Uluru the first stop in a series of scenic flight holidays
AN OVERNIGHT stay at Uluru will be the first in a series of scenic getaway flight holidays offered by Qantas after the success of their seven-hour scenic ‘flight to nowhere’
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AN OVERNIGHT stay at Uluru will be the first in a series of scenic getaway flight holidays offered by Qantas after the success of their seven hour scenic ‘flight to nowhere’.
Qantas will offer flights to some of Australia’s key holiday destinations as more domestic borders open, and will evolve the scenic flight concept to offer an overnight getaway while still including low-level fly-bys.
The first of the Scenic Flight Getaways will take 110 passengers on board a Qantas 737 from Sydney to Uluru.
Qantas Group Chief Executive Alan Joyce said there has never been a better time to be innovative in promoting our own backyard and supporting hard hit tourism operators.
“We were overwhelmed with the response to our scenic flight while most border restrictions were still in place. It sold out in 10 minutes.
“Even the most frequent flyers said they had never experienced Australia from the air quite like that.”
Mr Joyce said across Qantas and Jetstar, they were currently operating at just under 30 per cent of their pre-COVID domestic capacity, with hopes it will increase to 50 per cent by Christmas.
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The first Scenic Flight Getaway will take off to Uluru on December 5 and the overnight outing will include a pre-flight lounge champagne breakfast, a flight to Uluru including low level fly-bys of Sydney Harbour on departure and low level circuits to offer passengers a bird’s eye view of Uluru and Kata Tjuta.
Qantas will partner with Voyages Indigenous Tourism Australia where guests will stay at Sails in the Desert.
During their stay guests will enjoy a hands-on Indigenous art workshop, a Night at Field of Light including a three-course dinner under the stars using native ingredients, with a didgeridoo performance and an Indigenous interpretation of the night sky.
The following morning, passengers will watch sunrise over Uluru and a guided walk to the Muṯitjulu Waterhole as well as a visit to neighbouring Kata Tjuta before a late morning brunch and a flight back to Sydney for a final harbour fly-by before landing.
Voyages CEO Matt Cameron-Smith said 2020 “had been a tough year for tourism and it’s great to be able to give Australians an opportunity to get back on a flight and travel to one of our country’s most iconic destinations”.
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