ABC Northwest Australia
Airline welcomes Virgin service
Friday, 6 August 2004
There has been an upbeat response from other airlines to Virgin Blue's new service linking Broome to Perth.
The airline will bring an extra 430 passengers to the resort town each week from September with a new service operating three-days-a-week.
There have been concerns about the possible effect of the increased pressure on Qantas and Skywest, which already operate on the route.
But Skywest's chief executive officer, Scott Henderson, says there is enough demand to support three carriers.
"When Virgin enters the market - we've seen historically they help grow the market - and we note that one of the things holding Broome back at the moment is the number of beds," he said.
"We think that having another carrier will help investors make that decision to put more money into growing the number of beds into Broome, so we think it's a pretty positive move actually."
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