New airline likened to Ryanair to launch low-cost flights at 3 airports
Peter Kelly says the Ryanair-style start-up will use one aircraft type and high-frequency trunk routes to keep costs low.
- Former Qantas executive Peter Kelly is seeking approximately $140 million to launch Zinc Aviation, an ultra-low-cost carrier based at Western Sydney International Airport and modeled on Ryanair.
- Australia's aviation sector has witnessed numerous failed ventures, with operators such as Compass, Impulse and Bonza having ceased trading. Zinc asserts it will succeed by avoiding the slot constraints at Kingsford Smith Airport that hampered previous competitors.
- Zinc will rely on a lean operating model, running planes for "12 hours a day minimum," while deploying a single aircraft type, the Airbus A321neo, across high-frequency trunk routes.
- An ultra-low budget airline like Zinc has the potential to bring ticket prices down across the board, Professor Rico Merkert from Sydney University said, though he noted Jetstar will likely push back against the new competitor on profitable routes.
- Global fuel price volatility, exacerbated by conflicts in The Middle East, presents a significant risk to jet fuel costs; Kelly maintains there is strong appetite for more competition from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.
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Lincolnshire LiveNew airline likened to Ryanair to launch low-cost flights at 3 airports
Zinc Aviation will use ultra-low-cost carrier Ryanair as its base model. The founder of the new airline, former Qantas executive Peter Kelly, is looking to secure around $140 million to get the startup going
New airline plans Ryanair-style ultra-low cost flights to three airports
Zinc Aviation, founded by former Qantas executive Peter Kelly, aims to become Australia's first independent ultra-low cost carrier, modelling itself on Irish budget airline Ryanair with flights anchored at Western Sydney International Airport
New airline for Australia?
Zinc, the new Australian ultra‑low‑cost carrier concept backed by former Qantas executive Peter Kelly, is shaping up to be one of the most ambitious airline launches in Australia in years. Kelly and his partners are positioning Zinc as a Ryanair‑style disruptor — a carrier built around extreme cost discipline, very high aircraft utilisation, and a […]
A former Qantas and Ansett executive, Peter Kelly, wants to launch Zinc Airlines, an ultra low cost carrier based at the new Western Sydney International airport, presented as "Australia's first independent ultra low cost carrier." The project, inspired by Ryanair's model, is based on a homogeneous fleet of Airbus A321neo, bases in Western Sydney and a high frequency domestic network, but it remains conditioned by a fund raising of approximately…
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