Australian Budget Airlines Including New Zealand and The Pacific
Australian budget airlines are starting to enjoy massive growth. Not only to serve the domestic market but also into nearby Asian countries. The tourist trade is booming in this part of the world and this can only create more budget carriers to the benefit of us budget travellers. If you work for, or have knowledge of any Australian, New Zealand or Pacific airlines please enter the details below and I will add it to this site. I want this to be the place to go to find out all about Australian budget airlines.
Australian Airlines is Qantas Airways low-cost Australian budget airlines international offshoot, they took took to the skies in October 2003. Initially the subsidiary will operate daily return services between Cairns-Nagoya and Cairns-Osaka starting October 27, before adding Fukuoka, Singapore, Taipei, and Hong Kong in November. Other destinations including Kuala Lumpur, Vietnam, Sarawak, Phuket, Greece and Turkey are under consideration, with services to some of the new ports slated to start in early 2003. They now also offer international flights between:
Melbourne and Bali, Sydney and Bali, Cairns and Sydney, Singapore and Bali, Singapore and Sabah, Sydney and Sabah.
They started flying in May, 2004 and offer customers a simple and fresh travel experience. Jetstar is using the previous low cost Australian budget airline Impulse as its operating entity. After Qantas purchased Impulse, the airline remained a separate entity flying under the QantasLink brand. Jetstar is wholly owned by Qantas but is managed separately and operates independently. Destinations are :Melbourne, Sidney,Newcastle, Brisbane, Gold Coast, Cairnes etc.
This wholly Western Australian-owned Australian budget airline company, is the result of several mergers between a number of aviation industry operators throughout the country, and can trace its origins back to 1963 with Carnarvon Air Taxis.
Each year, the company’s fleet of Fokker F50 turbo-prop aircraft fly more than 200,000 people across Western Australia providing an essential link for regional communities, tourists and businesses. In fact, Skywest is the State’s largest and longest established regional airline operator with a route network Destinations: Darwin, Broome, Port Hedland, Karatha, Carnarvon, Exmouth, Geraldton, Perth, Albany, Esperance, Kalgoorlie, Leonora, Leinster.
The budget airline will operate three services a week from both the Queensland and Victorian capitals to Nadi, the gateway city to the Fijian Islands, bringing with it the low fares and award winning service the airline is renowned for. While Melbourne and Brisbane will act as gateways, the airline will also offer convenient connections and affordable fares for travellers from Sydney, Adelaide, Canberra, Townsville, Cairns, Perth, Rockhampton, Darwin, Launceston and Hobart who can transfer directly from their Virgin Blue domestic flight to Pacific Blue’s Fiji services. With the flights scheduled for midday or early afternoon arrivals in Nadi, Guests will have ample time to make connections to resorts throughout the Fijian Islands so they can get the most out of their holiday.
Long haul flights at economy pricesAustralian budget airlines generally operate only short haul flights, which is great if you are travelling locally. If for instance you require along haul flight as the first leg of your journey shop around to make sure you get the best possible deal. I can thoroughly recommend the following companies who have excellent flight search engines.
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