Qantas/QantasLink Adds New Domestic Services

[Brad Myer]

Hi,

Qantas to commence Kalgoorlie-Adelaide Services

Qantas announced today it would offer a twice-weekly Kalgoorlie-Adelaide service from 1 March 2009.

Qantas Regional General Manager Western Australia, Mr Ian Gay, said Qantas was pleased to be able to commence east-west flying from the regional centre of Kalgoorlie-Boulder.

"The new Kalgoorlie-Adelaide service will not only provide the mining, business and tourism sectors with the opportunity to travel between Kalgoorlie and Adelaide, but will enable people to utilise Adelaide as a convenient connection point to Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra and Brisbane.

"These services will operate on Sundays and Tuesdays, offering a total of 460 seats on the route each week. They will depart Kalgoorlie at 12:20pm arriving into Adelaide at 4pm. The return service is also conveniently timed with an Adelaide departure of 4:45pm arriving into Kalgoorlie at 5:40pm."

Mr Gay said Qantas would also increase its Kalgoorlie-Perth services from 21 services to 24 services each week from 26 February 2009.

"This revised schedule will include, for the first time, an early morning departure from Kalgoorlie at 6:15am Monday to Wednesday. We will overnight an aircraft in Kalgoorlie to achieve this, which will result in an arrival time in Perth of 7:20am. This will ensure that customers who wish to start their business day in Perth by 8:30am are able to do so," Mr Gay said.

The new Kalgoorlie-Adelaide service is on sale between 21-27 November 2008 for $179 one-way, for travel between 1 March - 30 June 2009.

Qantas to Increase Western Australian Services

Qantas announced today it would increase capacity between Perth and the Western Australian regional destinations of Broome and Karratha and introduce B737-800 services between Perth and Port Hedland from February 2009.

Qantas Regional General Manager Western Australia, Mr Ian Gay, said the additional services and capacity increases were part of the airline's ongoing strategy to grow capacity in Western Australia for the resource sector and tourism industry.

The capacity increases are:

* three weekly Perth-Karratha return services will be upgraded to B737 aircraft and two weekly Perth-Karratha return services will be upgraded to B717 aircraft, commencing 27 February 2009;

*11 weekly Perth-Port Hedland return services will be upgraded to B737 aircraft and;

*13 weekly Perth-Port Hedland return service will be operated by B717 aircraft, providing a total weekly frequency of 24 return services on the route.

Mr Gay said that Qantas will add an additional weekly Perth-Broome return service, operating from Perth at 7am on Thursdays, adding 230 seats per week and commencing 26 February 2009. In addition, the airline has brought forward the introduction of an additional Perth-Paraburdoo return
service on Fridays, which was planned for 27 February 2009, but commenced 7 November 2008.

[Steve Jones]

KGI-ADL makes a return! Is it 737 or 717 operated?

[David B.]

Originally Posted by Steve Jones

KGI-ADL makes a return! Is it 737 or 717 operated?

Will be a 717-200 service Steve

QF1878 KGI/ADL 12:20L/16:00L SUN/TUE
QF1879 ADL/KGI 16:45L/17:40L SUN/TUE

[Brad Myer]

Another one just announced:

QantasLink to Commence New Services Between Mt Isa and Townsville

QantasLink announced today it would commence services between Townsville and Mt Isa from March 2009, subject to regulatory approvals.

Qantas Group General Manager Regional Airlines, Mr Narendra Kumar, said the airline would offer 11 return services each week between the two regional destinations.

"The service will be operated by new 72-seat Bombardier Q400 aircraft that will be joining our fleet in early 2009," he said.

"As significant hubs in Queensland's Far North, Townsville and Mt Isa have experienced considerable growth in recent years in terms of population and the business and tourism sectors.

"QantasLink is pleased to be able to meet increasing demand from the mining and resource sectors by adding this new route to the Qantas Group's domestic network.

"Our Q400s offer jet-like speed, which means travel time on the route will be up to 25 minutes faster than what is currently on offer.

"Our proposed services will offer more than 80,000 seats per year, with double daily flights Monday to Friday and one on Sunday.

"The flight schedule will enable business travellers to commute between the two regional hubs during peak-demand times, and will also benefit fly-in fly-out workers needing to travel to surrounding mining centres."

Mr Kumar said the airline's investment in 21 new Bombardier Q400 aircraft had enabled it to expand capacity in Queensland since the introduction of the first aircraft in February 2006.

Flight schedules and air fares for the new services will be announced in coming weeks.

Look out MACAIR!!!!!!!!!

[Hugh Jarse]

They have yet to arrange resources to crew them, Brad. Qantaslink is in the midst of a crewing crisis, and cancelling flights daily as a result.