Vic: Avalon to be home to Australia's new budget airline

AAP General News (Australia)
02-25-2004
Vic: Avalon to be home to Australia's new budget airline

MELBOURNE, Feb 25 AAP - Australia's newest budget airline is to be based at transport
magnate Lindsay Fox's Avalon Airport in Victoria.

Qantas will make an announcement in Melbourne today on the prices and routes of its
new budget airline Jetstar and is expected to announce Avalon, on the Princes Highway
between Melbourne and Geelong, as its base.

The airport, south-west of Melbourne, owned for several years by Mr Fox, will be used
as a maintenance base and will also fly some routes.

Melbourne Airport chief executive Chris Barlow …