Australian airline plans services to Phuket 
Australian airline plans services to Phuket
V Australia,
Australiaâ€'s new full-service airline, will operate direct flights to
Phuket from Melbourne and Brisbane, while its sister airline, Pacific
Blue Airlines, will operate a service from Perth.
V Australia
plans to commence twice weekly services from Brisbane, 22 November and
once a week from Melbourne, 3 December. The airline will be the first
to offer nonstop flights to Phuket from Brisbane and Melbourne.
The
Brisbane flight departs Sunday at 0925 and arrives in Phuket at 1540.
It returns 1815 and lands in Brisbane at 0540 on the following day.
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flight leaves Fridays at 0945 and arrives in Phuket at 1540. The return
flight departs Phuket at 1925 and lands in Melbourne at 0800 on the
following day.
The Melbourne-Phuket service departs every Thursday, at 1200 and lands in Phuket at 1640.
V
Australia, a member of the Virgin Blue Airlines group, started services
last February with a Sydney-Los Angeles route. The airline is set to
take delivery of its fourth Boeing 777-300ER aircraft in a three-class
seat configuration â€" 33 in business, 40 premium economy and 288 in
economy.
Virgin Blue Airlines Group chief executive, Brett
Godfrey, identified key destinations in the US, Thailand and South
Africa as the targets for leisure travel related services out of bases
in Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourneâ€
From Melbourne, it will offer
Los Angeles services, twice weekly, from 1 December and from the same
city to Johannesburg, 13 March 2010.
The airline has also lodged
an application with the International Air Services Commission for
permission to operate flights between Australia and Fiji.
Pacific
Blue Airlines, an international short haul subsidiary of Virgin Blue
will launch nonstop flights to Phuket, 14 November, as it continues to
build both a domestic and international route network out of Perth,
Western Australia.
The airline will provide twice weekly service
from Perth using Boeing 737-800 aircraft with 192 seats â€" 12 in
premium economy class and 180 in economy.
Phuket-bound flights
depart every Tuesdays and Saturday at 1035 and arrive in Phuket at
1620. Flights returns on Wednesday and Sunday at 1405 and arrive in
Perth at 2145.
Phuket is Pacific Blue second city in Southeast Asia after the launch of Perth-Denpasar late last year.
Visit http://www.vaustralia.com.au and www.flypacificblue.com
Source: http://www.ttrweekly.com/site/2009/09/australian-airline-plans-services-to-phuket/