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Qantas is ramping up its American capacity to meet higher inbound demand.
The Flying Kangaroo will, between June and October next year, fly daily from Sydney to New York – up from five days per week – for the first time since COVID-19, with its A380s also making a return on the route from Sydney to Dallas on Monday and its 787-9s from Brisbane to Los Angeles on Wednesday.
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According to Qantas International CEO Cam Wallace, this will be the first time the carrier will fly Sydney to New York via Auckland on the route launched in 2023.
“These flights have been very popular with our customers and we’re looking forward to continuing the service alongside our future non-stop options between Sydney and New York with Project Sunrise,” he said.
“This week also marks the return of our A380 to Sydney–Dallas and Dreamliner to Brisbane–Los Angeles, offering more premium seats for customers travelling between Australia and the US.
“This year, we’ve seen more Americans wanting to travel to Australia, so we’re pleased to be giving them even more reasons to visit and connect onto our extensive domestic network across the country.
“We also know how much our Australian customers value premium travel options, and through our partnership with American Airlines, there are plenty of options to connect seamlessly to destinations right across the United States.”
The expansion, partly announced in May, is despite travel from Australia to the USA dropping 7 per cent year on year from March 2024 to 2025, according to data from the US International Trade Administration released in April.
Graham Turner, chief executive of Flight Centre, attributed the decline to several factors, including disapproval for US President Donald Trump’s policies, concern about stricter border security procedures at US ports of entry and economic factors.
“In that March quarter, our corporate business was down, was pretty flat, maybe up just a little bit on last year, whereas our leisure business was down a lot – but in April, it does appear to have got a lot worse, and I know our Canadian business, of Canadians going to the States, is down quite a lot,” he said on ABC’s The Business earlier this year.
“Some people don’t like what Trump’s saying and doing. Other people are worried about border control and the conditions of coming into the US, and whether they’ve complied with everything. So, there’s a couple of reasons why that is down, particularly out of Australia.”
