Qantas Airways Extends Schedule Changes Through September Quarter, Adds Europe Seats
Qantas Airways (ASX:QAN) and its Jetstar unit are set to extend previously disclosed schedule changes across their international and domestic network into the first quarter of fiscal year 2027, aiming to mitigate the impact of significantly higher fuel prices due to the Middle East conflict, according to a Friday filing with the Australian bourse.On its international network, Qantas will continue to operate more flights between Australia and Europe. Additional Perth-Rome flights have been extended for another three months until the end of October, while flights to Paris will revert to three return flights per week in August, continuing to operate from Sydney through Singapore.The changes come in response to strong demand for travel to Europe, and will provide an additional 2,000 seats to and from the continent each week, Qantas said.The changes also lower the company's previously planned international capacity by 2 percentage points for the September quarter, per the filing.With regards to the domestic network, Qantas said it is extending capacity reductions of 5 percentage points until the end of September, mainly on major capital city routes.