Qantas to increase services to New York
Qantas has announced that it will be increasing its New York services from five per week to a daily service from 14 August 2007.
Executive General Manager of Qantas, Mr John Borghetti, said the addition of two extra New York services each week, operating from Sydney via Los Angeles, would provide business travellers with more choice and access to markets on the US East Coast, adding, “Frequency of service is particularly important for business travellers, and offering them a daily flight to New York will provide the flexibility they need to plan their schedules.”
He said support for the route had been very encouraging, allowing Qantas to increase its New York services twice in the past 18 months, saying, “Qantas offers sleeper seats in both First and Business and is scheduled to be the first airline to fly the new Airbus A380 aircraft between Australia and the US in the fourth quarter of 2008.”
He also said that Qantas was working in partnership with the Australian Consulate General, Tourism Australia and the Australian Trade Commission to promote Australia in the US, sponsoring Australia Week in New York and Los Angeles, the single largest foreign country promotion held annually in the United States, adding, “These major tourism initiatives, combined with our latest increase in services, will significantly encourage inbound tourism to Australia.”
The new Qantas schedule will consist of:-
**35 flights per week to Los Angeles, with an additional three flights per week between 19 June and 28 July 2007, totalling 38 flights per week for this period;
** seven flights per week to New York via Los Angeles;
** five flights per week to San Francisco;
** three flights per week to Honolulu; and
** three flights per week to Vancouver via San Francisco, operated as a seasonal service between 13 June and 12 August 2007.
The increase in services is considered by analysts to be in advance of Virign Blue’s entry on to the route.
Report by The Mole
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