Talk:Busselton Margaret River Airport

Speculation about future flights

As already noted in edit summaries by Andrewgprout and myself, Wikipedia is not a crystal ball and things should not be added to articles until they are confirmed to happen. I actually *live* here in Busselton, have known about the new planned date for flights for some time, and have deliberately *chosen* not to add it here. Laurencebeck, I assume based on your choice of date format for your additions, you're either American or Canadian. One thing you might not know is that, until the arrival of the omicron variant, Western Australia has had remarkably low rates of COVID compared to much of the rest of Australia and the world. This has been in large part due to the state being under a hard border for the past two years that is set to open on 3 March and the many postponements of this flight route have been due to promises, followed by relinquishments, about the easing of this border. There is official government modelling saying that Western Australia's current wave of COVID may peak at the end of March ... which is very close to the date when this flight route is currently supposed to commence. Therefore it's by no means guaranteed. If you check my edits to this article, you'll notice that I was quite avidly adding new flight dates as they were announced, but even *I* have given up on this pursuit. Graham87 06:30, 26 February 2022 (UTC)

Yes, absolutely correct, what you offer. The Wikipedia article in its most recent edit gives the most recent news. Jetstar has opened its booking for the destination , its first flight April 6. And the newspaper articles published in the South West of the state report it along with local reporting. That's the present development. Bookings on that April 6 flight are impressive, and on Jetstar's website at this minute only two seats left. . . regards --Laurencebeck (talk) 06:44, 26 February 2022 (UTC)

Bookings really are immaterial - what is required is sensible secondary referencing. And the secondary reference here is not convinced that route will ever start. There is no hurry, there is no requirement to be accurate only verifiable, there is no obligation to add this detail, none of it is required. Wikipedia is an encyclopaedia not a directory.

Andrewgprout (talk) 07:37, 26 February 2022 (UTC)

A lot can change in a month; see my latest edit summary. I'll be on the lookout for better refs but I'm sure they'll materialise soon ... or the flight will probably launch on schedule and all this will be immaterial. Graham87 15:37, 30 March 2022 (UTC)