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 |
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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.
- Auckland: 21.4% of Qantas' international flights
- Singapore: 10.0%
- Christchurch: 6.9%
- Los Angeles: 5.9%
- 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.
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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 |
Find flights |
---|---|---|---|
Sydney-Auckland |
9.9% |
Five daily |
|
Melbourne-Auckland |
7.7% |
Four daily |
|
Sydney-Singapore |
3.8% |
Double daily (one to Heathrow) |
|
Brisbane-Auckland |
3.8% |
Double daily |
|
Sydney-Wellington |
3.8% |
Double daily |
|
Sydney-Christchurch |
3.2% |
11 weekly to double daily |
|
Sydney-Queenstown |
2.7% |
10 weekly |
|
Melbourne-Singapore |
2.4% |
Daily to 10 weekly |
|
Sydney-Los Angeles |
2.2% |
8 weekly |
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