Qantas Group Financial Results and strategy for restarting international flights

Restarting International Flights 

With Australia on track to reach National Cabinet's 80 per cent vaccination target by December - the trigger for starting to carefully open to some parts of the world - we've released an updated plan for the restart of our international flights from the end of this year. There's a lot of work that needs to happen behind the scenes, including training for our people and carefully bringing aircraft back into service, which is why we need to prepare well in advance.     

•     Flights to destinations with high vaccine rates are expected to resume from mid-December - which are likely to include Singapore, the United States, Japan, United Kingdom and Canada using our Boeing 787 Dreamliners and Airbus A330s, and 737s for services to Fiji.* 

•     Flights between Australia and New Zealand will be on sale for travel from mid-December 2021 on the assumption some or all parts of the two-way bubble will restart. 

•     Flights to Hong Kong will restart in February and flights to countries with lower vaccine rates will be pushed out to April 2022 - including to destinations such as Bali, Jakarta, Manila and Johannesburg.* 

We also intend to bring five A380s, with all new-interiors, back into service a year ahead of schedule from mid-2022 onwards to fly to London and Los Angeles. 

These plans remain dependent on Government decisions in coming months, including future quarantine requirements, so we'll keep you updated if the assumptions change and we need to adjust our restart plans accordingly. 

On behalf of everyone at Qantas, I'd like to thank you again for your ongoing partnership and understanding during what has been a very difficult time for our industry. 

Igor Kwiatkowski 

Executive Manager 

Global Sales and Distribution 

Qantas Airways Limited