Australia's Qantas Plans Expansion Of International Network With More Aircrafts, New Routes
Australia's Qantas Plans Expansion Of International Network With More Aircrafts, New Routes
澳大利亞澳航計劃通過更多飛機和新航線擴大國際網絡
- Qantas Airways Ltd.(OTC:QABSY) plans to expand its international network with more aircraft and new routes amid solid travel demand and the broader recovery of the aviation industry.
- The Australia-based transportation services provider will add around one million seats to its international network starting late October this year.
- With the new changes, Qantas sees its international capacity grow to around 100% of pre-covid levels by March 2024, up from 84% today.
- Over the past six months, Qantas has brought five international aircraft back into its fleet.
- A new Boeing 787 Dreamliner arrived in May, and another two will be delivered next month.
- The company will lease two Airbus A330 aircraft from Finnair on two Qantas routes.
- This apart, Qantas will introduce more flights to destinations like Tokyo, Los Angeles, and New York, including two new international routes from Brisbane.
- To support the extra flying, Qantas is planning to hire 300 people by the end of the year. It is besides the 2,400 pilots and cabin crew Qantas has recruited since borders reopened.
- The company has also started the construction of a new flight training center in Sydney, which will train up to 4,500 Qantas and Jetstar pilots and cabin crew each year from early 2024.
- "There is still a mismatch between supply and demand for international flying. But with more of our aircraft back in the air, new 787s joining our fleet and our contract with Finnair, we've got more seats for our customers and more opportunity for Qantas crew as we increase our own flying," said CEO Alan Joyce.
- Price Action: QABSY shares were up by 0.45% to $21.33 at the close Thursday.
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- 澳航有限公司。(OTC: QABSY) 計劃在穩健的旅行需求和航空業的廣泛復甦下，通過更多的飛機和新的航線來擴大其國際網絡。
- 從今年10月下旬開始，這家總部位於澳大利亞的交通服務提供商將爲其國際網絡增加約一百萬個座位。
- 隨着新的變化，澳航預計，到2024年3月，其國際運力將從今天的84％增長到疫情前水平的100％左右。
- 在過去的六個月中，澳航已將五架國際飛機帶回其機隊。
- 一架新的波音787 Dreamliner於5月抵達，另外兩架將在下個月交付。
- 該公司將在澳航的兩條航線上從芬蘭航空租賃兩架空客A330飛機。
- 除此之外，澳航將推出更多飛往東京、洛杉磯和紐約等目的地的航班，包括兩條從布里斯班出發的新國際航線。
- 爲了支持額外的飛行，澳航計劃在今年年底之前僱用300名員工。除此之外，自邊境重新開放以來，澳航已經招募了2400名飛行員和機組人員。
- 該公司還開始在悉尼建造一個新的飛行訓練中心，從2024年初開始，該中心每年將培訓多達4500名澳航和捷星飛行員和機組人員。
- “國際飛行的供需之間仍然存在不匹配之處。但是，隨着越來越多的飛機重返空中，新的787飛機加入我們的機隊，以及我們與芬蘭航空的合同，隨着我們增加自己的飛行次數，我們爲客戶提供了更多的座位，爲澳航的機組人員提供了更多的機會，” 首席執行官艾倫·喬伊斯說。
- 價格走勢： 週四收盤時，QABSY股價上漲0.45％，至21.33美元。
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