Qantas has announced more capacity and network changes resulting from the current fuel crisis.
The changes are domestic and will focus on QantasLink’s regional operations in New South Wales and Victoria.
The carrier will bring forwards retirement of its six remaining Dash 8 100 36-seat aircraft, close a maintenance base and exit the loss making Melbourne to Wollongong route. It will also exit permanently from the Newcastle- Melbourne and Sydney routes.
The move follows announcements recently that cuts would be made on services between Australia and Japan, market exits were in the offing and chief executive officer Geoff Dixon would be rethinking international routes with capacity adjustments.
By Dinah Hatch
