Domestic route from Gold Coast ready to take flight and boost Qld tourism

Tropical getaways are back on the menu with a new direct flight service starting from Gold Coast Airport.

A CHEAP tropical getaway could be on the cards for Gold Coast travellers with sale airfares to celebrate the resumption of a direct route to Townsville.

The service, operated by Airnorth from Gold Coast Airport, will resume on August 2 and operate twice weekly every Sunday and Wednesday until the end of September.

Sale fares starting from $169 one-way for travel between August 5 and September 29 would put travellers poolside in two hours.

Airnorth is relaunching their service between Townsville and the Gold Coast.

Airnorth Chief Executive Officer Daniel Bowden said the seasonal service, which has been shelved since October, would provide further connectivity between Airnorth’s Queensland destinations and a much-needed boost to the Queensland tourism industry as domestic travel picks up.

“We are delighted to see travel confidence growing and be in a position to offer special services that will allow Queenslanders to reconnect with loved ones across the state and enable Australian’s to get back out there and travel again,” he said.

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“This is the third intrastate route for Queensland that Airnorth has resumed in recent weeks following the recent announcements of operations between Toowoomba and Townsville and Toowoomba and Cairns.”

Gold Coast Airport Chief Operating Officer Marion Charlton said the return of Airnorth’s Gold Coast to Townsville service was more good news for the airport and the tourism sector it supported.

Gold Coast Airport and Airnorth have announced the resumption of services from Gold Coast to Townsville. Services will commence on August 2 and will operate twice weekly every Sunday and Wednesday between Townsville and the Gold Coast until the end of September.

“People visiting family and friends or business travellers from Townsville can be on the Gold Coast in two hours, and Gold Coast residents can get to North Queensland more quickly and easily,” she said.

“This also re-establishes an important link on to Darwin.”

Ms Charlton said the flight network from Gold Coast Airport was beginning to build back up, with Virgin Australia’s Gold Coast-Adelaide service also resuming this week.

Before COVID-19 about 55 return services were scheduled each day for Gold Coast Airport.