Qantas Returns to New York Following Schedule Adjustments

Qantas today announced it would resume services to New York via Los Angeles as part of the airline's ongoing review of international capacity requirements.

Chief Executive Officer Geoff Dixon said the adjustments to international schedules reflected changes in customer demand.

New York services will recommence from 27 February and operate each Wednesday, Friday and Sunday from Sydney, with the return services operating the same day from New York.

"The aviation and tourism industries within Australia and around the world have been through an extremely tumultuous period over the past few months. These adjustments reflect the fact that travel on some international routes is showing signs of improvement," Mr Dixon said.

Qantas will also increase its services to Hong Kong, with three additional flights each week operating from Sydney to Hong Kong on Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday and from Hong Kong to Sydney each Monday, Thursday and Sunday from 31 March 2002.

Mr Dixon said the new services were timed to provide good connections to European destinations with services from Sydney arriving in Hong Kong at 5.55am and return services departing Hong Kong at 9am.

In addition to these changes, Qantas will operate all of its services between Australia and Frankfurt, Paris and Rome via Singapore from 31 March 2002.

"Singapore is one of the key hubs in the Qantas network, linking Australian cities with kangaroo route services to Europe and flights to other parts of Asia," Mr Dixon said.