Qantas Airways is set to resume flights between Brisbane and Manila for the first time in a decade, as demand for travel between Australia and the Philippines grows.
From 28 October 2024, the route will be operated four days a week by Airbus A330 aircraft, adding more than 100,000 seats to the route between Australia and the Philippines each year.
“We are always working to ensure we have the right aircraft, on the right route and at the right time to best meet the needs of our customers,” said Cam Wallace, CEO of Qantas International.
“This will provide our corporate and leisure customers with more choice and provide easier access to the places they need to travel in Asia.”
Qantas also announced it would increase flights from Sydney to Bengaluru from five times a week to daily to meet high demand during the peak season.
The additional flights will operate between mid-December 2024 and the end of March 2025, adding more than 12,000 seats between the two cities over a four-month period.
Australia's largest airline will also increase flights from Sydney to Singapore from 14 to 17 return flights per week from December 11, 2024.
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Additionally, return flights from Brisbane to Singapore will increase from seven to nine flights per week from 27 October 2024, which will improve connectivity with the Qantas daily service from Singapore to London, reducing the overall travel time to Heathrow by approx. We plan to shorten it by 4 hours.
In the same announcement, Qantas said flights to Shanghai would be suspended from July 28, 2024 due to lack of demand.
“We will continue to maintain our presence in China through our partners and existing flights to Hong Kong and look forward to returning to Shanghai in the future,” said Wallace.
Qantas resumed its Sydney-Shanghai service in October last year after being suspended due to the coronavirus outbreak, but Mr Wallace said demand had not recovered as expected.