Qantas and Jetstar boost Darwin flights as Virgin scales back

Qantas and Jetstar will ramp up their Darwin capacity by more than 10% this year. The two airlines will between them increase available seats to and from the Top End to more than 2.3m in 2025, with more flights between Darwin and Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra, and Sydney. It comes as Virgin Australia axes its seasonal Darwin-Adelaide service citing low demand. From April to May, Qantas will increase Darwin-Adelaide flights from 10 to 14 per week, while Jetstar will boost Darwin-Adelaide from four to seven per week between June and October, for a total of three combined flights per day. Qantas flights from Darwin to Brisbane will go from nine to 10 per week in May and 13 in June, including a new daily 737 service, while Qantas will fly 12 times per week to Sydney in April-May and double daily from June to October, meaning there will be three daily Qantas Group flights between Darwin and Sydney in the July school holidays. Finally, Qantas will bring back its seasonal Darwin-Canberra service three times per week from July to September.<br/>