Christmas has come early for Dunedin Airport with Jetstar increasing to four the number of\u00a0weekly flights direct to the Gold Coast.<\/p>\n
From March next year, Monday flights will be added to Jetstar\u2019s existing schedule along its Dunedin\u2014Gold Coast route.<\/p>\n
The Australian airline\u2019s service had until now only been available on\u00a0Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.<\/p>\n
In a statement, Dunedin Airport chief executive Daniel De Bono said he was ecstatic about\u00a0the increase in flights.<\/p>\n
\u2018\u2018We’re thrilled to be able to offer an early Christmas present to our locals and our Aussie\u00a0mates who have given us outstanding support on this service since it launched in June this year.<\/p>\n
\u2018\u2018Just last week it was reported by Stats NZ that visitor arrivals from Australia to New Zealand\u00a0had increased by 12% in the 12 months to September this year.<\/p>\n
\u2018\u2018Dunedin is definitely playing its part with and how good to be able to offer four Jetstar direct\u00a0services every week from March.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n
Dunedin Airport welcomed the return of regular and direct international services when the\u00a0service was launched back in June.<\/p>\n
In September, the airport reported that bookings for the service had hit over 20,000.<\/p>\n
Dunedin Mayor Sophie Barker was delighted by the news.<\/p>\n
\u2018\u2018This is great recognition for the city and the south as we know our heritage and wildlife are\u00a0such drawcards for trans-Tasman visitors.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n
Business South chief executive Mike Collins said the news was great for both Dunedin and\u00a0the South.<\/p>\n
It would open up \u2018\u2018even stronger links\u2019\u2019 with the Gold Coast.<\/p>\n
\u2018\u2018Connectivity matters, and this makes trans-Tasman collaboration easier than ever.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n
Enterprise Dunedin acting destination manager Teresa Fogarty said they were thrilled by the\u00a0increase in flights.<\/p>\n
\u2018\u2018This announcement is a real vote of confidence in our destination and the overall viability\u00a0of the route.<\/p>\n
\u2018\u2018We continue to tell our \u014ctepoti story in the local Gold Coast market and we\u2019re seeing\u00a0increasing numbers of Aussies coming over to experience a taste of southern hospitality.<\/p>\n
\u2018\u2018Great news for our city and the visitor-experience economy.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n
Jetstar chief executive Stephanie Tully said the low-cost carrier was committed to helping\u00a0Kiwis take off more for less.<\/p>\n
\u2018\u2018This year we\u2019ve significantly expanded our network and our reliability is as strong as it\u2019s\u00a0ever been, meaning that Kiwis have more choice when travelling than ever before.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Christmas has come early for Dunedin Airport with Jetstar increasing to four the number of\u00a0weekly flights direct to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":155833,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-155832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155832","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=155832"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155832\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/155833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=155832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=155832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=155832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}