Qantas Europe flights will increase services and capacity ahead of the peak summer travel season as travellers scramble for options to avoid Middle East airspace and the US-Israel war on Iran continues to wreak havoc on routes.
Australia’s biggest airline has made some major schedule and route changes from April 2026 as demand and airfare prices for Qantas Europe flights soar amid the Iran war.
The carrier has temporarily cancelled its direct Perth-Paris service, redirecting to Sydney and transiting through Singapore instead.
It will increase services from Sydney to Paris from three to five per week, adding an extra 60 passengers per flight, and fly its larger Boeing B787 Dreamliner from Perth to Rome daily, up from four return flights per week.
Perth-Singapore flights will also increase from daily to 10 times per week, timed to connect with Qantas’ Singapore-Paris service.
Qantas will continue to operate its daily Perth-London service via Singapore, while the return London-Perth flight will continue to be direct.
The Qantas Europe flights route and capacity changes will roll out progressively from mid-April until mid-July.
Qantas said the changes were a direct response to the ongoing impacts of the Middle East conflict on global air travel.
“Qantas is adjusting its international schedule to redeploy some aircraft to operate more flights between Australia and Europe, in response to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East and very strong demand,” the airline said in a statement.
The airline has made the schedule changes by deploying some Boeing 787 aircraft from US routes and shifting domestic Airbus A330s to fly internationally.
The airline said it will contact all affected customers and provide them with the option of alternative flights within 24 hours of their original departure time or a refund.
“The Group continues to monitor the situation in the Middle East and its impact on fuel security, the price of fuel, and demand for travel, and will make further adjustments as required,” Qantas said.
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