Qantas Expands International Network - Commences Flights To Seoul & Bengaluru

[jakeseven7]

Qantas Expands International Network - Commences Flights To Seoul & Bengaluru​

Qantas will return to Seoul's Incheon International Airport later this year after a 14-year absence and start flights to Bengaluru (Bangalore) in southern India in September. It takes to six the number of new international routes Qantas has or is starting since restarting its international flying.

Complementing the Qantas services are new Seoul flights from low-cost subsidiary Jetstar. Commencing November 2, Jetstar's Boeing 787-8 Dreamliners will cruise between Sydney and Seoul three times a week.

Meanwhile, Qantas is launching another route to India following the start of flights to Delhi (DEL) late last year. This time, Qantas is teaming up with IndiGo and will start flying between Sydney and Bengaluru (BLR).

Qantas is using the reboot of its international flying as an opportunity to reshape its network. Since restarting international flying late last year, the airline has or will soon launch six new international routes, including Darwin - Dili, Melbourne - Dallas Fort Worth, Sydney - Bengaluru, Perth - Rome, Sydney - Seoul, and Melbourne -Delhi.

Qantas noted on Friday that its international capacity is expected to reach more than 40% of its pre-COVID capacity in April

Qantas To Start Flying To Seoul & Bengaluru

Qantas has said on Friday it will start Sydney - Bengaluru flights in September and Sydney - Seoul flights in December.

simpleflying.com

 

[jakeseven7]

Official release is here:

https://www.qantasnewsroom.com.au/media-releases/qantas-and-jetstar-expand-sydney-gateway-with-new-direct-flights-to-india-and-korea/

 

[RooFlyer]

Of course it will take Qantas IT till the end of the year to get the Bengaluru and Incheon codes into their booking engine, and the IndiGo destinations ? Before 2024?

So you'll have to call, adding to the completely unexpected congestion at the call centres.

Think I'm kidding?

 

[jrfsp]

Bangalore replaces SYD-DEL

 

[jakeseven7]

Have some wine @RooFlyer

Personally, I have no game or interest with the India route, but the codeshare is a big development.

The Korea route though is great though for me as we have tech and call centres there.

I wonder if they will bin Asiana / Korea Air codeshare?

 

[levelnine]

Where are all the aircraft coming from for these new routes (MEL-DFW, Delhi, Bangalore, Seoul)?

Is this a case of Qantas ceasing use of A330s on domestic routes, freeing them up for international travel?

 

[Daver6]

The partnership will extend to Jetstar customers who will be able to book connecting flights on IndiGo services through its Jetstar Connect platform on jetstar.com from late April.

Does this mean the QF code share is also likely to commence in late April? A little unclear when it's likely to start.

 

[RooFlyer]

Have some wine @RooFlyer

Personally, I have no game or interest with the India route, but the codeshare is a big development.

The Korea route though is great though for me as we have tech and call centres there.

I wonder if they will bin Asiana / Korea Air codeshare?

I am very interested in Bengaluru, planned but couldn't get there in my last RTW. BA flies on to LHR (also AF to CDG, LH to FRA, KLM to AMS), so that's another exit route from Oz available and hopefully another option for (J) seats on Award trips out of Australia - @Jacques Vert Also via Seoul of course.

 

[dairyfloss]

With BLR having been a pretty regular destination for me (I had been heading up there about 2-3 times a year, pre COVID), this is pretty good news... or at least the option for a direct flight is pretty good news

That said, I actually quite liked the connections and/or stopovers in Asia - be that SIN, KUL or HKG (though won't be doing that one anymore) - and these routings were also one of the easier ways I could manage to maintain WP, by paying my own way to upgrade intra-regional multi-segment MH flights from work-funded Y to revenue J. In the mid-to-near term, or for as long as these countries have the additional demands around entry, though, I'm not sure that extra effort is worthwhile.

Cheers,
Matt.

 

[SeatBackForward]

Syd>Del didn't even last a year...

Qantas to fly to Delhi from Sydney & Melbourne

The press release confirms it will be A330s. SYD-DRW-DEL on the outbound, DEL-SYD non-stop on the return. Excellent. Hopefully the SYD-DRW is bookable as a domestic ticket with access to the FL. Been a while.

www.australianfrequentflyer.com.au

 

[jakeseven7]

I am very interested in Bengaluru, planned but couldn't get there in my last RTW. BA flies on to LHR (also AF to CDG, LH to FRA, KLM to AMS), so that's another exit route from Oz available and hopefully another option for (J) seats on Award trips out of Australia - @Jacques Vert Also via Seoul of course.

There is ALOT of tech in Bengaluru so I was a little surprised they didn't go with MEL rather than SYD, given the amount of tech hubbed in MEL. But I guess MEL has the other route so sharing is caring

 

[AIRwin]

Looks like non-stop to BLR instead of via ADL?

 

[SeatBackForward]

IndiGo's route map out of BLR. It doesn't look complete though as there are other destinations that aren't shown here.



Doesn't look like QF have loaded many of these codeshare flights into the booking system yet.

 

[clifford]

Of course it will take Qantas IT till the end of the year to get the Bengaluru and Incheon codes into their booking engine, and the IndiGo destinations ? Before 2024?

So you'll have to call, adding to the completely unexpected congestion at the call centres.

Think I'm kidding?

Actually, Qantas IT is mainly done in Bengaluru, so there won't be a (major) problem.

 

[RooFlyer]

Actually, Qantas IT is mainly done in Bengaluru, so there won't be a (major) problem.

So you think they'll do a 'special job' for their own location, rather than the kid's work experience effort that's usually on-show? (and mentioned endlessly here)

 

[Captain Halliday]

FWIW requesting I9>U3 ICN-SYD across several dates in mid Jan was declined.

 

[k_sheep]

Is it confirmed it's replacing the DEL-MEL flights? I've got one of those booked as a OWA (which includes QR flights) so I reallllllly don't want to call to sort that out!

 

[eastwest101]

Posted in wrong thread so re-posted here:

Regarding Qantas and Jetstar flights to South Korea as India and Bangalore have got a lot of attention here. I see that the three times a week JQi SYD-ICN, I know South Korea has a large and growing trading relationship with Australia, and its good that the Qantas group has finally woken up to the fact that South Korea (and India) exist, but I can't understand what Qantstar are trying to achieve here, as Asiana (OZ) and Korean Air KE) both have a far superior Y and J products and almost equivalent costs to Jetstar, surely Jetstar and Qantas are going to get their butts handed to them by their competitors here with direct QF flights from the 10th Dec?

I note that the JQi option via OOL has been dropped out from Nov onwards, less leisure outbound tourism from South Korea but the timing of commencement would suggest catering more for foreign students maybe? A lot of different variables here with inbound and outbound tourism, student stuff and VFR plus the government and business travel between South Korea and Australia.

Extremely illogical pricing behavior, with some days they have JQi undercutting, QFi whom are then undercutting their own-code share partners Asiana?

 

[jakeseven7]

Has anyone actually flown IndiGo? Is it like Jetstar, VA2 or more like EasyJet or RyanAir?

 

[Daver6]

Has anyone actually flown IndiGo? Is it like Jetstar, VA2 or more like EasyJet or RyanAir?

Looks squishy IndiGo Airlines Planes, Fleet and Seat Maps