Regional Round-Up
Revamp starts at Qantas International
September 1st 2013
Qantas Group CEO, Alan Joyce, has announced changes at its international arm following final government approval of the airline’s partnership with Emirates Airline. Read More »
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Qantas will upgrade one more return Sydney-Hong Kong service to an A380 flight, increasing A380 services on the route to five a week. A new route, a twice a week Perth-Auckland service, will operate in December and January, while all Sydney-Christchurch flights will be re-scheduled to connect with more flights out of Sydney as well as complementing Emirates Airline services on the route.
Brisbane-Los Angeles will be upgraded to a daily service, a move Joyce said will provide valuable feeder services from the carrier’s regional and domestic networks into Brisbane.
Qantas and Emirates have aligned fares on the trans-Tasman route and switched to code-shares on 130 flights each week between Australia and New Zealand. These changes were partly facilitated by the Sydney-Christchurch and new Perth-Auckland routes, said Joyce.
