Qantas announces extra flights between Townsville and Brisbane
More flights out of Townsville will be on offer for travellers next year.
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MORE flights out of Townsville will be on offer for travellers next year.
National airline Qantas today announced more flights between Townsville and Brisbane.
Qantas would boost the capacity on key routes in Queensland offering more than 2600 additional seats a week.
There will be six additional return flights between Townsville and Brisbane a week.
Qantas domestic CEO Andrew David said the changes would create more options for the growing number of travellers visiting Queensland.
“We’ve responded to feedback from customers, industry and community leaders by adding more flights and offering more choice on the routes where we know customers want to travel,” said Mr David.
“Qantas has been connecting travellers to Queensland for nearly one hundred years. Today, we service more destinations in Queensland than any other state in Australia and bring in millions of business and leisure visitors every year.
“These additional flights reinforce our ongoing commitment to increasing tourism to and within the Sunshine State.”
QantasLink will also resume daily flights between Cairns and Port Moresby.
Minister for Tourism Kate Jones said more direct flights for Queensland would boost the local economy.
“Direct flights are crucial to growing Queensland’s tourism economy and today’s announcement from Qantas is a great sign of confidence in our tourism industry,” she said.
“We want to make it as easy as possible for visitors to access our key visitor destinations like Cairns, Townsville the Sunshine Coast, and the Outback — that’s exactly what more direct flights help us to achieve.
“We’ll continue to work with airlines to secure more direct flights for Queensland to ensure we continue to create local tourism jobs.”
Qantas will also add 11 additional return flights between Brisbane and Cairns and weekday flights between Brisbane Mount Isa will return to a double-daily service.
Originally published as Qantas announces extra flights between Townsville and Brisbane
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