Jetstar to increase Perth services

The state government has announced a deal between Tourism WA and Jetstar which it expects will increase visitors to WA from the east coast.

Jetstar will be expanding its existing services to Perth from Sydney and Melbourne.

It's also adding two new direct routes from the Gold Coast and Brisbane.

Tourism Minister Liz Constable welcomed the news.

"This new agreement between Tourism WA and Jetstar will increase the number of places from which people can travel to our extraordinary State," Dr Constable said.

"This Memorandum of Understanding will deliver an additional 40,000 new visitors to the State per year, spending an estimated $39 million a year over the next three years.

"It will also help to address two of the main barriers to visitation from the eastern seaboard - time and cost."

From October 31, the airline will introduce another four weekly flights on each of the Melbourne-Perth and Sydney-Perth routes, up from 14 per week and seven per week respectively.

This will increase the number of direct Jetstar services to Perth from six Australian cities from 32 to 54 per week.