Flights to Brisbane

Queensland surf bunnies can become ski bunnies in one easy flight this winter.Virgin Blue sister airline Pacific Blue will be flying Queensland skiers straight to the slopes of New Zealand's Queenstown this winter with two direct flights a week from Brisbane from the end of June.

The seasonal flights on Fridays and Sundays will double Pacific Blue’s international services into the winter resort, which are currently two flights a week from Sydney operated on Tuesdays and Saturdays.To celebrate the new services snow bunnies are invited to hop aboard early with internet sale fares for the non stop flights from just $249 one way, available until midnight March 11 or sold out.

Virgin Blue CEO Brett Godfrey said Queenstown was an iconic ski destination for Australians and he was sure the new low fares to fly direct from Brisbane would be welcomed.We know that many Queensland skiers currently fly via Christchurch to get to Queenstown so we’re sure they’ll be delighted to be able to get across the ditch in a single hop.Since we began our Sydney and Auckland services to Queenstown in September last year we’ve seen very good loads and we expect these to be even stronger during the ski season, especially if New Zealand experiences the fantastic snow conditions it had in 2009.The seasonal Brisbane Queenstown flights will begin on June 25 and the last seasonal service will be on September, 12 providing a total of 22 return ski flights and adding over 3000 seats to the Queenstown market from Australia.