FLIGHT WEST AIRLINES INTRODUCES $99 FARES TO MARK RETURN TO GLADSTONE

Flight West Airlines today announced a special $99 one way fare to mark its return to the Brisbane-Gladstone route - a discount of 70% off the previous full economy fare.

The airline, under the control of liquidator Mr Ian Hall of PricewaterhouseCoopers in Brisbane, will resume twice daily services from Wednesday, 14 November.

All services will be operated with 30-seat Embraer Brasilia turboprop aircraft, crewed by two pilots and a flight attendant. Passengers will be offered tea, coffee and biscuits during the 70 minute flight.

Mr Hall said the airline would offer a range of fares, from the $99 introductory rate to a fully-flexible full economy fare of $231 one way. Children aged under 11 years will be entitled to a discount of 30 per cent off the full fare, while infants aged up to two years and not occupying a seat will travel free of charge.

Flight AN5822 will depart Brisbane at 8.25am daily, arriving in Gladstone at 9.35am

It will depart Gladstone at 10.30am as flight AN 5823, arriving in Brisbane at 11.40am.

At 2.30pm, flight AN 5826 will leave Brisbane, again bound for Gladstone, where it is timed to arrive at 3.40pm . Then at 4.20pm, the aircraft will operate as flight AN 5827 arriving in Brisbane at 5.30pm.

The new flights to Gladstone will operate from the Ansett Australia terminal at Brisbane's domestic airport. They will connect with Ansett flights to and from Sydney and Melbourne.

Flight West's Gladstone schedule is perfectly suited for day return trips by business travellers from Brisbane. The morning flight also connects with onward tourist services to Heron Island, while the afternoon flight from Gladstone connects with services returning from Heron.

The special $99 fare is available for sale until 8 December, for travel between 14 November and 12 February, 2002. Bookings can be made through travel agents, via the Ansett Australia website www.Ansett.com.au, or on Ansett's national reservation number 13 13 00, for which a telephone booking fee of $5.50 will apply.