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| QANTAS B787-9 VH-ZNA (CN 39038) File Photo |
Qantas announced recently it will fly its Boeing 787-9 between Brisbane and Los Angeles by the end of 2018, with the jet continuing on to New York, and follow this with a new US route from Brisbane. Qantas Group CEO Alan Joyce confirmed that the Brisbane-LA route currently flown by a Boeing 747 "will be replaced with a Boeing 787." The Dreamliner would then continue to New York, picking up passengers from the Sydney-LA and Melbourne-LA services, which Joyce said would dramatically improve" the economics of that stateside leg compared to the jumbo jet.
The Brisbane-LA service is the third international route for the airline's new Boeing 787-9 fleet, following Melbourne-Los Angeles (which starts 15th December 2017) and Perth-London (which start 24th March 2018) It's also the first route earmarked for the four Boeing 787s which will be based in Brisbane following their delivery between July and November 2018. "In addition we want to fly somewhere new in the states," Joyce said, with the announcement of which city will see the red-tailed Dreamliners to be made "later this year or early next year." "That will either be Seattle where we would work with our partner Alaska Airlines, or it will be Chicago or Dallas working with American Airlines."
Story sourced from Australian Business traveller https://www.ausbt.com.au/qantas-to-fly-boeing-787-on-brisbane-los-angeles-new-york
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