Around 25,000 seats were sold across both airlines in the first 48 hours of the announcement, with almost 17,000 of those between
One-third of bookings are for flights in the first week of borders opening, highlighting a strong pent-up demand for domestic travel.
Jetstar and
These additional flights will see
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'Within hours of the announcement, thousands of people had booked flights which shows us that domestic travel demand is very strong.
'Jetstar had around 1000 bookings in the first hour alone, which is more than 10 times the rate of booking we've seen in recent months.
'There's no doubt that 23 November will be a day that both our people and our customers are very much looking forward to, particularly family and friends who can finally reunite after months apart.
'It's also great news for businesses and the economy and means more of our people are back at work
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