Pacific Blue have announced a new twice weekly service between Brisbane and Queenstown in New Zealand from 25 th June 2010. The seasonal flights for NZ's ski season will operate on Fridays and Sundays are in addition to the existing service from Sydney.

Pacific Blue CEO Mark Pitt said that many Queensland skiers were already using the airline's services to Christchurch and then driving to Queenstown. "These seasonal services will give Queenslanders a low fare, direct option to enjoy the ski fields in Queenstown and in nearby Wanaka." Despite considerable competition in the short-haul market to and from New Zealand, Pacific Blue said it believed that there continued to be growth opportunities such as the seasonal services it was announcing today. "Starting at the end of March we're increasing our Christchurch-Brisbane flights from the current seven to ten flights a week and we've confirmed our Wellington-Sydney services at four flights a week, up from three flights when we launched last September," Mark Pitt added. "We believe Kiwis and Aussies are now very comfortable with the choices that low-fare travel offers because they can spend less in the air and more when they get there."