Qantas To Add A380 Capacity from Melbourne

Qantas is phasing in more A380 capacity from Melbourne and will offer a daily A380 service to London by March next year. The carrier also plans to fly six A380s a week from Melbourne to Los Angeles.

It currently has six A380s in service and offers two return services between Melbourne and London via Singapore each week on the aircraft. This will increase to five services a week after Qantas' eighth A380 is delivered, six services a week after its ninth is delivered and daily services when its tenth A380 arrives.

Melbourne-Los Angeles services operated by the A380 will increase to four a week with the delivery of Qantas' ninth A380 and to six a week after its tenth is delivered.

Its CEO, Mr Alan Joyce said: "The Qantas A380 first flew between Melbourne and London in January 2010, and we consider it a priority to increase the frequency of those services when the next tranche of A380s begins arriving from late this year. Not only will this benefit customers travelling from Melbourne to London, it will also enable a connection to A380 services for Qantas passengers flying into Singapore from Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth."

He added: "Melbourne-Los Angeles is an equally important trunk route for Qantas, so we have also targeted an increased frequency of A380 services to serve this market."