The 2023-24 State Budget will deliver an additional $20.7 million towards the successful Regional Airfare Zone Cap Scheme as part of the Cook Government's ongoing efforts to provide cost-of-living support to Western Australians.
The scheme gives people living in regional Western Australia access to capped airfares for travel to and from Perth. The initiative has been enormously popular with more than 66,200 flights undertaken using the capped fares in the first six months of the scheme.
Significant cost-of-living relief will continue to flow to regional residents through the 2024-25 State Budget, with the Cook Labor Government committing an additional $64.6 million to its flagship scheme.
The scheme caps the cost of airfares for regional residents year-round at $199 or $299 one-way on return flights to Perth for personal travel, and is delivered in partnership with Airnorth, Nexus Airlines, Qantas Airways, Rex, Skippers Aviation and Virgin Australia.
The new $64.6 million investment will extend the scheme until the end of 2025 - ensuring regional residents can continue to access affordable airfares throughout the Government's scheduled review of the initiative from mid-2025.
