Qantas will add an extra flight to Hawaii from December 20, when it will fly four times a week from Sydney to Honolulu, up from three currently. Qantas executive manager of global sales and offshore operations Stephen Thompson said Honolulu was one of the airline’s most popular destinations and demand continued to grow. This content
Qantas chief financial officer Gareth Evans says the airline’s global alliance with Emirates is delivering on all fronts. The tie-up with the Dubai-headquartered Emirates has solved Qantas’s European network problems, as well as delivered an economic and financial benefit since it began in April 2013, Evans said on Thursday. “From a customer point of view it
Qantas says it will now avoid Iraqi airspace after updated advice from the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The FAA issued a new advisory note over the weekend, restricting US airlines from flying at or below 30,000ft “due to the potentially hazardous situation created by the armed conflict in Iraq”. This content is available exclusively
Qantas will squeeze an extra row of seats into its Boeing 737-800 aircraft as part of a refurbishment of the domestic narrowbody workhorse. The addition of six extra economy seats increases the seat count of the Qantas 737 from 168 currently – 12 business and 156 economy – to 174 seats. This content is available
Qantas and LAN have expanded their partnership with a number of new codeshare destinations in Australia and South America. Qantas said on Thursday it would place its QF code on LAN-operated services from Santiago to six destinations in South America – La Serena, Antofagasta and Punta Arenas in Chile, Lima in Peru and Rio de
Qantas says there is no risk to its flights to London flying through Iraqi airspace. The airline’s services between Dubai and London currently fly over Iraq, as do a number of other airlines’ flights between Asia and Europe. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue reading the