JQ aims for biz agencies

JETSTAR’S business product Flexibiz has won favour with more than 30,000 small and medium enterprises since its launch last year, with the carrier now targetting travel agencies with its corporate platform.

Agents have been able to access the low-cost carrier’s business bundle through the Hahn Air ticketing platform since May, making it available in 190 different markets.

Jetstar Group regional general manager Leslie Ng said the Flexibiz product had helped break corporations’ reluctance to book with low cost carriers because of their restricted fares.

The Flexibiz product was introduced just over a year ago and allows travellers to change their flight on the same day of travel ( TD 14 Sep 2016).

It also allows extra carry-on baggage and the ability to select an up-front seat at no extra cost.

Ng said widening the distribution model for Flexibiz had made it more attractive to travel management companies, including Carlson Wagonlit Travel which had become among the first in Singapore to offer the bundle among its products.

Carlson Wagonlit vice president global supplier management Asia Pacific Wai Mun Wong said, “companies are increasingly becoming open to using low-cost carriers for business travel as they try to get the most out of their travel budgets”.