Qantas to Resume Sydney-Beijing Flights in January 2017
Qantas has announced it will re-launched direct flights between Sydney and Beijing from January 2017. This is the next step in the airline’s growth strategy for the China-Australia travel market, and is timed to celebrate the 2017 Australia-China Year of Tourism.
The new service route is part of Qantas' joint venture partnership with China Eastern Airlines, and is only the first of many expanded routes between Australia and greater China. In the new venture, Qantas will codeshare China Eastern’s Sydney-Hangzhou, Sydney-Kunning, and Brisbane-Shanghai flight services.
“We're seeing strong loads on our existing Shanghai and Hong Kong services, and on this new Beijing route we'll have the advantage of China Eastern marketing the Qantas flight as part of their own network … There are 21 million people in Beijing alone. The potential is tremendous." said Alan Joyce, Qantas Chief Executive.
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