More summer flights from Melbourne
There are going to be a lot of Australians here,” Qantas regional general manager Grant Lilly said yesterday, announcing additional transtasman services direct to Queenstown from Melbourne this summer.
Mr Lilly, of Auckland, told the Otago Daily Times in addition to extra services from Melbourne and Brisbane for 13 weeks during the winter season, the airline would be adding seven supplementary services between Melbourne and Queenstown between December and January.
The seven return services would coincide with the increase in leisure travel over summer and be marketed in Adelaide, Perth and Melbourne as “one stop to Queenstown” services.
“The extra capacity will benefit the New Zealand tourism industry and we are pleased to offer our customers an extra service each week, on top of our existing three return services per week on the Melbourne to Queenstown route.
“It will also encourage Australians to take their holidays in Queenstown. The Melbourne departures connect really nicely with our domestic flights from Perth and Adelaide – we’ll be marketing the flights in all three of the centres as `one stop to Queenstown’.”
The additional weekly flights would operate from December 18, to January 29, 2011, he said.
Qantas’ additional winter services will begin on June 26 and run until September 19, with extra weekly schedules from Melbourne and Brisbane to Queenstown.
