Well this could be the perfect opportunity for travel-starved jetsetters.
Budget airline Jetstar has launched its Down Under sale, with flights as cheap as $33.
It is offering fares from Brisbane to Mackay from $59 between April 24 2021 and June 23 2021.
You can also fly Brisbane to Mackay from the same price between July 13 2021 and September 15 2021.
There are flights from $59 from Brisbane to Whitsunday Coast (Proserpine) between April 27 2021 and May 10 2021, May 23 2021 to June 11 2021 and August 15 2021 to August 29 2021.
But you better get in quick – the sale ends at 11.59pm on Monday April 19 2021, unless sold out prior.
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Mackay Airport has responded to overwhelming feedback from Mackay residents demanding more direct flight options for the region. A Mackay Airport spokeswoman said no locations for new flights had been ruled out, but the preferred options for a new direct service were Newcastle and Melbourne.
Daily Mercury readers flooded our Facebook page at the weekend with their suggestions, with Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast, Melbourne and Sydney the most popular travel spots mentioned. Direct flight to Gold Coast would be cool, Facebook user Jason Devine wrote. How s about direct flights to Melb (sic) being an option again? Post COVID and mainly during the AFL season, please and thank you, Daniel Taylor said.
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A Qantas flight from Mackay to Brisbane was today diverted to Rockhampton after a strange smell was detected in the cockpit.
A Qantas spokeswoman said passengers aboard QF2509 were unaware of the smell but the pilots made the decision to divert their flight path. A Mackay to Brisbane flight was diverted to Brisbane after pilots detected a strong smell in the cockpit. Picture: Flightstats.com
She said the pilots requested a priority landing to investigate the strong smell and landed normally, without incident in Rockhampton.
“It was not an emergency landing,” she said.
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