Qantas Expands International Network with New Routes, Aircraft, and 220,000 Additional Seats

• Changes to key routes to the US, Asia and the Pacific
• Qantas to launch new route to Palau
• More seats for customers as A380s return in 2025; new A220s join fleet
• First international route confirmed for A220

(IN SHORT) Qantas is expanding its international network by adding 220,000 seats and introducing new routes, including a Brisbane to Palau service, starting in 2025. The airline will bring two Airbus A380s back into service and deploy new A220 aircraft for its Darwin to Singapore route. Increased capacity is also planned for US routes, with more premium seats available. Additionally, Jetstar will take over Qantas’ Sydney to Seoul route, allowing Qantas to focus on higher-demand services. These changes aim to meet growing demand and improve fleet flexibility.

(PRESS RELEASE) Sydney, Australia, 2024-Oct-17 — /Travel PR News/ — Qantas is set to significantly grow its international network by adding 220,000 seats across key routes in the US, Asia, and the Pacific over the next year, with the introduction of new aircraft and a new destination. Starting in February 2025, the airline will launch a new Brisbane to Palau route and return two upgraded Airbus A380s to its fleet. QantasLink will also debut its next-generation A220 aircraft on the Darwin to Singapore route, increasing capacity and customer choice.

Qantas is also increasing capacity on US routes, boosting premium seating by 30% with more A380s and Boeing 787 Dreamliners, particularly on flights between Brisbane and Los Angeles, and Sydney and Dallas. In addition, Jetstar will take over the Sydney to Seoul route in June 2025, allowing Qantas to focus on other routes with higher demand.

Qantas Group International CEO Cam Wallace expressed excitement about the expansion, emphasizing that these changes, which are part of Qantas’ fleet renewal program, will better meet growing customer demand and improve flexibility across the Qantas and Jetstar networks.

Summary of network changes 

Route	Change	Timing
United States
Melbourne-Dallas	Flights to increase from three to four per week.	6 February 2025
Sydney-New York (via Auckland)	Flights to reduce from six to five per week.	6 February 2025
Brisbane-Los Angeles	Boeing 787 Dreamliner to return to the route, more than doubling premium seat capacity and offering customers the additional choice of Premium Economy. Daily flights to be operated by a mix of A330 and 787 aircraft.	11 August 2025
Sydney-Dallas	A380 to resume on the route for the first time since pre-COVID. Daily flights to be operated by a mix of A380 and 787 aircraft.	11 August 2025
Asia
Sydney-Seoul	Qantas to cease flights. Jetstar to increase flights from four per week to daily from June, a 4 per cent increase in seats on the route.	14 June 2025
Darwin-Singapore	Route to launch with new QantasLink A220 aircraft, operating five days per week. Previously scheduled to be operated by the E190, the aircraft change offers more than 50 additional seats on the route each week.	30 March 2025
Tasman and the Pacific
Brisbane-Auckland	787 to be introduced on the route for the first time, operating alongside 737 and A330 flights,  a 40 per cent increase in premium seats on the route each year.	11 August 2025
Brisbane-Noumea	Flights to resume after they were temporarily suspended in April, increasing from one to up to two per week, with the Embraer E190 aircraft operating on the route for the first time.	14 December 2024
Brisbane – Palau	Weekly flights to be operated by Qantas’ B737 aircraft.	Expected to launch in the coming months

*Subject to government and regulatory approval.

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Source: Qantas

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