Jetstar is the Qantas LCC and would be the Aussie equivalent of Easyjet/Ryan
I was waiting for an international flight out of Sydney one day and I heard an announcement. "Jetstar regrets that the aircraft for flight JQxxx to Denpasar [Bali] is unserviceable and the that the flight is cancelled. Passengers should proceed to the ground floor, collect their baggage and contact the airline to make new reservations"
Bail is our main overseas holiday destination and most people on that flight would be ordinary people off to holidays and weddings. I would guess at least 50% had no travel insurance. So whatever bookings they had would be trashed and they would lose their money.
For me the lesson was simple, avoid LCCs if your trip has any value.
