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Island Travel: Budget Airlines Hit Solomon Islands

October 9, 2008 at 11:30 AM | by | Comments (3)

We get excited whenever a low-cost airline launches flights to a new and exotic destination, and the start of Pacific Blue flights from Brisbane to the Solomon Islands sounds like something to jump up and down about.

We admit to knowing little about the Solomon Islands (although we know they sometimes get tsunamis), but anywhere in Melanesia with a thousand islands has got to have something attractive. But we're not so sure that Pacific Blue's new flights are actually cheap: A return flight from Brisbane will cost you A$498 ($347) at first, soon rising to A$758 ($529).

On the other hand, if you fit some very specific criteria and promise to fly on a Tuesday, the national carrier Solomon Airlines will get you to Brisbane and back for A$436. Unfortunately it's only for locals and Aussie tourists, but it's a whole lot cheaper than the "budget" airline.

Related Stories:
· Pacific Blue Launches Services to Solomon Islands [Peanuts]
· Solomon Airlines [Official Site]
· Solomon Islands Tsunami [Jaunted]

[Photo: Graham Crumb]

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Currency Conversion

I'm not sure if those conversions are right... am pretty sure the US$ is worth more than the A$
Samie on October 9, 2008 at 6:31 PM #Permalink

Right you are...

We've fixed the mistake, but are still losing money in the stock market.
pbb on October 9, 2008 at 7:15 PM #Permalink

Australian $

Try being an Aussie about to go on holiday to the UK - while watching the A$ go down the gurgler! As if it wasn't expensive enough as it was!
Samie on October 10, 2008 at 12:24 AM #Permalink

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