School’s out for summer with Qantas

** FILE ** A Tuesday, July 24, 2007 file photo of the tail of a Qantas Boeing 767 in Sydney. Qantas will axe at least 1000 jobs and cut the pay of chief executive Alan Joyce and the airline's board as the national carrier looks to achieve cost savings of $2 billion over the next three years, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2013. (AAP Image/Paul Miller) NO ARCHIVING

Qantas is turning it up for the holiday season, and it’s music to travellers’ ears!

Qantas will add more than 140 flights between December and February to New Zealand, Jakarta, and Singapore to cater for strong demand during the upcoming summer holiday season.

In addition to the 15 seasonal services from Sydney to Christchurch and Queenstown already on sale, Qantas will add an extra 95 return services to New Zealand during the peak holiday travel season.

This includes 48 return services between Brisbane and Christchurch and 36 return services between Brisbane and Wellington from December 3 2015 to February 22 2016.

From November 30 2015 to February 21 2016, Qantas will operate a daily service from Perth to Singapore, giving customers more choice when flying between the two cities.

Qantas will also add a fifth weekly service between Sydney and Jakarta from December 7 2015 to January 10 2016.

Talk about an upgrade!

Qantas’ executive manager for international sales Stephen Thompson said the additional services would provide customers with more choice, which is exactly what hopeful holidaymakers want to hear.

“A key part of our strategy is listening to and responding to our customers’ needs and developing an agile and flexible network which offers more options during peak periods,” Thompson said.

“We are really pleased to be able to meet demand for travel between Brisbane and both Wellington and Christchurch with the return of direct services during December and January. It’s with the support of the teams at Brisbane, Christchurch and Wellington Airports that these new seasonal services have been made possible.

“Our additional services to Singapore and Jakarta are also good news for customers travelling to destinations across Asia, with the daily frequency between Perth and Singapore over the holidays confirming that our decision to return to this route was the right one.”

Fares for the supplementary and new seasonal services are available via qantas.com and through Travel Agents progressively from today.

Email the Travel Weekly team at traveldesk@travelweekly.com.au

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