Qantas Group adds domestic capacity
The Qantas Group has announced an upgrade in Australian capacity during 2012 and 2013 as the airline aims to retain its 65 per cent domestic market share.
The Qantas Group has announced an upgrade in Australian capacity during 2012 and 2013 as the airline aims to retain its 65 per cent domestic market share.
Australian arrivals into the United States skyrocketed past the million mark in 2011, with 1,038,000 visiting America, a 40% jump on the 720,000 that visited in 2009, and there’s more to come.
Tourism Australia has welcomed the network launch by Jetstar Japan to future connect five domestic Japanese city markets seamlessly and more affordably with Jetstar international flight offerings on the Japan-Australia route, as a further positive step in reenergising the brand Australia presence in Japan.
Qantas has launched flights to the Chilean capital Santiago in a re-jig of its South American network aimed at capturing a greater share of business and leisure traffic alike.
Nine of Qantas’ Boeing 747-400s will have been retrofitted with the same onboard product as the flagship Airbus A380s by the end of this year, as the airline continues to enhance its international services.
The full house signs were up across Melbourne last weekend as the 2012 Formula 1 Qantas Australian Grand Prix proved to be a winner yet again for the accommodation industry.
Qantas has begun trialling internet access on Airbus A380 flights from Sydney and Melbourne to Los Angeles, becoming the first carrier on the route to do so.
A high Australian Dollar is producing strong inbound numbers for Los Angeles hotels and it’s a trend that is showing no signs of abating, says Ramada Plaza West Hollywood Managing Director Alan Johnson.
Qantas has withdrawn from the Singapore-Mumbai and Auckland-Los Angeles routes as part of a network and maintenance shake-up announced by CEO Alan Joyce in Sydney yesterday (Feb 16).
Toga Hospitality’s Rachel Argaman and Tourism Accommodation Australia’s Rodger Powell joined CEOs from across the nation in the inaugural CEOCookOff, presented by OzHarvest and Qantas, in Sydney on Monday night.
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