On November 6, Jetstar announced a brand-new route. Beginning in March, Qantas' lower-cost unit will fly from Sunshine Coast —Australia's tenth-busiest airport by passenger traffic—to Bali and on to Singapore . Bali is to Australians what Cancun is to Americans and Malaga is to Europeans. It will surely make my celebratory Weekly Routes article ( see the most recent edition ).

It will be the first time that the Sunshine Coast, not too far from Brisbane, has had two international routes. And the nonstop leg to Indonesia will, of course, be by far the airport's longest-ever scheduled service. It comes amid other notable developments recently. For example, the Gold Coast recently gained Bali service. Newcastle also did, becoming its new longest-ever international service. C

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