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Australian airfares slump as battle intensifies in dynamic domestic ...

Australian airlines have reduced their "Best discount" (cheapest) airfares in Jan-2011 as they reduce fares to boost passenger levels and load factors amid fragile consumer confidence, excess capacity and poor weather, according to data released by Australia ’s Department of Infrastructure and Transport’s Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE).

The reductions highlight the seemingly continual decline in Best Discount fares, which are typically purchased by more price-sensitive leisure passengers, in Australia.

The downward price trend reflects the challenging combination of an imbalance between capacity and demand and an intensified battle between the incumbents in the market – Jetstar and Tiger at the low-cost end and Virgin Blue and Qantas in the higher end - coupled with continued sensitivity of passengers to price which has led to discounting on most Australian leisure segments. 

As Virgin Blue Chairman Neil Chatfield recently noted: “The market remains volatile and continuing competitive pressures, along with stress on consumer spending, is constraining our ability to significantly improve yields, in the short term.” Qantas has similarly noted the difficult battle for leisure travellers in the domestic market.

The lower fares are expected to continue in the months ahead with the market expected to be quite aggressive throughout 2011, as Virgin Blue and Tiger ramp up their capacity and their respective strategies to attack Qantas’ market shares - and its 65% "line in the sand".

Best Discount fares slump to all-time low in Jan-2011

The Best Discount for domestic airfares in Australia stood at 48.0 (Jul-2003=100) in Jan-2011, slumping to the lowest level since the index commenced in 1992. It is well below 53.4 index points reported in Jan-2010 and considerably lower than the 75.4 points seen in Dec-2010. After the Jan-2011 result, the next two weakest months in the past 18 years have been in May-2010 (50.1) and Apr-2010 (50.4).

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