The low-cost carrier will add more than 140 new evening flights on the route, as well as upgrade more than 170 existing A320-200 services to A321s, increasing capacity by 14 per cent over 2024. In total, Jetstar will offer more than 350,000 Melbourne–Sunshine Coast seats in 2025.
The airport recorded 277,000 passengers last month, up from a pre-COVID-19 December high of 271,154 in 2019.
The airport’s chief executive, Shane O’Hare, argued many of the former carrier’s services were “real goers” and the company’s troubles stemmed from its investor, 777 Partners.
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) have claimed Antonios Habib Moussa was caught on 28 December with a disassembled shotgun and ammunition by a security worker X-raying his checked baggage.
The airport made the switch on New Year’s Day, buying 100 per cent Queensland-based wind and solar energy generation from Stanwell in a deal first signed in 2022.
The airport was forced to shut its north-south runway on Sunday night following the incident, as the tyre damage to the Dreamliner, A6-BLN, meant it could not be immediately cleared from the runway and was reportedly stuck there for around 14 hours.