Qantas to launch San Francisco flights
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Qantas has been given the green light to launch direct flights from Sydney to San Francisco.
The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) recently approved the enhancement of Qantas’ partnership with American Airlines, paving the way for more trans-Pacific services.
Commencing on 18 December 2015, Qantas will initially operate the route on “peak days” before increasing to six flights a week in January 2016.
The San Francisco flights have been made possible by American Airlines starting a direct daily Sydney-Los Angeles service on 19 December 2015. This will replace four of Qantas’ weekly flights on the same route, and one Melbourne-LA service.
The Boeing 747 aircraft Qantas used on these flights will instead be deployed on the Sydney-San Francisco service.
Under its trans-Pacific partnership, Qantas will also codeshare on American Airlines’ Sydney-LA flights.
“The feedback from our customers since we announced the expansion of the Qantas and American Airlines alliance has been fantastic,” said Qantas International’s CEO, Gareth Evans. “They are thrilled we are returning to San Francisco, which is the most popular onward destination for Qantas’ customers travelling to the US.
“Our corporate customers in particular have told us they look forward to saving about four hours each way by not having to connect through Los Angeles,” he added.
Qantas and American Airlines are now working to finalise the schedule of the new services, with fares expected to be made available in the coming weeks.
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