Jetstar will be adding a total of 40 new weekly flights to destinations across its Asia-Pacific network for 2012 through its hub in Singapore.
The airline is expanding its service to Japan with the addition of a new Darwin-Manila-Narita service, with effect from March 25, while adding a second daily flight on its Singapore-Taipei-Osaka route. Three new weekly services between Singapore and Darwin have also been introduced.
The expansion is well timed with the imminent launch of Jetstar Japan later this year (see story here).
“Japan is the fourth largest international inbound tourism market for the Northern Territory, with 28,000 visitors contributing around $27 million annually," a spokesperson from Jetstar said, adding that the new service between Darwin and Tokyo via Manila will link up the group's network in Australia and New Zealand, served by Jetstar Airways, and that by Jetstar Japan. "Furthermore, Darwin’s strategic location can act as a gateway between the rest of Australia and Southeast Asia.”
In Southeast Asia, the group has beefed up its Singapore-Ho Chi Minh service to 27 times weekly from December 23, 2011, enabling easier connections to Vietnamese cities of Hanoi, Da Nang, Nha Trang, Hai Phong and Vinh through Jetstar Pacific.
Last year, Jetstar strengthened its commitment to the Chinese market with the launch of the Singapore-Beijing service (see story here) in November, and Singapore to Guangzhou in December (see story here).
The addition of these new services to the Japanese, Chinese, Vietnamese and Australian markets amounts to an additional 8,500 seats from the airline's Singapore hub. Currently, Jetstar flies to 60 destinations in 17 countries across its network.
For more information, visit www.jetstar.com
Tiffany Sandrasageran
