From qantas.com.au
'QantasLink expands investment in regional Queensland', Wednesday 28 September.
As previously posted on this Blog, QantasLink has today formally announced an increase in services to several of its Central Queensland destinations as well as the acquisition of two Boeing B717 aircraft for operations out of Brisbane.
QantasLink will celebrate the arrival of a new $30 million next generation 74-seat Dash-8-Q400 aircraft, which will deliver the following network enhancements from Monday 17 October:
- Moranbah services will increase in frequency with a new late afternoon service departing from Brisbane at 5pm on Sundays, Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays. A Saturday service will also be introduced for the first time.
- Emerald customers will have access to an additional 396 seats per week with new flights introduced on Wednesdays and Saturdays. These upgrades will lift the number of return services to 38 per week
In addition to these enhancements, QantasLink will expand its network by launching a new Townsville to Moranbah service. From October this service will initially take-off twice a week on Wednesdays and Fridays to provide customers with seamless connections to Cairns and between Far North Queensland and the Bowen Basin coal fields.
In addition to these announcements a new Qantas Regional Lounge will be officially opened in Emerald to offer Qantas Club members, and Platinum and Gold Frequent Flyers greater levels of comfort when travelling through this port.
Lastly, QantasLink has announced that the airline will acquire at least 2 additional Boeing B717 aircraft from Mexico. These two additional B717 aircraft will be based in Brisbane and (amongst other rumoured services) they are expected to replace the Alliance Airlines Fokker F-100 aircraft that currently operate for QantasLink on the Brisbane to Rockhampton and Brisbane to Mackay sectors. These new 115 seater aircraft will commence service from early 2012.
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