New Qantas Routes: Brisbane & Melbourne to Coffs Harbour, Canberra to Ballina - from $129 One-Way for Travel from April @ Qantas

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beatthatflight on 19/02/2021 - 08:59 qantas.com (183 clicks)
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• Three new routes to Coffs Harbour and Byron Bay (Ballina)
• Additional seats to Coffs Harbour from Sydney for April school holidays
• Sale fares on new routes from $129 one-way

Qantas has today announced it will add three new routes and extra seats to the New South Wales north coast to support growing demand for holidays in Australia.

From 1 April 2021, Qantas will launch three new routes to both Coffs Harbour and Byron Bay (Ballina).

• Melbourne to Coffs Harbour – flights will operate daily with Qantas’ Boeing 717 aircraft, adding more than 1,750 seats on the route each week.
• Brisbane to Coffs Harbour – flights will operate four days per week with the turboprop Q400 aircraft, adding around 600 seats on the route each week.
• Canberra to Byron Bay – Qantas’ first ever direct service connecting the two destinations, offering two flights per week with the turboprop Q400 aircraft.

Flights will initially operate in April and Qantas will look to continue the service from July in line with demand.

Qantas is offering special fares for flights on the new routes from $129 one-way for periods of travel between April and October, available at qantas.com or through Travel Agents, until 11:59pm 21 February 2021, unless sold out prior.

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  TheFlyingCoder on 19/02/2021 - 09:32

  +1

  About time… The fact you had to fly Bris -> Sydney and back up, for around $700 return was wild. Even if they only maintained it at 1 or 2 flights a week, they needed the option

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    EmployeeForenti @ Qantas on 19/02/2021 - 10:08

    I think Air Corporate (now Link Airways) flies Bris to Coffs direct a couple days a week, prices very reasonable sometimes too

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      edman on 19/02/2021 - 12:14

      Link were doing 6 days a week at one point, their timing used to be reasonable with early morning CFS-BNE and the return around 5pm. Not so much now, so with both Qantas & Link you need a couple of nights accommodation for a single days work as a business traveller.

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  Ahyao17 on 19/02/2021 - 09:41

  +2

  What is going on? Qantas trying to do Rex's job and Rex trying to do Qantas's job?

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    beatthatflight on 19/02/2021 - 09:44

    +1

    Rex is seeing an opportunity now that Virgin has had trouble, and Qantas is consolidating - people can't go overseas, so may as well try and compete and earn on regional routes.

    That's how I see it, at least.

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      Ahyao17 on 19/02/2021 - 11:09

      Problem is that they are not trying to earn on regional routes and is trying to compete in the major cities route.

      It is the people who travel loses out. I am now using Qantas or driving to do my work in rural NSW because the regional flight schedule for Rex is abyssmal.
      For example Syd-armidale, Qantas has 2 flights per day, Rex has 2 flights a week
      Who da bloody hell is regional express now?

      Qantas can really swoop in on the regional routes and Rex would be totally screwed if it loses out in the major city flight war.

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  [Deactivated] on 19/02/2021 - 10:08

  -2

  How many points you can make is outlined here: https://insurance.qantas.com/wellbeing/abouttheprogram

  Essentially, graded on hospital cover from no hospital cover, basics, bronze, silver, gold.
  And on extras level from No extras, basic, family lifestyle, active, top

  Gold hospital and Top extras gives 70k for singles and 140k points for Family plans. Ive no idea on how much these cost, might be worth taking the offer of 1000 points to find out if it works for you or not

  Not available to customers who have held a health insurance policy with Qantas, nib, AAMI, Apia, GU Health or Suncorp at any time in the 6 months before purchasing a new Qantas Health Insurance policy.

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    EmployeeForenti @ Qantas on 19/02/2021 - 10:10

    Wrong deal I think…

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      [Deactivated] on 19/02/2021 - 15:16

      Apologies!

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    beatthatflight on 19/02/2021 - 12:28

    +1

    I think you mean this to be on https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/605582

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      [Deactivated] on 19/02/2021 - 15:17

      Yep, that's exactly where I thought I was. Must've switched back to the wrong tab, woops

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  sharkfan12 on 19/02/2021 - 13:58

  Title makes Qantas sound like a city.

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    beatthatflight on 19/02/2021 - 14:42

    used to feel that way around Mascot sometimes!

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  cykezero on 20/02/2021 - 12:06

  $129 is a great price but I need to head up to Byron in June and then it's from $351 each way. I'm still better off flying to the Gold Coast and driving down.

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    beatthatflight on 21/02/2021 - 14:02

    +1

    could wait, sales tend to come out a few months ahead, I'd expect June dates soon? Unless it's in holidays or something.