Alliance Airlines Is Selling Direct Flights from Brisbane to the Whitsundays for $99
The Aussie carrier has added the route to its services to help Queenslanders holiday in Queensland — and it's flying four times a week from June 22.
When Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk announced the latest phase of the state's easing COVID-19 restrictions, she told Queenslanders with a case of wanderlust exactly what they wanted to hear. Yes, Australia's international borders are still closed, as they have been since March. Queensland's state border remains shut down as well. But, since midday on Monday, June 1, Sunshine State residents are now allowed to travel wherever they like — and stay as long as they like — within Queensland.
That means that plenty of local getaways are on the cards; however Queensland is a big state. And if you'd like to hop on a plane and head somewhere a sizeable distance away from Brisbane, the Premier has just revealed new direct flights to the Whitsundays. They'll be run by Alliance Airlines, which has previously generally catered to the resource industry and group travel — and they'll fly four times a week.
Even better: prices start at $99 one-way (including taxes, and covering 20 kilograms in checked baggage), so you can jet to the tropics and back for less than $200. When the route kicks off on Monday, June 22, it'll be the first time that flights have headed to the region since the end of March.
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If there's demand, Alliance Airlines can increase the frequency of their Brisbane–Whitsundays route to daily flights — and given how warm and sunny the weather usually is in Queensland's north during winter, the flights are likely to prove popular.
Alliance Airlines will be flying in and out of the Whitsunday Coast Airport at Gunyarra, just south of Proserpine — which itself is just a 25-minute drive from Airlie Beach.
For more information about Alliance Airlines new Brisbane–Whitsundays route, or to book a flight, visit the company's website.
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