By Contributor - May 28, 2021
Starting next March, Sydneysiders will be able to fly the full-service carrier direct to Uluru.
A view of Uluru, Australia’s most famous landform. (Photo: Vladimir Haltakov/Unsplash)
Strong demand for domestic travel across Australia has prompted Qantas to announce plans to introduce seven new routes and deploy more wide-body aircraft on services between major state capitals. Direct flights are set to link Townsville with Adelaide, Melbourne, and Sydney; Adelaide with Cairns and Hobart; Sydney and Uluru; and Perth with the Gold Coast. Five of the routes will be operated by 94-seater Embraer E190 regional jets as part of QantasLink’s partnership with Alliance Airlines. Customers will also see more wide-body aircraft with Business Suites on flights from the East Coast capital cities to Perth and Darwin.
By Contributor - April 22, 2021
Made by Victorian craft distillery Four Pillars, QF100 pays tribute to the airlineâs birthplace in Queensland.
All photos courtesy of Qantas
Although the Covid-19 pandemic has put a dampener on its centenary celebrations, Australiaâs flag carrier is still finding ways to commemorate the milestone. Qantas has teamed up with Four Pillars Gin â a craft distillery based in the Yarra Valley northeast of Melbourne â to release a uniquely Australian gin to mark the 100th anniversary of its founding in the outback town of Longreach.
The limited-edition QF100 gin features botanicals sourced from the central western Queensland region where Qantas was born a century ago. To create a gin that captured the spirit of the national airline, Four Pillars co-founder and distiller Cameron Mackenzie traveled to the outback community to forage for botanicals native to the area, under the guidance of local indigenous elder Suzanne
By Contributor - April 15, 2021
Australiaâs flag carrier has also signed a new deal with Accor to manage its global network of airport lounges for the next seven years.
Inside Qantasâ Sydney First Lounge. (Photo: Qantas)
A year after their closure due to the Covid-19 pandemic and sweeping travel restrictions, Qantasâ First lounges in Sydney and Melbourne and its International Lounge in Brisbane are now ready to welcome visitors when the trans-Tasman travel bubble with New Zealand launches on April 19.
Until the reopening of the airlineâs international Business lounges, Qantas will be inviting business-class customers, Gold frequent flyers, and Qantas Club members to visit the First lounges, where travelers can enjoy an à la carte dining experience created by celebrity chef Neil Perry. Popular menu items include salt-and-pepper squid with green chili dipping sauce, bircher muesli, and the signature pavlova. As Qantas lounges in New Zealand
By Contributor - March 8, 2021
Australiaâs flag carrier will be running special day-long excursions from Brisbane, Melbourne, and Sydney.
Photo: Qantas
Following the success of its sightseeing âflights to nowhereâ and âflights to somewhereâ last year, Qantas has come up with another creative offering for travel-starved Australians seeking a quick domestic break while international borders remain closed. Limited âmystery flightsâ are being operated on three weekends over the next few months, promising a day trip with a difference.
Passengers will be flown on Boeing 737s from Brisbane, Melbourne, and Sydney to a destination approximately two hours away, where they will enjoy an entire dayâs worth of activities before boarding the flight home. Qantas has given specific clues about each destination so travelers know what to pack and bring along for their mystery excursions. Weather permitting, the journeys will also incorpora