Airport Loses Some Tasman Services
Airport Loses Some Tasman Services Dunedin has lost its only Flights to Sydney and Melbourne with Virgin Australia’s announcement it will no longer be Flying to those cities in the coming summer. For some time Virgin has conducted a twice weekly jet service to Sydney and Melbourne and return over the peak holiday period of December January. The Termination of those services comes as a surprise to Dunedin International Airport CEO John McCall, who says there has been a strong demand for Flights to both cities over the holiday period. He quoted year on year increases of Melbourne 16 percent and Sydney six percent. The service has been conducted for several years as part of the alliance between Virgin Australia and Air New Zealand, with passengers Flying to Melbourne or Sydney on both Airlines Aircraft. In 2010, when the alliance was approved, Air New Zealand ceased its Flights from Dunedin to Brisbane as well as Melbourne and Sydney. Virgin Australia does not dispute the f...