American Airways is planning to fly Down Beneath with a second route from its West Coast hub this winter.
The Fort Price, Texas-based provider on Monday introduced it’s going to launch nonstop service this December from Los Angeles Worldwide Airport (LAX) to Brisbane Airport (BNE) in Australia.
It’s going to be the provider’s second nonstop hyperlink to the Australian metropolis and its third route total to the continent.
The brand new service will launch Dec. 5, simply as the height summer season journey season within the Southern Hemisphere ramps up.
American’s new LA-to-Brisbane announcement got here as its Oneworld alliance accomplice, Australia’s Qantas, revealed it could enhance its flight choices between the 2 nations.
“Collectively, we provide essentially the most complete service connecting the US with Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific,” Steve Johnson, American’s vice chair and chief technique officer, mentioned in a statement asserting the information.
American’s new Australia route
Headlining American and Qantas’ announcement about December and January 2025-26 service was the U.S. provider’s new nonstop path to BNE, located some 575 miles north of Sydney on Australia’s east coast.
American will function its LAX-BNE route thrice weekly between early December and the tip of January 2026.
Passengers reserving American’s new Brisbane flights from Southern California will fly aboard considered one of its Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners. Nevertheless, we should always level out that these will probably be from the present 787-9s in its fleet — not the brand new “787-9P” plane featuring the carrier’s brand-new Flagship Suites that debut subsequent month.
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Passengers hoping to attain a type of suites, with their sliding privateness doorways, ought to as an alternative choose to e-book a seat on American’s BNE route from Dallas Fort Price Worldwide Airport (DFW), which picks again up for the height Australia journey season Oct. 26 after that route debuted for the carrier last year.
American’s new Australia flight will give the provider a complete of three routes Down Beneath this coming season: its LAX and DFW service to Brisbane, plus its nonstop LAX service to Sydney Airport (SYD).
Brisbane sees extra flights
Brisbane, for its half, continues its development as a vacation spot for U.S. vacationers. Peak-season routes from the U.S. embrace:
- American, from DFW and LAX
- Qantas, from LAX
- Delta Air Traces, from LAX — which TPG’s Clint Henderson recently flew, scoring a Delta One suite on the provider’s Airbus A350-900
- United Airways, from San Francisco Worldwide Airport (SFO)
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Qantas provides A380 to the combo in DFW
As beforehand talked about, Qantas can also be scaling up its flight choices between its residence nation and the U.S.
Between Dec. 3 and the tip of January, the Sydney-based provider will shift to each day flights on its route between DFW and Melbourne Airport (MEL).
It’s going to enhance the variety of passengers it might probably keep on its DFW path to SYD with the assistance of its Airbus A380, the world’s largest passenger aircraft.
Qantas at present flies its superjumbo jet from Melbourne and Sydney to LA. Its A380 gives a four-cabin configuration that includes 14 first-class seats, 70 business-class pods, 60 premium financial system recliners and 341 financial system seats — for an eye-popping capability of 485 passengers (such is the A380!).
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The way to e-book American Airways or Qantas to Australia
Vacationers hoping to e-book seats on American or Qantas can use American Airlines AAdvantage miles or Qantas Frequent Flyer factors for award flights on both airline.
Qantas is a switch accomplice of American Express Membership Rewards, Citi ThankYou Rewards and Capital One.
It’s also possible to discover seats on both provider by way of accomplice Oneworld applications, resembling Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan, British Airways Club and Cathay Pacific Asia Miles, amongst others.
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