Qantas will look to expand its international network, including adding direct flights to Beijing and India, with the debut of the airline’s Boeing 787s expected in 2016.
Speaking at today’s launch of the Qantas-Emirates alliance, Qantas Group CEO Alan Joyce reiterated the Dreamliner’s role as the backbone of Qantas’ future international fleet.
Qantas has options to purchase up to 50 of Boeing's stretched 787-9 beginning in 2016, with Joyce allowing this would let Qantas “open up a range of routes.”
“We’re talking about opportunities for us to re-enter Beijing, India and (add) more frequencies to Singapore and Hong Kong” Joyce said, “and we’re working through the numbers on those.”
31/03/13 David Flynn/Australian Business Traveller
