Qantas has announced two new routes will join its growing international network, with flights from Perth to Auckland and Johannesburg set to take off from December 2025. Available to book, the new services also reinforce the growth of Qantas’ western hub, adding over 155,000 seats in and out of Perth each year.
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Qantas has also announced it will introduce its Boeing 787 Dreamliner on flights between Brisbane and Los Angeles daily from October 2025. This will significantly increase premium seat availability for Queensland customers with the additional choice of Premium Economy.
For December 2025 and January 2026, the airlines will enable a continuation of daily 787 Dreamliner services between Brisbane and Los Angeles with Qantas operating four flights per week and American Airlines operating three flights per week. For this same period, Qantas will increase Boeing 787 flights between Melbourne and Dallas to daily, with its Boeing 787 flights between Brisbane and Los Angeles returning to daily from February 2026.
As part of the Group’s dual-brand strategy, Jetstar will cease flying between Sydney and Honolulu after the last flight on Friday 24 October 2025 with its Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft to be redeployed to other destinations in Asia. Qantas will subsequently operate between 5 to 6 services per week between Sydney and Honolulu, which remains popular amongst customers following the recent launch of its flights from Melbourne to the Hawaiian capital.
Qantas’ final A380 is returning to service with the aircraft deployed on daily flights between Sydney and Dallas Fort Worth from January 2026. This will see more premium seats (First, Business and Premium Economy) offered on the route.
Key information on new routes:
– Fares are available now on Qantas.com with the inaugural Perth to Johannesburg service taking off on 7 December 2025 and inaugural Perth to Auckland service taking off on 8 December 2025.
– Both routes will operate 3 times per week on a Qantas A330 aircraft with 27 Business Class seats in 1-2-1 configuration, each featuring direct aisle access and converting into a lie-flat bed, and 224 Economy seats.
– Perth to Auckland will operate as QF111 on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday with approx. flight time 6 hours 45 minutes.
– Perth to Johannesburg will operate as QF65 on Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday with approx. flight time 11 hours 15 minutes.
