Air travelers within Australia will have the benefit of greater choice -- and, likely, lower fares -- from this July, thanks to a combined Qantas-Jetstar plan to introduce almost one million new seats on its most important routes.
The national carrier and its budget arm are adding 900,000 seats through extra flights linking east-coast destinations Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane -- the highly competitive so-called golden triangle.
Other destinations are getting a bump too -- Adelaide, Gold Coast, Newcastle and Ballina-Byron will also see more flights.
Qantas CEO Alan Joyce spoke of the benefit of increasing choice and lowering prices.
“We know from experience that increasing the number of low fares in these markets will stimulate new travel demand,” he said.
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