Qantas Launching MEL - HNL from May 2025

[marcojim]

Qantas are launching three times weekly MEL - HNL flights from May 2025, while Jetstar are ending their existing twice weekly services.

QF105 MEL1705 – 0740HNL
QF106 HNL0940 – 1715HNL

The service will operate every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday with an A330.

Qantas launches Melbourne-Honolulu flights

The new Pacific route will see Jetstar step aside in favour of its full-service sibling.

www.executivetraveller.com

 

[aikman]

Makes sense. Hawaii is not a budget destination.

 

[SYD]

Makes sense. Hawaii is not a budget destination.

Yeah, the money you save on airfares goes towards one nights accommodation!

But seriously, SYD has been supporting both QFi and JQ services for many years. I doubt the JQ service will be dropped any time soon.

Anyway, always good to see de-Jetstariation of medium-haul routes.

I wonder where that JQ capacity will be redirected to?

 

[justinbrett]

Perhaps JQ is moving to BNE-HNL?

 

[Cloud9]

JQ MEL - PER - LHR for ultra-value QF9/10?

 

[justinbrett]

JQ MEL - PER - LHR for ultra-value QF9/10?

Not with a 788.

 

[Cloud9]

Not with a 788.

Fair comment!

 

[AIRwin]

QF106 HNL0940 – 1715HNL

Big circuit?

 

[05flyer]

Perhaps JQ is moving to BNE-HNL?

That’d be great. Would be handy for one way positioning flights for CR in/out of the USA. Will probably be a few people in Melbourne sad to lose that option.

 

[BNEFlyer]

Perhaps JQ is moving to BNE-HNL?

Perhaps, JQ used to fly the route and they have been expanding in BNE. I thought this could be where the BNE-BKK aircraft is coming from but that will most likely be the MEL-BKK aircraft.

 

[tomlee1986]

Slight off topic but did Qantas ever flew Melbourne to HNL before Jetstar came onto the scene?

 

[AIRwin]

Slight off topic but did Qantas ever flew Melbourne to HNL before Jetstar came onto the scene?

QF3 used to originate in MEL?

 

[tomlee1986]

QF3 used to originate in MEL?

That I like to know as well... I wondered did that ever happen before but I am not sure

 

[lovestotravel]

This is great news, would be even better if Hawaiian flew this route as well but QF is still better than the orange cancer of JQ

 

[AIRwin]

The service will operate every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday with an A330.

A332 or A333?

 

[blackcat20]

The downside is the loss of J reward seats on JQ; while they don't have a patch on QF J seats, it was certainly comfortable enough for a day flight and we had no issue getting 3 seats previously.

 

[BNEFlyer]

A332 or A333?

Current A330's are allocated daily to SINx2, HKG and NRT and DEL 3x pw (but similar days to HNL). I'd say most likely an A332 coming from PER or SYD.

 

[Saab34]

Makes sense. Hawaii is not a budget destination.

Jetstar have D checks coming up on the 787 fleet capacity will be pulled back for the next 3 years with 1/2 787 out of operation at any time.

MEL-HNL will pull back 3 days worth of ops. I think SYD-HNL was being reduced slightly so. Should help boost yield across the group on the route.

 

[Ansett Nostalgic]

Great news to see proper mainline flights replacing the orange cancer!

 

[marcojim]

A332 or A333?

A332 according to this tweet:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1830738593360359915