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Airport Lands Daily Cairns & Rockhampton Flights

By Ray White Whitsunday

Whitsunday Coast Airport has landed yet another new airline partner and two new routes with Monday to Friday

daily Cairns and Rockhampton flights taking off in September.

Whitsunday Regional Council Mayor Andrew Willcox said it was exciting that the Council owned airport had inked a

deal with Queensland owned airline Skytrans that would deliver another 44,000 seats annually to the Whitsunday region.

“The new route will be return daily flights Cairns-Whitsunday Coast Airport- Rockhampton which further increases

our national domestic connectivity as well as international connectivity when the world reopens post the Covid

pandemic.

“As we continue our recovery from the dark days of the pandemic Whitsunday Coast Airport continues to be one of

the fastest growing regional airports in Australia.

“In the past month we have secured the flying kangaroo in Qantas back to region and now added new routes to

Cairns and Rockhampton with Skytrans.

Mayor Willcox said that come October the airport will boast 49 flights weekly which is well above the previous

maximum of 32 weekly flights.

“This is an amazing achievement by our small but enthusiastic airport team who continue to network and collaborate

to build key industry relationships.

“It sends a positive message to our tourism operators and other related stakeholders that their resilience during

recent challenging times is paying dividends with demand for more flights stamping the Whitsundays as a major

tourism destination.”

Chief Operating Officer Aviation and Tourism Craig Turner said the airport would partner with Tourism Whitsundays

to roll out a marketing plan to promote the new flights.

“Through our already established partnerships we will be rolling out digital media and billboard marketing in Cairns,

Mackay, Whitsundays and Rockhampton.

“Skytrans will operate a Dash 8-100 with 34 seats which is the ideal capacity to kickstart the new routes.

“Mayor Willcox and I will be in Cairns next week to officially launch the new route along with State Government

officials and help promote further exciting news from Skytrans.”

Tourism Whitsundays Chief Executive Officer, Tash Wheeler said a huge congratulations was in order for Mayor

Willcox and Craig Turner from Whitsunday Regional Council/Whitsunday Coast Airport for securing two new

imperative Queensland routes to The Whitsundays.

“The Whitsundays is the most tourism reliant region in Queensland and with the exciting announcement of Monday

to Friday daily flights to Cairns and Rockhampton it’s great to see that our marketing efforts are cutting through

domestically.

“The new routes will add visitation from several important regional markets, connecting Queenslanders like never

before thanks to Skytrans.

“The Whitsundays is one of the most sought-after domestic holiday destinations and with an additional 44,000 seats

annually we are thrilled to welcome more visitors to our backyard, in the Heart of the Great Barrier Reef,” Ms

Wheeler said.

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