- Qantas announced new flight route
- Tickets will go on sale ‘in weeks’
Qantas has added a new Pacific destination to its itinerary, and the airline will begin direct flights to Palau.
The national airline will operate weekly flights from Brisbane to the paradise paradise made up of a group of more than 300 islands, 1,500 kilometers east of the Philippines.
The six-hour flights are expected to go on sale in the “coming weeks” before the first takes off in the “coming months.”
Nauru Airlines had launched its own direct flights from Brisbane to Palau earlier this year.
The new route was one of many announcements made by the airline on Wednesday as it added and subtracted from its flight offerings.
Qantas will abandon its route between Sydney and Seoul from June 14 next year and instead its budget subsidiary jetstar the number of flights will increase.
Qantas will operate weekly flights from Brisbane to Palau, which is made up of a group of more than 300 islands, 1,500 km east of the Philippines.
“One of the benefits of our dual-brand strategy is the flexibility we have with our combined Qantas and Jetstar fleets,” said Qantas Group International CEO Cam Wallace.
“Qantas launched flights to Seoul after the pandemic and now that demand has normalised, it has grown substantially as a leisure market, opening up a huge opportunity for Jetstar to increase its frequencies and allowing Qantas to redeploy its aircraft to other routes in which we are seeing strong demand.”
Qantas will also offer 30 percent more premium seats on its A380s flying to the United States.
“The A380 has always been a passenger favourite, so it’s great news that Qantas is returning it to its Sydney to Dallas route, and the increase in capacity will offer more choice for passengers traveling to and from the US. ” said Sydney Airport group executive Greg Botham. .
Its Boeing 787 Dreamliners will fly from Brisbane to Los Angeles, allowing more seating options for travelers.
Qantas will also introduce its 137-seat A220 aircraft in March 2025, as the airline phases out its Boeing 717s.
The planes will be used for flights between Darwin and Singapore.
The radical changes mean Qantas will offer an additional 220,000 seats on its international network over 12 months from February.
“These developments highlight our commitment to supporting airline growth and passenger choice at Australia’s global gateway,” Mr Botham said.