Qantas plans earlier Asia flights to win business travellers
It will reschedule HK, S'pore services that are arriving too late for meetings
It will also be offered on Qantas's routes to Johannesburg, London, Frankfurt and Dallas by the same date.
[SYDNEY] Qantas Airways Ltd, seeking to end losses on international routes, will reschedule Hong Kong and Singapore services that arrive too late for business meetings as part of an Asia restructuring to lure corporate travellers.
Many of Qantas's flights from Australia to Singapore and Hong Kong currently take up most of the working day, as the schedule is designed around onward connections to Europe, Simon Hickey, head of the airline's international division, said in an interview in Sydney on Tuesday.
The changes would mean travellers waste less of the business day in the air and can make regional connections without overnighting in Asian ports.
"You've been landing in Asia at convenient times for landing in London, instead of convenient times for you to go and do business in Singapore," Mr Hickey said.