Pacific Blue cuts back

[Jarden S]

4:00 am Saturday 27th June:

The airline is cutting domestic capacity from 1st August by an estimated 13%.

Auckland-Wellington services are reduced from 27 to 19 a week. Wellington-Christchurch fall from 19 to 12 a week. While Christchurch-Dunedin services are cut altogether. The airline is starting a new direct Auckland-Dunedin service.

In September the airline will cut some TransTasman services from Auckland and Christchurch. But will start new flights from Hamilton, Dunedin and Queenstown.

A spokesperson said these cuts were not a response from Jetstar's arrival in the market. Some schedule changes were to cater for the business market as more companies were shopping around for cheaper fares.