Qantas Expands Domestic Network with New Routes

(29 Mar 2022, 11:49 +07)  Qantas launched four new routes across its domestic network on Monday.

The new routes - Adelaide-Newcastle, Brisbane-Wagga Wagga, Darwin-Townsville and Darwin-Cairns - follow the launch of Qantas flights between Sydney and Uluru (Ayers Rock Airport) which took off on Sunday.

The new services are among 52 new routes the national carrier has added to its domestic network since the beginning of the ongoing COVID19 pandemic.

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“Qantas has a tremendous history of connecting people and economies across Australia. What we’ve seen over the past two years, is that what started as a way of meeting pent-up demand for Aussies to travel where they could, is being sustained as visitors discover new destinations and as business links flourish,” said QantasLink CEO, John Gissing. “Not only have we seen a huge surge in demand for domestic tourism, but we have a seen a real shift towards investment in our regional communities as economic and industrial hubs.”

Thrice weekly return flights will operate on Darwin-Townsville, Brisbane-Wagga and Adelaide-Newcastle with four weekly return flights on Darwin-Cairns, together adding more than 2,300 seats into Qantas’s domestic network each week.

Qantas has also recommenced flights between Sydney and Toowoomba with an improved, more business-friendly schedule offering double daily weekday flights and daily weekend flights.

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