Virgin Blue to commence Sydney to Hamilton Island flights

Virgin Blue has announced it will launch direct flights between Sydney and Hamilton Island from July the 4th.

The airline’s new direct service will operate out of Sydney at 1015 and touch down at Hamilton Island at 1245 before departing the Island at 1315 and landing in Sydney at 1545.

The decision to commit an aircraft to operate the Sydney-Hamilton Island route was made after close analysis around demand for connecting flights via the airline’s existing services from Brisbane to Hamilton Island.

From 4th July, direct flights in to Hamilton Island will consist of:
Sunstate - SSQ2503 from Cairns at 8.55am
Jetstar - JQ860 from Melbourne at 11.35am
Virgin Blue - DJxxx from Sydney at 12.45pm
Virgin Blue - DJ1497 from Brisbane at 1.30pm
Jetstar - JQ852 from Brisbane at 1.35pm
Jetstar - JQ846 from Sydney at2.20pm

Proserpine's has 2 direct flights connecting Brisbane daily:
Virgin Blue - DJ1117 at 2.25pm
Jetstar - JQ830 at 5.45pm

Full story at the Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation.