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DunedinJune 15

Jetstar will look at gaps in market

Cut-price Australian airline Jetstar will examine filling the gap in direct transtasman flights to Dunedin but makes no promises.

NationalApril 17

Regional airports woo Jetstar

Airports around the country are actively courting Jetstar in the hope it will fly to the regions and increase competition.

QueenstownApril 17

Fewer Queenstown flights

Jetstar says some Queenstown-Auckland services will be amalgamated in late autumn and early winter, overlapping with the opening of ski areas Coronet Peak on June 8 and the Remarkables on June 22.

QueenstownApril 9

A passenger milestone

Nearly one million Jetstar passengers have travelled through Queenstown Airport out of the five million passengers the airline has flown around New Zealand since it launched domestic services in 2009.

NationalNovember 11

Free Jetstar flights snapped up

A thousand free domestic and international flights were snapped up within an hour as Jetstar hit back at rival Air New Zealand's free flights to Christchurch.

NationalOctober 29

Jetstar battles back with 1c flights

Jetstar is offering domestic flights for one cent each this week as the battle to be the cheapest airline takes off.

NationalOctober 8

Woman 'humiliated' by airline pregnancy query

A woman who was asked by a Jetstar flight attendant to provide a medical certificate to fly because he wrongly thought she was pregnant says she was "absolutely humiliated" by the mistake.

QueenstownSeptember 20

Extra flights welcomed

Queenstown civic, tourism and aviation chiefs are welcoming extra direct transtasman flights announced by Jetstar this week to the growing portfolio of flights to the resort by all airlines.

QueenstownSeptember 19

Jetstar expands Queenstown service

An extra 37,000 passengers a year will fly directly from Australia to Queenstown in Jetstar's latest expansion of its New Zealand operations.

DunedinSeptember 4

Scope for more flights

Jetstar boosting services to Dunedin Airport is a case of "wait and see". However, "opportunities are there", the airline's Australia and New Zealand chief executive David Hall says.

NationalFebruary 1

Budget airline changes woman's nationality

Cheap airline Jetstar has been fined after changing a Chinese passenger's nationality, which allowed her to board a New Zealand bound plane in Melbourne without a visa.

QueenstownNovember 10

Jetstar flight iPads world first

Passengers will soon be able to watch, read, touch, swipe and pinch on iPads to their heart's content while flying between Queenstown and Australia, Jetstar confirms.

NationalOctober 16

Airline's treatment of boy angers grandfather

Jetstar has admitted staff made a mistake by allowing an 11-year-old to board a flight from Auckland to Wellington - only to be removed moments later as he was too young to fly alone.

QueenstownSeptember 25

Jetstar increasing number of NZ, Aust flights

Jetstar is selling limited $7 fares today to promote its new Wellington-to-Queenstown route in a bid to further breach Air New Zealand's hold on the domestic market.

DunedinJuly 15

Dunedin established as Jetstar destination

The arrival of Jetstar's inaugural flight to Dunedin yesterday morning, signalled an end to Air New Zealand's domestic monopoly of the route and the beginning of cheaper fares, its chief executive says.

NationalJuly 4

Jetstar passenger outrage

A drunk New Zealand passenger urinated in the aisle of a Jetstar aircraft spraying one man and soaking a woman's scarf but was allowed to leave the flight with nothing more than a warning.

NationalJuly 4

Ash continues to disrupt flights

Qantas and subsidiary Jetstar have cancelled all flights in and out of New Zealand for the rest of today and all day tomorrow due to the ash cloud still lingering from a Chilean volcano.

NationalJune 30

Jetstar resumes flights

Travellers frustrated by the Chilean volcanic ash cloud have been given some good news, with Jetstar resuming all flights in and out of New Zealand this afternoon.

NationalJune 27

All flights back on schedule

Jetstar has followed Qantas' lead and resumed all flights in and out of New Zealand today as the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) says the Chilean volcano's ash cloud disruptions may have ended here.

BusinessJune 24

Ash cloud costing airlines millions

Qantas and its subsidiary Jetstar have cancelled all flights in and out of New Zealand today due to the ash cloud still lingering from a Chilean volcano.

NationalJune 17

Airlines resume flights

Air New Zealand resumed flights to Queenstown yesterday, with one from Auckland arriving at midday.

QueenstownJune 14

Chile's volcanic ash halts more Queenstown flights

Qantas and Jetstar flights from Australia were still grounded yesterday as the rising Chilean volcanic ash cloud continued to disrupt the carriers' flight paths.

NationalJune 13

Stranded passengers hoping for good news today

Thousands of international air passengers stranded in New Zealand by ash from a Chilean volcano are hoping for some good news today as airlines reassess their decision to cancel flights.

DunedinMay 25

Jetstar promises low fares

Jetstar will begin flying between Dunedin and Auckland, with the low-cost carrier promising competition and an end to price "gouging".

NationalMay 12

Fares drop as Jetstar triggers price war

An airline price war prompted consumers to snap up thousands of cut-price tickets out of Dunedin yesterday, following the entry of low-cost carrier Jetstar to the city.