Flight TL362 took off from Cairns just after 1pm on Monday aboard the Embraer E190 VH-XFL. The route, operating three times per week, will add more than 30,000 seats annually between the Red Centre and Tropical North Queensland.
While the new service will begin on schedule, with the first flight slated for 30 March, it will initially operate four times per week on 737s rather than five times per week on the newer A220s, with the A220s now set to take over the route on 26 October.