Qantas have announced that
it has commenced Qantas A380 services between Melbourne
and London via Singapore. The Inaugural Qantas
A380 Melbourne to London flight left Melbourne on Monday 18
January 2010.
From 29 March this service
will be expanded as a regular twice a week service. Qantas operates a total of
14 services per week from Melbourne
with 12 of its services with a Boeing 747-400.
The full media release
from Qantas can be read below:
Qantas this week
commenced Melbourne to London A380 services with
the inaugural Melbourne to London
via Singapore
service departing yesterday evening.
Qantas Chief Executive
Officer, Mr Alan Joyce, said the airline now offered A380 services on four routes – two from
Melbourne and two from Sydney. “We are pleased that as we continue to grow
our A380 fleet and offering, customer demand for the aircraft and feedback on
the Qantas A380 experience remains extremely strong,” Mr Joyce said.
“Qantas operated its
inaugural A380 flight to London from Sydney in January 2009 and this week we have made the A380
option available to our Victoria
customers.” The recent arrival of our fifth and sixth A380s has made this possible.
Qantas will operate one
to two services a week between Melbourne and London via Singapore
(QF9 on Mondays/Sundays and the return QF10 on Fridays/Saturdays). Regular
twice-weekly flights will commence on 29 March 2010.
Qantas operates 14
services each week between Melbourne and London – up to two on the
A380 and the remaining 12 on the Boeing 747-400.
With a six-strong fleet,
Qantas’ A380 schedule from 29 March will be:
- Sydney-Los Angeles services – daily services
(currently four per week);
- Sydney-Singapore-London –
five services per week;
- Melbourne-Los Angeles – three services per week
(currently two per week); and
- Melbourne-Singapore-London
– two services per week.
“More than 550,000
people have now flown on Qantas A380 services, and it remains extremely popular
with our customers,” Mr Joyce said.