Jetstar introduces 820,000 additional annual low fare seats from Melbourne and Sydney

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Low fares leader Jetstar will dramatically expand its low fare flying from its major Melbourne and Sydney flying hubs, with an extra 45 weekly services to be added to capital city and holiday destinations such as Brisbane, Adelaide, Newcastle, Townsville, and Ballina-Byron.

The new flying represents more than 820,000 extra low fare seats per year once fully implemented and represents 50 per cent growth in capacity across the selected routes.

NEW MELBOURNE FLIGHTS

ROUTE	Existing Frequency  (return)	Extra Services	New Frequency (return)	Start date
Melbourne-Adelaide	11 weekly	10 weekly	3 daily (21pw)	6 December 2010
Melbourne-Brisbane	2 daily (14pw)	Daily	3 daily (21pw)	10 December 2010
Melbourne-Newcastle	3 daily (21pw)	Daily	4 daily (28pw)	(25 per week from 31 Oct/ 4 daily from 6 Dec)

NEW SYDNEY FLIGHTS

ROUTE	Existing Frequency  (return)	Extra Services	New Frequency (return)	Start date
Sydney-Brisbane	3 daily (21pw)	Daily	4 daily (28pw)	13 January 2011
Sydney-Townsville	5 weekly	2 weekly	Daily	(6pw from 6 Nov  2010 / Daily from 10 Dec 2010)
Sydney-Adelaide	2 daily (14pw)	Daily	3 daily (21pw)	2 December 2010
Sydney – Ballina (Byron)	9 weekly	5 weekly	2 daily (14pw)	2 December 2010

Jetstar Group Chief Executive Officer Bruce Buchanan said Jetstar was committed to offering the lowest fares across the expanding domestic networks from Melbourne and Sydney, now totaling more than 550 return domestic flights each week.

“These extra services are great news for our customers, and for the Australian tourism industry, and are in addition to the significant growth we have recently announced for the Perth and Cairns regions in recent weeks,” Mr Buchanan said.

“This new capacity is in direct response to demand in key Jetstar ports, and demonstrates Jetstar’s ongoing commitment to offering our customers even more low fares, greater frequencies and convenient schedules.”

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