Qantas boosts capacity to Perth
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Qantas will deploy a wide-body aircraft on to domestic routes from Perth, increasing capacity by more than 4,300 seats each week. The Sydney-Perth route will be served using a Boeing 747-400 aircraft operating six round trips per week from May, as well as an Airbus 330 which increase services from three round trips per week to five.
The Brisbane-Perth route will use a wide-body A330-200 for seven weekly round trips in addition to the upgrading of six round trip B737 services with wide-body aircraft. This will add more than 1,700 seats to the route.
Melbourne-Perth will see more than 2,100 additional seats, following the launch of three services operated by an A330 aircraft;
Qantas Chief Executive Officer, Alan Joyce, said the changes were a direct response to the growing demand for travel to Perth, particularly from business passengers.
“Increasing the premium service we provide business customers flying from east to west will help further cement our position as the ‘Best for Business’ airline,” Joyce said. “Passengers in both cabins of the Boeing 747 between Perth and Sydney will experience Qantas’ globally-renowned international service. Business passengers will experience the Skybed Business Class seats, with passengers in both cabins having personal in-flight entertainment options.
“Our competitors can simply not match the service that Qantas offers, particularly the Skybeds, which provide increased comfort on the longer routes between the eastern states and Perth.
“Today’s announcement increases wide-body aircraft used across the Perth to Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane routes to more than 90 per cent and increases total capacity by 15 per cent.”
The changes build on increases in intra-Western Australia capacity in the coming months, including the launch of Perth to Exmouth services and recent the acquisition of resource charter operator, Network Aviation.
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