Qantas adds more flights into Darwin, Uluru by popular demand

Qantas has added seven new routes between major cities — including a direct flight from Sydney to Uluru — in response to strong demand for domestic travel.

QANTAS has added seven new routes between major cities — including a direct flight from Sydney to Uluru — in response to strong demand for domestic travel.

The airline will also schedule extra widebody flights from the east coast capitals into Perth and Darwin.

The new routes include Townsville to Adelaide/Melbourne/Sydney, Adelaide to Cairns/Hobart, Sydney-Uluru and Perth-Gold Coast in a bid to reduce travel time for customers.

Qantas has added a new route direct from Sydney to Uluru.

They bring the total number of routes Qantas and Jetstar have added since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic to 45.

Widebody Qantas Airbus A330-200 aircraft, which previously serviced international routes into Asia, will now operate on more flights into Darwin from Sydney and Brisbane.

Qantas Domestic and International chief executive, Andrew David, said the new routes would support the growing demand for domestic tourism.

“As most international travel remains off limits for now, Australians are taking more regular holidays within the country and we expect these new direct flights to key tourism destinations will be popular with travellers,” he said.

“Our customers now have 45 more routes to fly than we had pre-Covid making it even easier for them to get to their next holiday or business meeting.

“Previously, travelling between these cities meant a connecting flight in the middle but now they can fly direct and save at least an hour in the process.”

Originally published as Qantas adds more flights into Darwin, Uluru by popular demand