Qantas 2006 Annual Report Download - page 14

Network Developments
• USA: Qantas added three non-stop services a week to
San Francisco in March 2006. In addition, a fi fth weekly Brisbane-
Los Angeles service was added in January 2006 and services to
New York increased from three to fi ve per week in February
2006. This brings to a record 43 the number of Qantas services
to the USA each week. Qantas serves four destinations in the
USA – Honolulu, Los Angeles, New York and San Francisco.
• Canada: Between June and August 2006, Qantas operated
thrice-weekly seasonal services between Australia and Vancouver.
These services, fl ying via San Francisco, will also operate between
December 2006 and January 2007 to meet demand for the North
American ski season. Seasonal fl ights are the fi rst step toward
establishing year-round Qantas services to Canada.
• China: In January 2006, Qantas began fl ying three times a week
to Beijing – home of the 2008 Olympics – complementing fl ights
to Shanghai. With the addition of a fourth service to Shanghai
in November 2005 and the start of the Beijing services, Qantas
provides a daily non-stop service to China. Within two years,
Qantas expects to offer daily services to both cities. Qantas also
operates 28 fl ights a week to Hong Kong, an important
destination in its own right and a gateway for through traffic
from mainland China. Australian Airlines ceased twice-weekly
services between Cairns and Hong Kong in June 2006.
• UK: In March 2006, Qantas added a new daily service between
Melbourne and London (via Hong Kong – taking services from
Melbourne to double daily). Qantas now operates 28 B747-400
services each week from Australia to London.
• India: A330-300 aircraft fi tted with Skybed in Business have
operated thrice-weekly services between Sydney and Mumbai
since January 2006.
• New Zealand: Qantas now offers non-stop fl ights to Queenstown
from three Australian cities. The introduction of seasonal services
from Melbourne between July and October 2006 complements
seasonal services from Brisbane and year-round Sydney services.
In addition, services between Auckland and Brisbane increased
from seven to 10 in March 2006. Qantas operates more than 200
fl ights a week between Australia and New Zealand.
• Japan: Qantas has replaced Australian Airlines services between
Japan and Australia and will continue to provide daily fl ights
between Cairns and Nagoya and Cairns and Osaka. To cater for
the Japanese inbound tourism market, a new daily Qantas
international fl ight linking Brisbane and Cairns was added in
July 2006 in addition to a daily international fl ight between
Cairns and Sydney. These services replace Australian Airlines
fl ights to Sydney and the Gold Coast. Australian Airlines ceased
Cairns-Fukuoka services in March 2006.
• Indonesia: In addition to twice-weekly Darwin-Bali services, since
July 2006 Qantas has operated seven services a week to Bali from
Sydney, Melbourne and Perth, replacing Australian Airlines fl ying.
Flights to Bali from Sydney and Melbourne will progressively
transition to Jetstar after it begins international services in
December 2006.
• Singapore: Thrice-weekly A330-300 services between Adelaide
and Singapore, which operated via Darwin until June 2006, are
now non-stop. Five services a week between Cairns and
Singapore, which operated under the Australian Airlines brand,
are now Qantas services via Darwin.
Product Developments
• Installation of the Skybed International Business product was
completed in February 2006. Skybed is now available on all
B747-400 and A330-300 aircraft.
• Audio and video on demand is already available on
all internationally confi gured A330 aircraft and is being
progressively rolled out on the B747-400 fl eet.
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