Kingscote Airport Business Case - Kangaroo Island Council - SA ...
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<strong>Kangaroo</strong> <strong>Island</strong> <strong>Airport</strong> Upgrade <strong>Business</strong> <strong>Case</strong><br />
aircraft in the modelled 20 year horizon. It is not known what aircraft are likely to be<br />
considered as replacement airframes, however there are no aircraft in the 30‐50 seat<br />
size range currently being manufactured – therefore, it is likely that the operator will<br />
need to consider larger aircraft than its existing Saab 340 aircraft.<br />
There is no guarantee that any operator will necessarily allocate aircraft for this<br />
opportunity should the demand exist, however the <strong>Kangaroo</strong> <strong>Island</strong> airport’s current<br />
inability to cater for this aircraft would certainly close the opportunity of either a<br />
Melbourne service or competition on the Adelaide route.<br />
5.3 Investigations with Airlines and Inbound Tourist Operators<br />
5.3.1 Airlines discussion<br />
KPMG and <strong>SA</strong>TC in February 2013 consulted with representatives from the incumbent<br />
airline operator and three of the other major airlines (Virgin, Jetstar and QantasLink).<br />
Key findings from airline interviews are presented in the below.<br />
Key finding #1 from KPMG analysis<br />
Key finding<br />
Supporting analysis<br />
Comments<br />
An airport upgrade is required to attract additional airlines to service<br />
<strong>Kangaroo</strong> <strong>Island</strong> as is an increase in accommodation supply to<br />
generate the passenger volumes needed by the airlines.<br />
Airlines with a greater focus on leisure routes (Virgin and Jetstar)<br />
require large passenger volumes … consequently they doubted that<br />
MEL-KGC or SYD-KGC routes would be viable.<br />
Jetstar doesn’t operate any aircraft with an appropriate capacity to<br />
service <strong>Kangaroo</strong> <strong>Island</strong> … whereas Virgin and QantasLink operate<br />
turbo prop aircraft that could potentially service <strong>Kangaroo</strong> <strong>Island</strong>.<br />
QantasLink may consider trialling an ADL-KGC service with its Q400<br />
that sits idle at ADL for five (5) hours each day between services …<br />
they are less likely to trial a MEL-KGC service.<br />
Virgin and QantasLink indicated that they would not fly to KGC, given<br />
current facilities.<br />
Clearly, the short to medium term likelihood of Virgin or Jetstar<br />
servicing KGC is very low. However, QantasLink “may” introduce<br />
Q400 services in the future, post the KGC upgrade.<br />
May 2013<br />
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