VA To operate Cairns-Wepia

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Virgin Australia will launch a daily direct service between Cairns and Weipa next year when air services are deregulated and QantasLink’s monopoly on the route comes to an end.
The Newman Government in Queensland said with demand on the route rising 15% over the past two years it “made sense to open it out to the wider market”.
Virgin Australia responded to the news by announcing it will operate a daily ATR Turboprop aircraft between the two ports. It will bring choice to consumers and competitive air fares which will be 20% cheaper than current QantasLink fares, the carrier said.

QantasLink facing Virgin challenge | Travel Weekly

 

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Virgin Australia will launch a daily direct service between Cairns and Weipa next year when air services are deregulated and QantasLink’s monopoly on the route comes to an end.
The Newman Government in Queensland said with demand on the route rising 15% over the past two years it “made sense to open it out to the wider market”.
Virgin Australia responded to the news by announcing it will operate a daily ATR Turboprop aircraft between the two ports. It will bring choice to consumers and competitive air fares which will be 20% cheaper than current QantasLink fares, the carrier said.

QantasLink facing Virgin challenge | Travel Weekly

I assume it would tag on the end of their ATR service TSV-CNS-TSV, to become TSV-CNS-WPA-CNS-TSV.