Key Factors
- Qantas will fly to Palau for the primary time.
- The airline was awarded a authorities contract.
- The flights will begin ‘within the coming months’.
Qantas has introduced it’s going to fly to Palau for the primary time, because the airline revealed an expanded schedule for subsequent 12 months.
Weekly flights from Brisbane to the tiny Pacific nation will go on sale “within the coming weeks” and take off “within the coming months”, Qantas stated in a launch on Wednesday.
Qantas stated it was awarded a authorities contract to “assist keep sturdy commerce and tourism hyperlinks between Australia and Palau”.
Palau, which is a few six-hour flight from Brisbane, is among the world’s smallest nations, with a inhabitants of lower than 20,000 individuals. It’s made up of roughly 300 islands, eight of that are inhabited, and is a well-liked scuba diving vacation spot.
The nation’s capital is Ngerulmud, situated on Babeldaob, the most important island.
The airline may even drop a global route, now not flying from Sydney to the Korean capital Seoul. Its finances airline Jetstar will enhance flights on the Sydney-Seoul route.
Qantas Group worldwide chief government Cam Wallace stated the airline is responding to “rising demand”.
He stated Qantas would redeploy its plane to different routes “the place we’re seeing sturdy demand”.
The nationwide provider stated that from February 2025, it’s going to add round 220,000 seats to its worldwide community over 12 months.
This will likely be additional boosted by bigger planes flying its Darwin to Singapore route.
The corporate had earlier introduced it could launch the route in March 2025 with the Embraer E190, however stated on Monday the bigger 137-seat A220 will now function 5 occasions per week.
Qantas will resume flights to Noumea, earlier within the 12 months compelled it to cancel the route.
Melbourne to Dallas flights will enhance from three to 4 per week, whereas Sydney to New York flights will scale back from six to 5 per week.
