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A GLOBAL NETWORK
Developments included:
UNITED STATES AND CANADA
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After an absence of 26 years,
Qantas returned to New York
with the introduction of services
between Sydney and New York
in October 1999.
"
Qantas introduced non-stop services
between Los Angeles and Melbourne
and same-plane flights from Brisbane
to Los Angeles via Auckland.
"
Qantas commenced Boeing 767
services between Sydney and Canada,
via Honolulu, in July 2000.
"
Qantas began offering services
between Las Vegas and Los Angeles
through an expansion of its codeshare
agreement with American Airlines.
ASIA
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Under the Joint Services Agreement
with British Airways, Qantas
expanded frequency between
Perth and Singapore and Brisbane
and Singapore, connecting with
Qantas and British Airways services
between Singapore and the United
Kingdom/Europe.
"
In response to customer demand,
Qantas Airlink introduced twice-daily
services between Darwin and Dili,
in East Timor.
"
Qantas and Taiwan’s EVA Airways
negotiated a codeshare agreement
for services between Sydney and
Taipei and Brisbane and Taipei,
effective May 2000.
UNITED KINGDOM/EUROPE
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Additional through-services were
introduced between Melbourne and
London in November 1999.
"
Preparations were made for the
August 2000 announcement of plans
to operate one additional service each
week between Australia and Rome,
taking to four the number of services
each week via Bangkok.
"
Through its codeshare agreement with
British Airways, Qantas commenced
services between London and
Newcastle-on-Tyne, and between
London and Berlin, Dusseldorf,
Hamburg and Munich.
"
Qantas and fellow oneworld member
Finnair began codesharing on flights
between Sydney and Helsinki and
Melbourne and Helsinki.
NEW ZEALAND AND
SOUTH PACIFIC
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Qantas extended the first-ever
franchise of its brand to another
airline, Tasman Pacific Airlines,
and is now visible in the New Zealand
domestic market with services
being offered under the Qantas
New Zealand brand.
"
Qantas began offering services
between Australia and Western
Samoa under a codeshare agreement
with Polynesian Airlines.
AUSTRALIA
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Qantas continued its strategy of
increasing capacity through the use
of wide-bodied Boeing 767s on key
domestic routes.
"
Qantas was the first airline to operate
commercial services to the new
Mount Hotham Airport in Victoria,
effective June 2000.
"
Through its regional subsidiary
Southern Australia Airlines,
Qantas increased capacity between
the mainland and Tasmania by almost
1,600 seats per week, from
April 2000.
"
Qantas introduced new services
four times a week between Cairns and
Hamilton Island operated by
Brisbane-based regional subsidiary,
Sunstate Airlines.
"
Qantas introduced a major upgrade of
capacity into Newcastle, including
daily jet services from Melbourne and
Brisbane.
QANTAS CONTINUED TO GROW ITS ROUTE NETWORK
THROUGH THE INTRODUCTION OF QANTAS SERVICES TO
NEW DESTINATIONS AND THE FORMATION OF STRATEGIC
ALLIANCES WITH CODESHARE PARTNERS.