AUSTRALIA-BASED Strategic Airlines will launch services to Phuket from Melbourne and Brisbane from February, keeping direct air links between the Thai island and the two cities intact after V Australia’s withdrawal from those routes scheduled to take place in the same month (TTG Asia e-Daily, October 18, 2010).
Strategic will commence a twice-weekly Melbourne-Phuket service from February 22 and a twice-weekly Brisbane-Phuket service from February 24. Both flights will be operated with a 274-seat Airbus A330 aircraft.
