Qantas has international flights from Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, and Darwin. Based on examining its full February to September schedule, it has international service to 32 airports worldwide. Its network sees flights to 23 countries in Australasia, Asia, North America, South America, Africa, and Europe. It has 57 international routes in this period, including Melbourne-Jakarta taking off in April and the brand-new Sydney-Auckland-New York JFK in June.

International: a summary

Between February and September, Qantas has an estimated 12,600 departing international flights (double for both ways), according to the latest Cirium data. Put another way, its domestic market is approximately 13 times bigger. With a fifth of Australia's international flights, Qantas is rather predictably the number one operator to/from the country.

Because Qantas' cross-Tasman and Oceania markets account for 47% of its international operation, the 737-800 is its most used type internationally, as shown below. Note that QantasLink had scheduled Darwin-Singapore by the Embraer 190, but it has been removed.

Aircraft

% of Qantas' international flights: Feb-Sep

International flights from (in order of departures)

Airports that see them

737-800

44.9%

Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane

Auckland, Christchurch, Denpasar-Bali, Nadi, Norfolk Island, Nouméa, Nukuʻalofa (Tonga), Port Moresby, Queenstown, Wellington

A330-200

18.0%

Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth

Apia, Auckland, Bangkok, Bengaluru, Delhi, Hong Kong, Jakarta, Johannesburg, Los Angeles, Manila, Singapore

787-9

14.8%

Sydney, Melbourne, Perth

Auckland, Dallas Fort Worth, Johannesburg, London Heathrow, Los Angeles, New York JFK, Rome, San Francisco, Santiago, Singapore, Vancouver

A330-300

14.7%

Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane

Apia, Auckland, Bangkok, Hong Kong, Honolulu, Jakarta (just four times), Manila, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore, Tokyo Haneda

A380

5.7%

Sydney

London Heathrow, Los Angeles, Singapore

E190

1.9%

Darwin

Dili

Qantas Boeing 737-800
Photo: Ryan Fletcher I Shutterstock.

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Auckland is served the most

About 1 in 5 of Qantas' international departures are to Auckland, with New Zealand's largest city having twice as many services as Singapore, as shown below. However, the oneworld airline remains second to Air New Zealand in the market, although I've not included Qantas' lower-cost unit, Jetstar.

  1. Auckland: 21.4% of Qantas' international flights
  2. Singapore: 10.0%
  3. Christchurch: 6.9%
  4. Los Angeles: 5.9%
  5. Wellington: 5.8%

Qantas has 5% more Auckland flights than in February-September 2019, examining OAG data reveals. However, while departures are up, seats are down (-6%). It is from using the 737-800 considerably more and the A330 far less. In 2019, the 737 had 61% of Auckland flights. Now it is 83%. No longer using the A330 from Melbourne and Brisbane to Auckland is mainly why, while Sydney's widebody flights have reduced significantly.

Qantas international network February to September 2023
(February-September 2023 network.)
Image: GCMap.

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Routes with more than a daily flight

Fully predictably, the 1,345-mile (2,169 km) Sydney-Auckland link is Qantas' most-served international route. It typically has five daily departures, usually one by the A330. Routes with more than a daily service are shown below, with these nine responsible for about 40% of Qantas' international services.

Routing

% of Qantas' international flights: Feb-Sep

Typical departures

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Sydney-Auckland

9.9%

Five daily

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Melbourne-Auckland

7.7%

Four daily

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Sydney-Singapore

3.8%

Double daily (one to Heathrow)

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Brisbane-Auckland

3.8%

Double daily

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Sydney-Wellington

3.8%

Double daily

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Sydney-Christchurch

3.2%

11 weekly to double daily

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Sydney-Queenstown

2.7%

10 weekly

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Melbourne-Singapore

2.4%

Daily to 10 weekly

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Sydney-Los Angeles

2.2%

8 weekly

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    Qantas
    IATA/ICAO Code:
    QF/QFA
    Airline Type:
    Full Service Carrier
    Hub(s):
    Brisbane Airport, Melbourne Airport, Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport
    Year Founded:
    1920
    Alliance:
    oneworld
    CEO:
    Alan Joyce
    Country:
    Australia