Media Release
'Don't You Just Love Competition'
28th February 2002
Webjet today announced a massive surge in site traffic and booking activity in the
midst of the Ansett crisis.
Webjet's Managing Director, David Clarke, said, "Once again the phenomenal utility and power of the Internet in providing easy, rapid and secure consumer access to the latest fares information has been demonstrated. Webjet saw this phenomena at the time of the initial Ansett collapse, and again yesterday, also underlying the growing power of the Webjet brand and its recognition. Webjet's site sessions yesterday peaked at nearly 6,000, with just on $90,000 gross transactions written in one day. That is a record for Webjet.
"This morning has started at a similar level and clearly demonstrates the increased brand penetration that has been achieved over the last few weeks with our national television campaign under the tag line of "Don't you just love competition".
Webjet provides consumers with a complete interactive on-line booking capability, with access to all of the current schedules and seat availability at a price which is often cheaper than Qantas itself on domestic airline fares.