Qantas and Virgin Blue are in a dog fight over Fiji after the bigger airline moved to protect its patch and unveiled plans to launch Jetstar on the Route.
The Australian reports that the Flying Kangaroo, Qantas, which also owns 46% of Air Pacific lodged an application late last week with the International air services commission for almost 1500 seats on the route after Virgin applied for 1260 more seats and to transfer another 1260 for Pacific Blue from Pacific Blue to Virgin Australia.
According to the Australian, the daily service would allow a plane that currently spends 12 hours on the ground in Sydney in between flights to the US to be used on the 9 hour return trip to Fiji.
Both airlines were staying tightlipped about the standoff yesterday, but Qantas said in its application that Jet star planned to start daily services between Sydney and Nadi using 213 seat Airbus A321 from next April.
The International Air Services Commission will make a decision next week.
Airlines in dog fight over Fiji
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