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Mascot, New South Wales, Australia, May 26, 2025 – Qantas is today announcing more flights for customers between Australia and New Zealand, with the airline boosting its capacity across the Tasman by up to 20 per cent throughout December 2025 and January 2026*.
The additional flights provide more options and greater choice for customers travelling between the two countries during the peak summer holiday period, with around 60,000 additional seats compared to the same time last year.
More flights will be added on the following routes:
- Sydney – Auckland: Up to six additional flights per week, 16 per cent increase.
- Sydney – Christchurch: Up to seven additional flights per week, 47 per cent increase.
- Sydney – Wellington: Up to five additional flights per week, 31 per cent increase.
- Melbourne – Auckland: Up to seven additional flights per week, 23 per cent increase.
- Melbourne – Christchurch: Up to three additional flights per week, 26 per cent increase.
- Melbourne – Queenstown: Up to two additional flights per week, 50 per cent increase.
- Brisbane – Queenstown: Up to three additional flights per week, 75 per cent increase.
The increase will see Qantas operate more than 3.3 million seats across the Tasman between January 2025 and January 2026, supporting tourism growth in both New Zealand and Australia.
In addition, Qantas will soon introduce its Boeing 787 Dreamliner on flights between Auckland and Brisbane, bringing Premium Economy to the route and increasing premium seat choices for customers by up to 80 per cent.
The 787 Dreamliner service will initially operate three times per week from August 2025 and increase to daily from October 2025. This marks the airline’s second 787 service between Australia and New Zealand, in addition to flights between Auckland and Sydney as part of the airline’s QF3 and QF4 service to New York.