Qantas will launch its new Brisbane-Chicago and Brisbane-San Francisco routes by the end of April 2020, the Australian carrier has confirmed today [Monday 17 June, 2019].

An alliance between Qantas and American Airlines has been given tentative approval by the Trump Administration following 16-months of deliberation. Subject to specific conditions, the partnership covers flights between Australia & New Zealand and the United States and must be implemented before the end of the year.

Qantas is launching a new series of dedicated Frequent Flyer redemption flights across its network with seats only available to members redeeming Qantas Points.

Qantas will introduce its Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft on the Sydney-San Francisco route from 4 December. The move coincides with the delivery of Qantas’ next six Dreamliners which will replace ageing Boeing 747 aircraft over the next 18 months.

Qantas is adding new direct seasonal flights between Sydney and Sapporo, meeting a growing demand from Australians wanting to travel to the popular Japanese ski holiday destination.

In what may be a first in aviation, luxury tour operator Constellation Journeys will host a premium Penfold’s wine tasting at cruising altitude of 40,000 feet, on board the company’s privately chartered Qantas Boeing 747.

Qantas has relaunched services to Fiji for the first time in nearly 20 years, with a new direct flight from Sydney taking off today in time for the April school holidays.

Qantas today [Friday 8 March] revealed it would be changing its cabin baggage policy on domestic flights following feedback from frequent flyers who said they would like to have more choice in how they use the allowance.

Qantas will launch new seasonal flights direct from Melbourne to Queenstown to meet the growing number of Australians seeking winter holidays in New Zealand over the peak ski season*.

The new research is being conducted as Qantas prepares to conquer the final frontier of global commercial air travel, with world first non-stop flights from the east coast of Australia to New York and London to start from 2022.

Qantas has today confirmed its restart of direct flights from Sydney to Fiji, meeting a growing demand from customers wanting a premium travel option to the South Pacific tourist hot-spot.