aircraft registration VN-A195 and with 180 seats had the maximum seating for this aircraft type.
In 2009, Qantas' stake in Jetstar Pacific rose to 27 percent. The main shareholder with a stake of 70 percent was a state investment company SCIC (State Capital Investment Corporation) from Vietnam. The remaining shares were held by various other Vietnamese investors. Jetstar Pacific had grown strongly and in 2009 carried around 2 million passengers with a seat load factor of 85 percent. Jetstar Pacific carried out 42 flights a day for this, but the profit zone was still achieved.
Between 2010 and 2014, six more A320-200s were added to the fleet under leasing contracts, most of which had previously been used by other operators. In 2013, the last Boeing 737-400 was phased out and standardized on the Airbus A320 family common at Jetstar.
Vietnam Airlines has held 66.93 percent of Jetstar Pacific since February 2012, while the Qantas Group owns 30 percent . The remaining shares are held by various other Vietnamese investors.
Vietnam Airlines will continue to run the company under its previous name and thus pursue a two-brand strategy. As a foreign company, Qantas may for legal reasons hold a maximum of 49 percent in a Vietnamese airline. The State Capital Investment Corporation had already asked the government for permission in 2008 to sell its 70 percent stake because of the high deficits.
By October 2011, Jetstar Pacific was unable to establish profitable flight operations. For 2009 Jetstar Pacific had to post a loss of 31 million US dollars .
In June 2020 the restructuring and renaming to Pacific Airlines was announced.
Destinations
Jetstar Pacific connects 16 cities within Vietnam mainly from Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City .
The major metropolises of Southeast Asia are served internationally. Including cities like Hong Kong , Taipei , Singapore , Shanghai , Tokyo , Seoul and Bangkok .
Jetstar Pacific Airlines also has interline agreements with Air France-KLM , Cathay Pacific , Cathay Dragon , Finnair and Qatar Airways .
fleet
Current fleet
As of March 2020, the Jetstar Pacific Airlines fleet consists of 15 aircraft with an average age of 5.2 years:
| Aircraft type | number | ordered | Remarks | Seats |
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| Airbus A320-200 | 15th | 11 with Sharklets equipped | 180 | |
| total | 15th | - |
Historic fleet
In the past, Jetstar Pacific Airlines operated, among others, the following types of aircraft:
- Airbus A300-600
- Airbus A310-300
- Airbus A321-200
- Boeing 737-200 / 300/400
- McDonnell Douglas MD-82
- McDonnell Douglas MD-90
See also
Web links
- Jetstar the website (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ aerosecure.de - Pacific Airlines becomes Jetstar Pacific
- ↑ vietnamtours4u.net - Vietnam Tours: Jetstar Pacific Airlines, July 15, 2011 (English) ( Memento of March 2, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ vietnam.embassy.gov.au - Jetstar Pacific: Vietnam's leading website in 2008, December 15, 2008 (English)
- ↑ aero.de - Qantas orders 99 single-aisle aircraft, November 14, 2007 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ patavietnam.org ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English; no longer available)
- ↑ etravelblackboard.com, May 27, 2008 (English; no longer available)
- ↑ planespotters.net - LY-SPD Small Planet Airlines Airbus A320-232 - cn 990 ( Memento of the original from November 7, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English), accessed November 7, 2016
- ↑ a b jetstar.com - Our Company ( Memento of the original from November 28, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English)
- ↑ lookatvietnam.com - Qantas to lift Stake-In Jetstar Pacific to 30 percent (English; no longer available)
- ↑ myvietnamnews.com - Qantas to lift stake in Jetstar Pacific to 30 percent, October 18, 2009 (English) ( Memento from March 9, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ myvietnamnews.com - Jetstar Pacific recives new Airbus A320, October 19, 2010 (English) ( Memento from October 24, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ vietnambusiness.dztimes.net - Jetstar Pacific expands aircraft fleet to seven, February 17, 2011 (English) ( Memento of May 14, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ baomoi.com - Jetstar Pacific recives new Airbus A320 (English) ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Binh, Nguyen: Vietnam Airlines to hold state stake in Jetstar Pacific . In: The Saigon Times , January 30, 2012. Archived from the original on July 27, 2013. Retrieved July 19, 2013.
- ↑ The Australian - Jetstar Pacific stake support, October 25, 2011 (English)
- ↑ nur-flug-tours.de - Further Jetstar Pacific shares are to go to Qantas, December 15, 2008 ( Memento of the original from November 3, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ smh.com.au - Jetstar Pacific set for a shake-up, October 24, 2011 (English)
- ↑ The Australian - Two Jetstar Pacific executives held in Vietnam over fuel futures losses (English)
- ↑ Viet Nam's Jetstar Pacific to be rebranded, restructured. ch-aviation, June 15, 2020.
- ↑ Jetstar Pacific | Jetstar. Retrieved May 10, 2020 .
- ↑ jetstar.com - Jetstar Network (English)
- ^ Jetstar Pacific Airlines Fleet Details and History. Accessed March 27, 2020 (English).
- ↑ Ch-aviation - Jetstar Pacific , accessed October 15, 2017
