In Reply to: melb to bali posted by shazdog on Friday, 19. September 2008 at 14:03 Bali Time:
At this stage there are only direct flights from Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth. I know you think this sucks but please show some compassion. There has not been a direct flight out of Adelaide to Bali since about August 2006, and probably close to that from Brisbane, so this is a long time coming. I hope the people in Sydney and Melbourne are not feeling too inconvenienced and resentful at this stage.
The good news is that Virgin are still waiting for approval to fly from other cities, so be patient and your turn may come. As for having a 3 hour stop over in Perth, we have been doing that for years. Many of us even flew via Singapore.
This is pretty exciting news for all. I have flown Virgin on an international flight before and they were a lot more helpful and friendly than my experiences with Jetstar. They also have not appeared to have put their fares up once the route is established. I keep my fingers crossed that we will support them to keep these flights going.
Yippee - have booked for December AND July.