Having an experienced bus driver who is familiar with venues certainly helped the supervising teachers.
You will get the best deal for your group flights by dealing directly with the groups department of your preferred airline.
Qantas, Jetstar and Virgin all provide group airfare quotes direct to schools. They provide reasonable booking conditions including a small per person deposit, and flexibility with your passenger list up until about a month prior to travel.
When completing your online group airfare request, you will receive the best quote if you're able to give as much information as possible including any flexibility you may have with departure and arrival times & days (ie avoiding peak days of the week and peak times of day) and (for larger groups) whether you're able to split your group onto different flight departures.
When you receive your quote, you can always contact the person who has quoted to discuss exactly what flights they have based the pricing on and whether there are any other flight options that may suit your requirements and be more cost effective.
Click here to go to the Qantas site. (opens in a new window)
Click here to go to the Virgin site. (opens in a new window)

