Pacific Blue Launching Brisbane-Honiara Service
(Solomon Star)
Virgin Blue’s sister airline, Pacific Blue, yesterday added the Solomon Islands to its growing network with the addition of direct flights between Honiara and Australia set to take off on Dec. 2, 2008.
As part of an ongoing expansion plan Pacific Blue will fly direct between the
Pacific Blue will be taking delivery of another Boeing 737-800 aircraft late this month to service the new destination and increased services. The additional aircraft will bring Pacific Blue’s fleet number to 10.
Virgin Blue Chief Executive, Brett Godfrey, said the launch of flights to the
“This is the third brand new international destination we’ve announced in as many weeks and it’s exciting to be able to continue our expansion into new territories.
“We’ve certainly shown the public and the travel industry we can offer great domestic and international airline service at a price much lower than traditional carriers. The low cost, great value, great service model we apply successfully in Australia also works well in the Pacific as we have shown across the Tasman and we look forward to bringing services to the people of the Solomon Islands. The addition of
“We have also appreciated the support extended to us by the various government agencies, Solomon Airlines and our local partners over many months and we look forward to contributing to their efforts to develop tourism by bringing more people to the Solomons on Pacific Blue,” Brett Godfrey finished.
