Jetstar confirms withdrawal from five regional domestic routes in New Zealand

Jetstar has confirmed it will cease its regional Q300 Bombardier services in New Zealand at the end of November 2019. Gareth Evans, Jetstar’s chief executive officer, said the cancellations come after a consultation period with affected employees. He said: “We’ve been consulting with our team members over the past few weeks and today we’re confirming our proposal to end flying on our regional turboprop routes. “As we explained when we announced our proposal in September, this decision is based on our regional operations continuing to be loss making, combined with higher costs and a softening of the regional travel market.”