-- 根據澳洲航空（ASX：QAN）週五向澳洲證券交易所提交的文件顯示，澳航及其旗下捷星航空計劃將先前公佈的國際和國內航線航班調整延長至2027財年第一季度，以緩解中東衝突導致燃油價格大幅上漲的影響。 在國際航線方面，澳航將繼續增加澳洲與歐洲之間的航班。珀斯至羅馬的航班已延長三個月至10月底，而飛往巴黎的航班將於8月恢復至每週三班往返，並繼續從悉尼經新加坡中轉。 澳洲航空表示，這些調整是為了因應強勁的歐洲旅行需求，每週將增加往返歐洲大陸的2,000個座位。 文件也顯示，這些調整將使該公司先前計畫的9月季度國際運力減少2個百分點。 關於國內航線網絡，澳航表示將運力削減5個百分點的措施延長至9月底，主要針對主要首府城市航線。
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