American Airlines restarting flights down under
After a gap of nearly 24 years, American Airlines is to resume flights to Australia.
American will launch a daily flight from Los Angeles to Sydney from December 17 in direct competition with rivals United Airlines and Delta.
"With both the US and Australian economies growing, we see strong demand for travel between the two regions, and we’re introducing more choices to meet the demand of our customers," said American chief executive Doug Parker.
The new service will mean some changes to American’s transpacific alliance with partner Qantas.
Qantas will reduce its Los Angeles schedule slightly and resume San Francisco-Sydney flights from December 20 after a four year gap.
In a joint media briefing Qantas Group CEO Alan Joyce said the two airlines will add about 9% to seat capacity on US-Australia routes.
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