News: QAN Qantas To Launch New Route From Sydney To Delhi Before Christmas

Oct 22 (Reuters) - Qantas Airways Ltd (QAN) :

• QANTAS AND JETSTAR GEAR UP FOR ACCELERATED BORDER OPENING
• ALL AUSTRALIAN-BASED QANTAS AND JETSTAR EMPLOYEES ABLE TO RETURN TO WORK IN EARLY DECEMBER 21
• QANTAS TO LAUNCH NEW ROUTE FROM SYDNEY TO DELHI BEFORE CHRISTMAS
• FLIGHTS FROM SYDNEY TO SINGAPORE, BANGKOK, PHUKET, JOHANNESBURG, FIJI TO RESUME AHEAD OF SCHEDULE
• COMBINED WITH OPERATIONAL AND CORPORATE EMPLOYEES ALREADY WORKING, GROUP'S 22,000 EMPLOYEES ABLE TO RETURN TO WORK IN DECEMBER
• WILL ALSO BRING BACK TWO OF ITS AIRBUS A380 AIRCRAFT EARLIER THAN PLANNED
• PLANS TO LAUNCH A NEW ROUTE FROM SYDNEY TO DELHI ON 6 DECEMBER 2021 WITH THREE RETURN FLIGHTS PER WEEK WITH ITS A330 AIRCRAFT
• IS IN DISCUSSIONS WITH BOEING ABOUT ACCELERATING DELIVERY OF THREE BRAND NEW 787 DREAMLINERS
• DISCUSSIONS UNDERWAY WITH INDONESIAN GOVERNMENT ABOUT WELCOMING FULLY VACCINATED AUSTRALIANS TO BALI WITH REDUCED/NO QUARANTINE REQUIREMENTS
• FURTHER ACCELERATED THE RETURN OF ITS FLEET OF A380 AIRCRAFT
• DISCUSSIONS COMMENCED WITH NSW GOVERNMENT ABOUT SUPPORTING SOME OF CO' INTERNATIONAL SERVICES TO SYDNEY THROUGH AVIATION ATTRACTION FUND
• FLIGHTS TO HONOLULU, VANCOUVER, TOKYO AND NEW ZEALAND ARE STILL SCHEDULED TO COMMENCE FROM MID-DECEMBER 2021
• LOOKING TO BRING FORWARD DELIVERY OF 3 BRAND NEW 787-9 AIRCRAFT, CURRENTLY IN STORAGE WITH BOEING, SEVERAL MONTHS EARLIER THAN PLANNED
• JETSTAR WILL BRING REMAINING 5 OF ITS 11 BOEING 787-8S OUT OF STORAGE IN ALICE SPRINGS OVER COMING MONTHS.
• ALSO LOOKING TO BRING FORWARD DELIVERY OF 3 BRAND NEW 787-9 AIRCRAFT, CURRENTLY IN STORAGE WITH BOEING, SEVERAL MONTHS EARLIER THAN PLANNED
• FURTHER THREE A380S WILL RETURN TO SERVICE FROM MID-NOVEMBER 2022 WITH THE REMAINING FIVE EXPECTED TO RETURN TO SERVICE BY EARLY 2024