Globaliser
18th Apr 2004, 17:21
Haven't seen this posted elsewhere. From the Sydney Morning Herald (http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/04/17/1082140097268.html) :-Hong Kong-Australia flights doubled
April 17, 2004 - 8:30AM
A new deal doubling the number of flights between Hong Kong and Australia is being hailed as a major breakthrough for Australia's tourism and aviation industries.
The deal immediately increases capacity from 35 to 55 a week, allowing Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific more services to Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth and providing for another 15 flights in 2006.
It also opens up the skies between regional Australia and Hong Kong, paving the way for flights from centres such as Broome and Cairns.
The agreement, struck between Australia and the Hong Kong Special Administrative region, allows Hong Kong airline Dragonair to begin flights between Sydney and Hong Kong next year.
Australian operators will also be allowed to use Hong Kong as a stopover en route to London for the first time.
[more]And QF reaction (http://www.qantas.com.au/regions/dyn/au/publicaffairs/details?ArticleID=2004/apr04/3078):-Qantas Welcomes Hong Kong Decision
SYDNEY, 16 April 2004
Qantas today welcomed the decision by the Governments of Australia and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region to increase capacity between Australia and Hong Kong, and to link Hong Kong services to London.
The Chief Executive Officer of Qantas, Geoff Dixon, said the new arrangements would allow Qantas to look at developing Hong Kong as a transit and stop-over point as well as a destination in its own right.
He said the additional capacity meant Qantas could look at developing new services to London via Hong Kong, as well as additional services between Australia and Hong Kong.
"Under the new arrangements, Qantas has the potential to offer four Hong Kong-London flights immediately, increasing to seven flights a week in 2006.
"Hong Kong is an important market for Qantas. We have been flying to Hong Kong since 1949, and currently operate 28 services a week from Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth to Hong Kong, with Australian Airlines also flying three Cairns-Hong Kong services a week.
"The additional capacity available, which represents a doubling of capacity in 2006, will allow us to look at a range of competitive opportunities to promote air travel to Hong Kong and beyond," Mr Dixon said.Looks like we might get QF on LHR-HKG, finally!
April 17, 2004 - 8:30AM
A new deal doubling the number of flights between Hong Kong and Australia is being hailed as a major breakthrough for Australia's tourism and aviation industries.
The deal immediately increases capacity from 35 to 55 a week, allowing Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific more services to Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth and providing for another 15 flights in 2006.
It also opens up the skies between regional Australia and Hong Kong, paving the way for flights from centres such as Broome and Cairns.
The agreement, struck between Australia and the Hong Kong Special Administrative region, allows Hong Kong airline Dragonair to begin flights between Sydney and Hong Kong next year.
Australian operators will also be allowed to use Hong Kong as a stopover en route to London for the first time.
[more]And QF reaction (http://www.qantas.com.au/regions/dyn/au/publicaffairs/details?ArticleID=2004/apr04/3078):-Qantas Welcomes Hong Kong Decision
SYDNEY, 16 April 2004
Qantas today welcomed the decision by the Governments of Australia and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region to increase capacity between Australia and Hong Kong, and to link Hong Kong services to London.
The Chief Executive Officer of Qantas, Geoff Dixon, said the new arrangements would allow Qantas to look at developing Hong Kong as a transit and stop-over point as well as a destination in its own right.
He said the additional capacity meant Qantas could look at developing new services to London via Hong Kong, as well as additional services between Australia and Hong Kong.
"Under the new arrangements, Qantas has the potential to offer four Hong Kong-London flights immediately, increasing to seven flights a week in 2006.
"Hong Kong is an important market for Qantas. We have been flying to Hong Kong since 1949, and currently operate 28 services a week from Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth to Hong Kong, with Australian Airlines also flying three Cairns-Hong Kong services a week.
"The additional capacity available, which represents a doubling of capacity in 2006, will allow us to look at a range of competitive opportunities to promote air travel to Hong Kong and beyond," Mr Dixon said.Looks like we might get QF on LHR-HKG, finally!