QantasLink (Cobham Aviation) B717 VH-YQV Starts Jet Services to Start at Hervey Bay (Fraser Coast) Airport Saturday

QantasLink (Cobham Aviation) Boeing B717-200 jet VH-YQV touched down after lunch on Saturday 17 May as QJE1558 from Sydney, launching jet services to the Fraser Coast on behalf of Qantas.

QantasLink (Cobham Aviation) B717-200 VH-YQS at Brisbane late last year.

The QantasLink jet services join daily Virgin Australia jet services that also operate from Sydney into Hervey Bay.

Certainly a significant day in Fraser Coast aviation, and, at the time or writing, VH-YQV is scheduled to repeat this flight on Sunday 18 May again as QJE1558/QJE1559.

VH-YQV is the latest example of Cobham's new B717 jets they are acquiring for operations for QantasLink.  These B717s are equipped with 125 seats in a 2-class layout.

It's worth adding that QantasLink's direct-Sydney flights have been complimented by the airline also increasing the frequency and capacity on its existing Hervey Bay to Brisbane route, with eight new services, and equipment upgrades, adding 640 seats from early April.