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Qantas To Fly First Ever Non-Stop Flights Between Brisbane and Los Angeles
BRISBANE, 12 February 2004
Qantas today announced it would commence direct flights between Brisbane and Los Angeles, the first time any airline has offered non-stop scheduled services on the route.
The Chief Executive Officer of Qantas Airways, Geoff Dixon, said Qantas would operate three Boeing 747 non-stop Brisbane-Los Angeles services a week from 14 June 2004. These services will be in addition to the daily Qantas flights from Brisbane to Los Angeles via Auckland, and will take the number of services on the route to 10 per week.
“These new services make it possible, for the first time ever, for American tourists to fly direct to the Sunshine State, and provide easier access to the many world class tourist attractions throughout Queensland,” Mr Dixon said.
“They also offer Queenslanders a more convenient way to get to the USA.”
Mr Dixon said Qantas had significantly boosted capacity between Australia and the USA over the past six months.
“From next month, Qantas will be offering more scheduled capacity between Australia and Los Angeles than we ever have before, including during the peak period of the Sydney Olympics,” he said. “In addition, we continue to operate three flights a week to Honolulu.”
Mr Dixon said Qantas had been flying to the USA for 50 years and had invested billions of dollars in this market, including dedicating six new Extended Range Boeing 747-400s to non-stop USA services.
The new Qantas non-stop Brisbane-Los Angeles services will be operated by two-class Boeing 747-400 aircraft on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays.
Issued by Qantas Corporate Communication (3030)
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This is such good news, finally Qantas recognised the need for this route it will surely strengthen Queensland and this route will be excellent for people wanting to go to the USA from QLD and ohter states without a direct link to the US!!!
By: greekdude1 - 18th February 2004 at 17:22
Brisbane is further North than Sydney, so in theory it is closer. However, is it further West? If it is, then they could be the same distance or Brisbane might even be further. Take Sydney’s proximity to Los Angeles and San Francisco, for instance. L.A. is further South than S.F. so one would think L.A. is closer to Sydney. That is not the case, however. S.F. is further west and therefore is about 70 miles closer to Sydney than is L.A. United lists the mileage between SYD and LAX as 7487 miles. SYD and SFO is 7417.
By: steve rowell - 18th February 2004 at 09:12
Brisbane would be about the same in flying distance as Sydney, maybe a fraction shorter, Melbourne is further south, therefore longer in flying distance
By: Bmused55 - 18th February 2004 at 09:03
Originally posted by greekdude1
Now seeing 5 QF 744’s on the ground at LAX at any given time will be common practice. Interesting why they will opt for a 2-class cabin. I’m guessing the other 4 QF non-stops are in a typical 3-class arrangement.
I’m not entirely up to scratch with my Geography of that side of the globe, isn’t Brisbane further away from LAX and Melbourne or Sydney?
If so that could be an explanation for the 2 class layout. It’ll probably save some weight. Not much but obviously enough to make this non stop fly very feasable and safe. But then again, the 744ER has the range anyway.
Or maybe they just wanna pack as mayn people on the plane as possible, but still be comfortable. That to me makes more sense.
By: steve rowell - 18th February 2004 at 05:25
Now seeing 5 QF 744’s on the ground at LAX at any given time will be common practice.
Looking a bit like Melbourne or Brisbane
By: greekdude1 - 18th February 2004 at 03:30
Now seeing 5 QF 744’s on the ground at LAX at any given time will be common practice. Interesting why they will opt for a 2-class cabin. I’m guessing the other 4 QF non-stops are in a typical 3-class arrangement.
By: steve rowell - 14th February 2004 at 21:06
That’s good news for the banana benders, Qantas are notoriously slow learners, maybe they are starting to hire some progressive thinkers at QF land
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February 14, 2004 at 1:34 pm