Qantas overhauls China routes
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The Qantas Group has announced that it will cut two routes to China as it makes sweeping changes to its New Zealand, China and India operations. From 31 March Qantas will cut its twice weekly Melbourne-Shanghai services, while the three weekly Sydney-Beijing services will also cease from 17 April. However the Australian carrier has also announced plans to up its Sydney-Shanghai services to daily from 31 March.
Meanwhile from 10 June, Jetstar will commence New Zealand domestic services, taking over from Qantas which will cease domestic NZ operations. Qantas will introduce changes to its trans-Tasman services and flights to the US from Auckland, increasing frequency and improving connections for international customers.
Qantas’ thrice weekly Mumbai services will operate via Singapore from mid-May, with connections from Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide (Qantas) and Cairns and Darwin (Jetstar).
Qantas Group CEO, Alan Joyce, commented; “The Qantas Group is performing well in this difficult environment, but we are not immune from the need to address under-performing routes. We are reluctantly making changes to our China and India schedules, but will continue to offer significant capacity into both countries as they remain important business and leisure markets.”
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