Jetstar adds Sydney-Phuket flights, revives Singapore route
Jetstar A320 at Singapore's Changi Airport. - Photo by Terence Ong
If budget airlines have their way, one of Phuket’s biggest source of tourists in the coming “high” season will be Australia. Following Virgin’s announcements of direct flights from Perth, Melbourne and Brisbane from mid-November, Jetstar has announced it will add two more flights a week to its Sydney-Phuket Service from mid-December.
Jetstar currently flies to Phuket on Monday, Wednesdays and Fridays (with return flights the same evening). From December 15 it will add Saturdays and Sundays to the schedule. Jetstar also flies three times a week between Melbourne and Bangkok.
The new flights will be aboard Jetstar’s seventh A330-200 aircraft, adding 1,200 seats to the route.
Phuket will also benefit from another Jetstar decision, to revive its twice-daily service from Singapore, starting on December 15. The airline dumped the route in March last year.
Jetstar’s Sydney-Phuket flights times will be as follows:
From Sydney: Mon, Fri, 14:15; Sat, Sun 14:35; Wed 15:15.
From Phuket: Mon, Fri, 21.00; Wed, Sat, Sun, 22:20
The Singapore-Phuket service will be as follows:
From Singapore: Tue, Wed, Thu, Sat, 08:35; Mon/Fri/Sun, 06:35; Daily, 20:35.
From Phuket: Tue, Wed, Thu, Sat, 10:00; Mon, Fri Sun, 07:50; Daily, 22:00.
