12 February 2009

Virgin Blue commencing Canberra-Hobart direct flights.

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Finally the day has arrived which I have been wishing for, as a former Hobartian, for almost a decade now.

And this is that Virgin Blue is opening a Canberra-Hobart direct route in April!

Flights on sale for $99 each way at the moment.

This is great for ex-Tasmanians such as myself, Canberrans wanting a stunning new accessible holiday destination, and business people travelling each way alike.

No more hanging about in bloody Melbourne airport, and cutting travel time by as much as half.

Rejoice!

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mutley said :

Will they charge per head?

What about arms and legs? (groan, groan!)

Piratemonkey2:15 am 13 Feb 09

Woot falls festival at marion bay just got that little bit closer 🙂

Another former Hobartion (and possibly Martian) here. Cost isn’t so much of an issue – it’s the bloody waiting around in Melbourne, or driving up to Sydney that gives me the shits.

Brilliant! I hope these routes last 🙂

mutley said :

Will they charge per head?

I looked at the prices and they are only $4 cheaper than flying via Sydney or Melbourne. I thought they could have done better than that, as they wouldn’t have to pay fees to those airports….so yeah, I can only assume they are charging us double 🙂

Mutley,

Thank you. Made my evening.

As another ex-Hobartian, I am pretty excited about this. I’ve lost count of the amount of days I’ve wasted in Sydney / melbourne airport just to get home. Seriously, for something that is under a 2 hour flight, often spending an extra 4 hours in airports each way was crazy..

And hey there Toriness! Nice to see another Tasmanian about. I always said oneday we will rule the world. Looks like we might be starting with The RiotACT..

Mr Evil said :

And how many flights are they going to offer/day????

Just the one…each way.

pretty happy about this, quite annoyingly it starts a week after Im booked to go to tassie.

have to go again in august and 2×99 bucks is cheaper than I can do flying via melb

Yay – this is great news …

Will they charge per head?

And how many flights are they going to offer/day????

…direct flight to Reykjavik for a buck fiddy…

I’d be tempted by such an offer.

Hm flights into the abyss. Are you able to get a return flight?

The ABC reports that there will also be direct flights from Canberra to Townsville too.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/02/11/2488968.htm

neanderthalsis3:23 pm 12 Feb 09

They could do a direct flight to Reykjavik for a buck fiddy for all I care. Nothing would compel me to fly with those numpties.
But one of our Board members is a Taswegian, so I guess it will be of some benefit instead of juggling connecting flights.

Might actually have to visit the parents now 🙂

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